Socrates, Greek philosopher (469 BC - 399 BC) Quotes

To move the world, we must first move ourselves.

By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you will become happy; and if you get a bad one, you will become a philosopher.

Not life, but a good life, is to be chiefly valued.

Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and one tongue -- to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.

My belief is that to have no wants is divine.

How many things there are which I do not want.

What most counts is not to live, but to live aright.

Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius. Will you remember to pay the debt?

If I tell you that I would be disobeying the Gods and on that account it is impossible for me to keep quiet, you won't be persuaded by me, taking it that I am ionizing. And if I tell you that it is the greatest good for a human being to have discussions every day about virtue and the other things you hear me talking about, examining myself and others, and that the unexamined life is not livable for a human being, you will be even less persuaded.

By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.