Socrates

I am likely to be wiser than he to this small, extent, that I do not think I know what I do not know.

Socrates

I believe that we cannot live better than in seeking to become better, nor more agreeably than having a clear conscience.

Socrates

I call that man idle who might be better employed.

Socrates

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.

Socrates

I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.

Socrates

I don’t care what people say about me. I do care about my mistakes.

Socrates

I have good hope that there is something remaining for the dead.

Socrates

I have lived long enough to learn how much there is I can really do without…. He is nearest to God who needs the fewest things.

Socrates

I have not sought during my life to amass wealth and to adorn my body, but I have sought to adorn my soul with the jewels of wisdom, patience, and above all with a love of liberty.

Socrates

I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.

Socrates