Arrogance is ever accompanied by folly..

Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in heaven and on earth; and he who would be blessed and happy should be from the first a partaker ….

Our need will be the real creator..

All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.

To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to use falsehood, to deceive either enemies or their own citizens, for the good of th….

They assembled together and dedicated these as the first-fruits of their love to Apollo in his Delphic temple, inscribing there those maxims which ar….

If we are to have any hope for the future, those who have lanterns must pass them on to others..

Every man is a poet when he is in love..

I will prove by my life that my critics are liars..

Philosophy begins in wonder..

God is truth and light his shadow..

The power to learn is present in everyone's soul, and the instrument with which each learns is like an eye that cannot be turned around from darkness….

Homosexuality is regarded as shameful by barbarians and by those who live under despotic governments just as philosophy is regarded as shameful by th….

God is a geometrician..

Of all the Gods, Love is the best friend of humankind, the helper and healer of all ills that stand in the way of human happiness..

Ignorance is the root cause of all difficulties..

Honesty is for the most par less profitable than dishonesty..

If the head and the body are to be well, you must begin by curing the soul..

All I would ask you to be thinking of is the truth and not Socrates..

My good friend, you are a citizen of Athens, a city which is very great and very famous for its wisdom and power - are you not ashamed of caring so m….

The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being..