The God of Love lives in a state of need..

How well I remember the aged poet Sophocles, when in answer to the question, "How does love suit with age, Sophocles - are you still the man you were….

'But surely "blind" is just how you would describe men who have no true knowledge of reality, and no clear standard in their mind to refer to, as a p….

Such, Echecrates, was the end of our comrade, who was, we may fairly say, of all those whom we knew in our time, the bravest and also the wisest and ….

O youth or young man, who fancy that you are neglected by the gods, know that if you become worse, you shall go to worse souls, or if better to the b….

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

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

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..

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….

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

But that we shall be better and braver and less helpless if we think that we ought to enquire, than we should have been if we indulged in the idle fa….

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….

Arrogance is ever accompanied by folly..

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….

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..

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