Occupation: Philosopher Birth: 471 Bc Death: 399 Bc
It is better to make a mistake with full force of your being than to carefully avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit..
When you want success as badly as you want the air, then you will get it. There is no other secret of success..
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing..
The real danger in life is not death, but living an evil life..
The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less..
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have..
The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves..
Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen..
When a woman is allowed to become a man's equal, she becomes his superior..
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser..
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is a habit..
In every person there is a sun. Just let them shine..
If you want to be wrong then follow the masses..
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us..
To Believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly.
Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing..
The more I learn, the less I realize I know..
Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual..
Most people, including ourselves, live in a world of relative ignorance. We are even comfortable with that ignorance, because it is all we know. When….
There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend..