Quotes on Living Rightly

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued." "It is not living that matters, but living rightly. The unexamined life is not worth living.

The art of living rightly is like all arts; it must be learned and practiced with incessant care.

Do not dwell upon the sins and mistakes of yesterday so exclusively as to have no energy and mind left for living rightly today, and do not think that the sins of yesterday can prevent you from living purely today.

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.

Dare to begin! He who postpones living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.