SOCRATES

I would rather die having

spoken after my manner,

than speak in your manner & live.

He is richest who is content with the least,

for content is the wealth of nature

Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish ir, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good...

I can't teach anybody anything;

I can only make them think.

There is only one good, Knowledge

& one evil, Ignorance.

from the deepest desire often

comes the deadliest hate.

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 we first start facing the truth, the process may be frightening, and many people run back to their old lives. But if you...

True Wisdom comes to us when

we realise how little

we understand

about life,

about ourselves,

Get not your friends by bare compliments,

but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.