*Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel."

-Socrates

*Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."

-Socrates

"The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less."

-Socrates

*By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher."

-Socrates

"All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine."

-Socrates

*He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have."

-Socrates

*The mind is everything; what you think you become."

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"Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers."

-Socrates

*True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us."

-Socrates

*The unexamined life is not worth living."

-Socrates

*He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature."

-Socrates

"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil."

-Socrates

*To find yourself, think for yourself."

-Socrates

"Know thyself."

-Socrates

*I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world."

‍-Socrates

*Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity or undue depression in adversity."

-Socrates

"If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart."

-Socrates

"Understanding a question is half an answer."

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*The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

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*Wonder is the beginning of wisdom."

-Socrates

*Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down."

-Socrates

*There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance."

-Socrates

*Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant."

-Socrates

*Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people."

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*I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think."

-Socrates

"Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people."

-Socrates

*If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life a...

"Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue-to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak."

-Socrates

Socrates Best QUOTES That Will Change your Mindset Forever. The wisest man ever lived was one of the founders of Western philosophy. As a first moral philosopher of the Western ethical at his time, he leaves his courtesy with his unique wisdom. Moreover, Socrates' unique quotes echo through the a...