30 Best Socrates Quotes

The unexamined life is not worth living. – Socrates

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

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

Beware the barrenness of a busy life. – 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 secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less. – Socrates

To find yourself, think for yourself. – Socrates

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel. – Socrates

Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people. – Socrates

Be as you wish to seem. – 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

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be. – Socrates

Let him that would move the world first move himself. – Socrates

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. – Socrates

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. – Socrates

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings. – Socrates

The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor. – Socrates

Understanding a question is half an answer. – Socrates

It is not living that matters, but living rightly. – Socrates

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we appear to be. – Socrates

I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think. – Socrates

Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant. – Socrates

The mind is everything; what you think you become. – Socrates

An honest man is always a child. – Socrates

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice. – Socrates

The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms. – Socrates

Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live. – Socrates

The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift. – 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

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