Author of quotes: Socrates. Page 1

How much, however, there is this, I don't need.

The purpose of philosophy is not speculative guesswork and builds a picture of the world, and in discovering how people should live, what rules to follow, how to have an impact on others and on himself. Everyday life is art. Basic knowledge should be directed to himself, to his soul's search for truth and the meaning of life.

Questions about the phenomena of nature are either not accessible to human reason, either irrelevant to the lives of people.

What man, being a slave of pleasure, not pervert his body and soul.

If a person maintains their health, it is difficult to find a doctor who would know better useful to his health than he is.

The life of the body is evil and a lie. And because the destruction of this body life is a blessing, and we should want it.

To be below the self - ignorance, and to be above himself is nothing like wisdom.

Desire and love are objects, things or qualities of persons who do not currently possess but which he lacks.

Look in your own soul and find in them a spark of truth, which the gods have placed in every heart and from which only you will be able to fan the flames.

Strange that you are of no use to travel, if you're carrying around yourself?

The best marriage is when a woman is blind, and her husband is deaf.

Envy is the ulcer of the soul.

Wisdom - the Queen of heaven and earth.

I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, I am a citizen of the world.