Quotes about Socrates

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Socrates is a shining example of a man who bravely lived up to his ideals, and, in the end, bravely died for them. Throu — Neel Burton, Heaven and Hell: The Psychology of the Emotions
There is one way, then, in which a man can be free from all anxiety about the fate of his soul - if in life he has aband — Socrates
If you want to heal your heart surround yourself with people that won't tell you hating other people is how you get over — Shannon L. Alder
Have you ever stopped to think that maybe God isn't trying to save you? Maybe, he is trying to remove all that hurt and — Shannon L. Alder
I "love" reading.It makes me feel like I am swallowing up Christ, Homer, Confucius, Newton, Franklin, Socrates, Caesar, — Moffat Machingura
Angels come in many forms, but they always bring the same message--wisdom. — Shannon L. Alder
If you want to be happy you have to study people who are happy. You have to hang out with people that are happy. Life wo — Shannon L. Alder
You can find anyone that will tell you what you want to hear, but the only one worth valuing is the one that tells you w — Shannon L. Alder
Agnosticism, in fact, is not a creed, but a method, the essence of which lies in the rigorous application of a single pr — Thomas Henry Huxley, Agnosticism and Christianity and Other Essays
... a man doesn't like to have his ego popped, especially when he prides himself on his sagacity, and then to be proved — E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
The difference between Socrates and Jesus is that no one had ever been put to death in Socrates' name. And that is becau — E.L. Doctorow
My world view is somewhat unique. I have learned from many great philosophers including Plato, Socrates, Buddha, Jesus, — Debasish Mridha
Storms don't come to teach us painful lessons, rather they were meant to wash us clean. — Shannon L. Alder
Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually — Socrates, Apology
But you want to know about the influence of books on my life, and as I’ve said, there was only one. Seneca. Do you know — Mary Ann Shaffer, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
No rational person would intentionally commit an act of evil, for everyone knows that it would bring the wrath of the co — Karen Essex, Stealing Athena
Satan will always whisper don't care, be silent, you didn't do anything wrong, your better than them, your stronger than — Shannon L. Alder
The young specialist in English Lit, having quoted me, went on to lecture me severely on the fact that in every century — Isaac Asimov, The Relativity of Wrong
Tragedy is born of myth, not morality. Prometheus and Icarus are tragic heroes. Yet none of the myths in which they appe — John N. Gray, Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals
There is also a tradition about Socrates. He liked walking, it is recorded, until a late hour of the evening, and when s — Marcus Tullius Cicero, Tusculan Disputations