Here we have put together a list of the 25 best quotes by Socrates.
Top 25 Socrates Quotes and Sayings
Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
Let him who would move the world first move himself.
Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
Be as you wish to seem.
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
To find yourself, think for yourself.
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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.
Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.