Socrates Life Quotations

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

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

The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.

Such as thy words are, such will thine affections be esteemed; and such as thine affections, will be thy deeds; and such as thy deeds will be thy life

The end of life is to be like unto God; and the soul following God, will be like unto Him; He being the beginning, middle, and end of all things.

It is the greatest good for an individual to discuss virtue (aka areté) every day...for the unexamined life is not worth living.

Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent and honorable in their intercourse with all men, bearing easily and good naturedly what is offensive in others and being as agreeable and reasonable to their associates as is humanly possible to be... those who hold their pleasures always under control and are not ultimately overcome by their misfortunes... those who are not spoiled by their successes, who do not desert their true selves but hold their ground steadfastly as wise and sober - minded men.

Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding onto.

Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death

Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.

The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.

Be true to thine own self.

The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.