Quote

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

Socrates

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Socrates
Philosopher
Teacher
Sokrates
Spiritual
Nothing
Annoying
Intelligence
Intelligent
Funny

More quotes by Socrates

Image
Wisdom is knowing when you don't know
Socrates
Image
Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.
Socrates
Image
Flattery is like a painted armor only for show.
Socrates
Image
Whenever a number of individuals have a common name, we assume them to have also a corresponding idea or form.
Socrates
Image
I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.
Socrates
Image
All of the wisdom of this world is but a tiny raft upon which we must set sail when we leave this earth. If only there was a firmer foundation upon which to sail, perhaps some divine word.
Socrates
Image
One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice.
Socrates
Image
It is better to make a mistake with full force of your being than to carefully avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit.
Socrates
Image
The uninitiated are those who believe in nothing except what they can grasp in their hands, and who deny the existence of all that is invisible.
Socrates
Image
It is best and easiest not to discredit others but to prepare oneself to be as good as possible.
Socrates
Image
Just as you ought not to attempt to cure eyes without head or head without body, so you should not treat body without soul.
Socrates
Image
It is the greatest good for an individual to discuss virtue (aka areté) every day...for the unexamined life is not worth living.
Socrates
Image
The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.
Socrates
Image
Why should I resent it when an ass kicks me?
Socrates
Image
All that I know is nothing - I'm not even sure of that.
Socrates
Image
I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other senses I might blind my soul altogether.
Socrates
Image
Wisdom begins in wonder.
Socrates
Image
Nothing is so well learned as that which is discovered.
Socrates
Image
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is a habit.
Socrates
Image
Nobody knows what death is, nor whether to man it is perchance the greatest of blessings, yet people fear it as if they surely knew it to be the worse of evils.
Socrates