#socrates

“Know thyself.”

— Socrates · adopted from the Delphic maxim

“Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.”

— Socrates · Plato, Apology

“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.”

— Socrates · attributed

“I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.”

— Socrates · attributed

“An honest man is always a child.”

— Socrates · attributed

“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”

— Socrates · attributed

“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.”

— Socrates · attributed