(28 quotes found)
“Socrates gave no diplomas or degrees, and would have subjected any disciple who demanded one to a disconcerting catechism on the nature of true knowledge.”
G. M. Trevelyan
“The ancient oracle said that I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because I alone, of all the Greeks, know that I know nothing.”
Socrates
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
“There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance”
“Wisdom begins in wonder.”
“He is the richest who is content with the least”
“I can easily imagine Socrates in Alexander's place; Alexander in that of Socrates - never”
Michel de Montaigne
“I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.”
“Herodotus, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle all claimed that they knew nothing and so I guess I know even less.”
George Otero
“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.”
