Socrates Teachings

Socrates Sayings and Teachings on Life

  

 
 

Socrates emphasized the importance of self-knowledge and living a thoughtful life.

Some of his notable quotes on life include: "The unexamined life is not worth living," and "It is not living that matters, but living rightly."

Socrates believed that the ultimate goal of human existence is not just to live but to live a good, meaningful and virtuous life.

 

 
Socrates Teachings

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.

Socrates

 
 

Know thyself.

To find yourself, think for yourself.

Thank not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

The highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.

  

Great Thinker

You Are What You Think

Genius

Discover Your True Self

Spiritual Growth

Thought Leader

  

 
Socrates Teachings

Ethical virtue is the only thing that matters.
A good human being cannot be harmed.

Socrates

 
 

Socrates defined a good life as one living according to virtue. “Virtue is knowledge,” Socrates said. Wealth, he insisted, does not bring about human excellence or virtue, but virtue makes wealth and everything else good for human beings.

"He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature," said Socrates.

  

 
Socrates Teachings

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.

Socrates

 
 

"The state of your soul makes you either foolish or wise. Just like the body, the soul should be kept healthy.  An unhealthy soul is ignorant of the true priorities in life. You can keep your soul healthy by introspection and ridding yourself of ignorance," advised Socrates

  

Higher Self

Inner Beauty

Kindness

Spiritual Growth

  

 
Socrates Teachings

Envy is the ulcer of the soul.

Socrates

 
 

"Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of – for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear."

 		 

Higher Self

Higher Self and Lower Self

Future Self

Self-Futuring