Quotes Compiled - Socrates


"When the debate is lost, insults become the loser's tool."
-- Socrates


"Understanding a question is half an answer."
~~ Socrates


"The secret in change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new."
~~ Socrates


"Smart people learn from everything and everyone.
Average people learn from their experiences.
Stupid people already have all the answers."
/ Socrates /


"Awareness of Ignorance is the beginning is Wisdom."
-- Socrates


"Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people."
~~ Socrates


"The only true wisdom is in knowing that - you know nothing !"
~~ Socrates


"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writing so that you shall gain easily what others have laboured."
-- Socrates