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Socrates was one of the most influential philosophers of all time. His writings are not only inspirational, but they will make you question life in a very unique way.
Here are 24 Socrates quotes that will make you question life:
1) “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
My thoughts (Andrea): So true you have so much to learn!
2) “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
3) “There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.”
4) “I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think”
5) “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
My thoughts (Andrea): I heard this one before, so cool he said it! Yes we all have our own battles!
6) “Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.”
My thoughts (Andrea): this explains a lot of things ! People who gossip are weak minds, it's a relief! Now it is clear to me :D!
7) “By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.”
My thoughts (Andrea): this one is funny haha!
8) “He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.”
My thoughts (Andrea): nice one! Really helps me, If i'm not content with my job now, I will never be content with any job, so I need to be content and thankful for today! Thanks, nice one! Mindful!
9) “If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
My thoughts (Andrea): WAUW SO TRUE! When my wish came true to go to Belgrade, I got everything a really good scholarship a nice apartment, and yet I was lonely at first, then I started to enjoy it. And then when I moved back to Belgium, I missed Belgrade, so yes than I got married, finally Marko and I close together, and than I missed some me-time, it so true you want to be free of change and pain, but you have to suffer to have nice times too, because nice times as nice weather can't last every day, there are rainy days and there are sunny days and they are both necessary, the rainy ones to give the plants water, and the people who use it for their toiletwater, and there are sunny days necessary but that I don't have to explain hehe!
10) “Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.”
11) “Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.”
12) “To find yourself, think for yourself.”
13) “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”
14) “Know thyself.”
15) “Let him who would move the world first move himself.”
16) “The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.”
My thoughts (Andrea): I told you going back to the roots with mindfulness, even he already figured it out!
17) “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”
My thoughts (Andrea): Mindfulness to, let it be, don't fight your thoughts concentrate on fulfilling your dreams with your values.
18) “I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.”
My thoughts (Andrea): WAAUW feel the same way, we are all citizens of the world!!
19) “Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.”
20) “understanding a question is half an answer”
21) “True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us”
22) “He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.”
23) “To be is to do”
24) “The mind is everything; what you think you become”
Source: http://expandedconsciousness.com/2015/05/12/these-24-socrates-quotes-will-make-you-question-life/
Love him so true so true!!
