Greek Philosophers Quotes

The unexamined life is not worth living. – Socrates

Know thyself. – Socrates

Wisdom begins in wonder. – Socrates

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. – Socrates

Everything flows. – Heraclitus

You cannot step into the same river twice. – Heraclitus

Character is destiny. – Heraclitus

Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not. – Epictetus

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master. – Epictetus

No man is free who is not master of himself. – Epictetus

The mind is everything. What you think you become. – Buddha

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. – Buddha

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart. – Buddha

In a gentle way, you can shake the world. – Mahatma Gandhi

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. – Mahatma Gandhi

Be the change that you wish to see in the world. – Mahatma Gandhi

The measure of a man is what he does with power. – Plato

Courage is knowing what not to fear. – Plato

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. – Plato

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. – Plato

Greek Philosophers Quotes part 2

The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows. – Aristotle

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. – Aristotle

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. – Aristotle

Happiness depends upon ourselves. – Aristotle

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. – Friedrich Nietzsche

Without music, life would be a mistake. – Friedrich Nietzsche

What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. – Friedrich Nietzsche

In every artist, there is undoubtedly something divine. – Plato

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. – Aristotle

A true friend is one soul in two bodies. – Aristotle

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. – Aristotle

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. – Aristotle

To be conscious that we are perceiving or thinking is to be conscious of our own existence. – Aristotle

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. – Aristotle

To love someone is to identify with them. – Aristotle

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence. – Aristotle

Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives. – Aristotle

An unexamined life is not worth living. – Socrates

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it. – Plato

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as the State is first in the individual. – Plato

Silence is an answer too. – Sophocles

To find yourself, think for yourself. – Socrates

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts. – Aristotle

Men should be taught to love the good. – Plato

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil. – Plato

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