Wisdom of the Ages – Inspiring Quotes from Greek Philosophers

Wisdom begins in wonder.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

To find yourself, think for yourself.

He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

In seeking wisdom, we often stumble upon truth.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

An unexamined life leads to undiscussed dreams.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

Your life is a reflection of your thoughts.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

The mind is everything. What you think, you become.

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

He who learns but does not think, is lost.

Time is the wisest counselor of all.

The soul takes on the color of its thoughts.

Life without music is simply an error.

Evil is not the name of the act, but the name of the actor.

Ignorance, the root of all evil, is best confronted with knowledge.

Contentment is natural wealth.

Well begun is half done.

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.

Every action has its pleasures and its price.

Ask yourself the simplest questions, and you will find the deepest truths.

Folly is the best teacher for the wise.

Those who know do not speak; those who speak do not know.

Hope is the dream of a waking man.

All human beings, by nature, desire to know.

To be is to do.

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

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

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

Goodness is beauty in the best shape.

Life must be lived as play.

Man is the measure of all things.

Justice means minding your own business and not meddling with other men’s concerns.

It is better to change an opinion than to hold it.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.

The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.

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