Wisdom Quote by Socrates — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I examined the poets, and I look on them as people whose talent overawes both themselves and others, people who present themselves as wise men and are taken as such, when they are nothing of the sort.”

“Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?”

“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.”

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

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

“Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.”

“True love isn't something you seek. It's something you remember.”

“The fool who knows his folly”

“Knowing what to do with time is the first step to take when you lose your job”

“The true monsters are those who don’t stay true to themselves.”

“But partly it was my own professional background, my training in psychology, that rather than helping me—made it almost impossible for me to face what was happening. Back when I studied psychology in the 1950s, there was only one cause for all mental illnesses, even the most severe: a faulty upbringing. Everything was tied to the way you were raised. There were different schools of thought, of course. Some practitioners followed a Freudian model where understanding the id, the ego and the superego gave the answer to everything. Some followed Jung, with his emphasis on unconscious myths. But everyone believed that it was early life experiences that were behind mental disorders. A patient with serious mental problems had been subject at an early age to unacceptable pressures, to confusing messages, or to some destructive behavior on the part of the parents.”