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

“The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.”

“Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?”

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”

“True philosophers make of dying their profession”

“I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think”

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

“I cannot love a man who cannot protect me.”

“I think most are too afraid to see the truth.”

“He learned to live with the truth. Not to accept it, but to live with it. It was like living with an elephant. His room was tiny, and every morning he had to squeeze around the truth just to get to the bathroom. To reach the armoire to get a pair of underpants he had to crawl under the truth, praying it wouldn't choose that moment to sit on his face. At night, when he closed his eyes, he felt it looming above him.”

“The truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke into pieces. Everybody took a piece of it, and they looked at it and thought they had the truth.”

“You won't find the truth of life in morbidity, only in hope.”

“If you don't love yourself, you won't be happy with yourself. If you can't love yourself, you can't love anyone else. You can't give the love you do not have. You can't make anyone love you without loving yourself first.”