Quote #85
To need nothing is divine, and the less a man needs the nearer does he approach to divinity.
More from Socrates
- To find yourself, think for yourself.
- True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
- Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
- True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
- Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.
- Upon the score of fore-knowledge and divining I am infinitely inferior to the swans. When they perceive approaching death they sing more me…
- The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
- Virtue does not come from wealth, but health, and every other good thing which men have comes from virtue.