Socrates

"The way of the virtuous is a path to immortal glory."

"From the unexamined life no good can ever come."

"The question 'Who am I?' is not answered by compiling a resume."

"Nothing can harm a good man, either in life or after death."

"The unexamined statement is not worth repeating."

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

"To find yourself, think for yourself."

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

"Wonder is the beginning of wisdom."

"Be as you wish to seem."

"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new."

"He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have."

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

"Know thyself."

"True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing."

"I am not ashamed of my precedents, but I am ashamed of my following."

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."

"Virtue is knowledge."

"Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others."

"Death may be the greatest of all human blessings."

"The hottest love has the coldest end."

"By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher."

"I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration."

"Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us."

"Beware the barrenness of a busy life."

"The secret of a good life is to have the right desires."

"It is better to suffer injustice than to commit it."

"Wisdom begins in wonder."

"To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."