"Improve yourself by other men's writings thus..." - Quote by Socrates
Improve yourself by other men's writings thus attaining effortlessly what they acquired through great difficulty.
More by Socrates
“I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.”
“Do not grieve over someone who changes all of the sudden. It might be that he has given up acting and returned to his true self.”
“Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into their minds through the medium of certain resemblances to that truth.”
More on Learning
“Believe in everything you do. Believe in your mistakes and grow from them.”
“If you meet at dinner a man who has spent his life in educating himself - a rare type in our time ... you rise from table richer, and conscious that a high ideal has for a moment touched and sanctified your days. But Oh! my dear Ernest, to sit next to a man who has spent his life in trying to educate others! What a dreadful experience that is!”
“In antiquity men studied for their own sake; nowadays men study for the sake of impressing others.”
More on Self Improvement
“Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.”
“Do your best every time because by doing a thing well you build something valuable into yourself”
“If you want to be healthy study health... if you want to be wealthy, study wealth... if you want to be happy, study happiness.”