"It is better to make a mistake with full force of your being than to carefully avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit."
-- Socrates"If you want to be wrong then follow the masses."
-- Socrates"Why should we pay so much attention to what the majority thinks?"
-- Socrates"What screws us up the most in life is the picture in our head of what it's supposed to be."
-- Socrates"The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear."
-- Socrates"The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves."
-- Socrates"Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued."
-- Socrates"Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers."
-- Socrates"Envy is the ulcer of the soul."
-- Socrates"Let him who would move the world first move himself."
-- Socrates"The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less."
-- Socrates"Know thyself."
-- Socrates"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new."
-- Socrates"Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel."
-- Socrates"To find yourself, think for yourself."
-- Socrates"Wonder is the beginning of wisdom."
-- Socrates"He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have."
-- Socrates"I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think."
-- Socrates"The unexamined life is not worth living."
-- Socrates"Faith and patience together overcome obstacles."
-- Premananda Maharaj"Silence often reveals deeper truths."
-- Premananda Maharaj"Love without selfishness is divine."
-- Premananda Maharaj"Every moment is an opportunity for self-improvement."
-- Premananda Maharaj"Kind words can heal wounded hearts."
-- Premananda Maharaj
