We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.

It was the first and most striking characteristic of Socrates never to become heated in discourse, never to utter an injurious or insulting word -- on the contrary, he persistently bore insult from others and thus put an end to the fray.

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.