The mere athlete becomes too much of a savage.
Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.
No one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man.
That man is wisest who, like Socrates, realizes that his wisdom is worthless
Athenian men, I respect and love you, but I shall obey the god rather than you.
One trait in the philosopher's character we can assume is his love of the knowledge that reveals eternal reality, the realm unaffected by change and decay.