In my investigation in the service of the god I found that those who had the highest reputation were nearly the most deficient, while those who were thought to be inferior were more knowledgeable.
SocratesThe perfect human being is all human beings put together, it is a collective, it is all of us together that make perfection.
SocratesTrue knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all.
SocratesThe invention of writing will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn to use it, because they will not practice their memory. Their trust in writing, produced by external characters which are no part of themselves, will discourage the use of their own memory within them. You have invented an elixir not of memory, but of reminding; and you offer your pupils the appearance of wisdom, not true wisdom.
Socrates