Ancient Greek Philosophers Quotes

Ancient Greek Philosophers Quotes by Gautama Buddha, Epicurus, Pythagoras, Aristotle, Plato, Democritus and many others.

The gift of truth excels all other gifts.

The gift of truth excels all other gifts.
Gautama Buddha
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
Epicurus
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
Epicurus
Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras
As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.
Pythagoras
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
Aristotle
Wise men speak because they have something to say
Plato
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
Democritus
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Socrates
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Will Durant
I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
Plutarch
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Epictetus
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
Socrates
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
Aristotle
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.
Epicurus
Man is the measure of all things.
Protagoras