Socrates Quotes About Earth

Quotes about: Earth

• Man must rise above the Earth - to the top of the atmosphere and beyond - for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives.

  Socrates

  Airplane, Men, Flying

  Quoted in Brugioni, From Balloons to Blackbirds (1993).

• All of the wisdom of this world is but a tiny raft upon which we must set sail when we leave this earth. If only there was a firmer foundation upon which to sail, perhaps some divine word.

  Socrates

  Foundation, World, Earth

• Obligation sends the children to bed on time, but love tucks the covers in around their necks and passes out kisses and hugs. Yesterday is about experience; tomorrow is about hope; today is about transitioning from one to the other. The happiest people on earth don't have the best of everything... they make the best of everything I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

  Socrates

  Children, Kissing, Thinking

• I desire only to know the truth, and to live as well as I can...And, to the utmost of my power, I exhort all other men to do the same...I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.

  Socrates

  Life, Courage, Men

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