By all means, get married: if you find a good wife, you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.
Socrates, philosopher, 5th century BC
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Demosthenes, orator, 4th century BC
Wait for the wisest of all counselors, time.
Pericles, statesman, 5th century BC
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
Aristotle, philosopher, 4th century BC
Man: a being in search of meaning.
Plato, philosopher, 5th century BC
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
Plutarch, historian, 1st century BC
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
Herodotus, historian, 5th century BC
History is Philosophy teaching by examples.
Thucydides, historian, 4th century BC
I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.
Alexander the Great, warrior, 4th century BC
Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.
Xenophon, historian, 4th century BC
Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.
George Seferis, poet, 20th century
Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.
Nikos Kazantzakis, writer, 20th century
I know that each one of us travels to love alone, alone to faith and to death. I know it. I've tried it. It doesn't help. Let me come with you.
Giannis Ritsos, poet, 20th century
If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.
Aristotle Onassis, shipping magnate, 20th century
There is only one woman in the world. One woman, with many faces.
Nikos Kazantzakis, writer, 20th century
You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth.
Odysseus Elytis, poet, 20th century
It's a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven't.
Maria Callas, opera singer, 20th century
We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.
Aristotle Onassis, shipping magnate, 20th century
