This man has great influence on my personality... I drove by him in my teenage... Yesterday I read His Quote "As for me, all I know is that I know nothing"...and I thought I m not only one who thinks like that " :-)... Actually it was his thought that was seeded in my subconscious mind ...oh.and I m carrying that thought forward for so many years.... I had a great teenage...oh woow...highly influenced by great people..One of them is Socrates... I don know but I always owe him...Teenage is a tadpole stage and I evolved in the comapnay of best...Best Men Ever....And want to convey special thanks to god for that...Bcoz I knew that company matters...In company of people u became good and vice versa..they either directly influence u or indirectly seeded their thoughts in u...Thoughts r the reasons for the action.... That's y company of good ppl and good books is always matters.. Some of my favr8 quotes
1)All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
2)Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth — that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
3)Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
4)As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.
5)Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
6)Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
7)Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
8)For who is there but you? Who not only claim to be a good man and a gentleman, for many are this, and yet have not the power of making others good. Whereas you are not only good yourself, but also the cause of goodness in others.
9)From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
10)He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
11)I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
12)I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other senses I might blind my soul altogether. oh dear...I like his each and every quote..."http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Socrates"...
His words before his death....
"If my life is to be prolonged now, I know that I must live out my old age, seeing worse, hearing less, learning with more difficulty, and forgetting more and more of what I have learned. If I see myself growing worse and reproach myself for it, tell me, how could I continue to live pleasantly? Perhaps even the god in his kindness is offering to end my life not only at the right time, but also in the easiest way possible... "