Quotes

Question 0

Sense experience is false

Answer 0

Plato

Question 1

Know yourself

Answer 1

Socrates

Question 2

When you see a worthy man, seek to imitate him; when you see an unworthy man, examine yourself

Answer 2

Confucius

Question 3

He who fills his lamp with water will not dispell the darkness

Answer 3

Buddha

Question 4

We do not copy our neighbors- we are an example to them.

Answer 4

Pericles

Question 5

A wise man makes demands on himself, a vulgar man makes demands on others.

Answer 5

Confucius

Question 6

All men seek the good

Answer 6

Plato

Question 7

All wrong doing is done in ignorance

Answer 7

Plato

Question 8

He who recognizes the existence of suffering; it’s cause, and it’s remedy, has fathomed the truth. He will walk a path which leads to peace and wisdom and right intentions will be his guide

Answer 8

Buddha

Question 9

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding.

Answer 9

Solomon

Question 10

The source of all virtue is knowledge

Answer 10

Plato

Question 11

A wise man seeks virtue, a vulgar man seeks land

Answer 11

Confucius

Question 12

A wise man seeks justice, a vulgar man seeks favors

Answer 12

Confucius

Question 13

Numberless wonders walk the world, but none the match for man

Answer 13

Sophocles

Question 14

We are lovers of the beautiful… And yet we are strong

Answer 14

Pericles

Question 15

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, I am a citizen of the world

Answer 15

Socrates

Question 16

Vicious acts are done involuntarily

Answer 16

Plato

Question 17

Virtue gives men an inner core of happiness which cannot be taken away

Answer 17

Socrates

Question 18

The master said: reciprocity: what you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others

Answer 18

Confucius

Question 19

Societies will achieve political and civil harmony only when individuals achieve moral harmony

Answer 19

Confucius

Question 20

All things are numbers. All things that are beautiful are subject to the power of number

Answer 20

Pythagoras

Question 21

Detach yourself from sense perception and learn to depend on pure thinking

Answer 21

Plato

Question 22

A brick is a brick

Answer 22

Aristotle

Question 23

All knowledge is gained from the senses

Answer 23

Aristotle

Question 24

I know only that I know nothing

Answer 24

Socrates

Question 25

The most important activity of man is to seek the truth

Answer 25

Socrates

Question 26

Let him who would move the world, first move himself

Answer 26

Socrates

Question 27

The "REAL" world is a world of IDEAS existing outside of space and time

Answer 27

Plato

Question 28

We cultivate our minds, and our bodies

Answer 28

Pericles

Question 29

Happiest is he who is content with the least

Answer 29

Socrates

Question 30

Ideas are the source of all things

Answer 30

Plato