“The most difficult thing in life
is to know yourself.”
~ Thales
Tag Archives: The Quotable Greek
The Quotable Greek: The Mind Is Not a Vessel
15 Apr
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled
but a fire to be kindled.”
~ Plutarch
The Quotable Greek: If You Wish to Be a Writer
8 Apr“If you wish to be a writer, write.”
~ Epictetus
The Quotable Greek: Learn to Sail in High Winds
25 Mar
“We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest.
We must learn to sail in high winds.”
~Aristotle Onassis
The Quotable Greek: A Person Needs a Little Madness
18 Mar
“A person needs a little madness,
or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.”
~Nikos Kazantzakis
The Quotable Greek: A Citizen of the World
11 Mar
“I am not an Athenian or a Greek,
but a citizen of the world.”
~ Socrates
The Quotable Greek: The Secret of Business
7 Mar“The secret of business is to know something nobody else knows.”
~Aristotle Onassis
The Quotable Greek: Change the Eyes
8 Feb“Since we cannot change reality,
let us change the eyes which see reality.”
~Nikos Kazantzakis
The Quotable Greek: I Know Nothing
24 JanOne thing I know, that I know nothing.
This is the source of my wisdom.
~Socrates
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Stephanie Nikolopoulos is a writer, editor, writing teacher, and speaker based in New York City.
She is the coauthor, with Paul Maher Jr., of "Burning Furiously Beautiful: The True Story of Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road.'"
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