"The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion."
"Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others."
"Do you feel no compunction, Socrates, at having followed a line of action which puts you in danger of the death penalty?' I might fairly reply to him, 'You are mistaken, my friend, if you think that a man who is worth anything ought to spend his time weighing up the prospects of life and death. He has only one thing to consider in performing any action--that is, whether he is acting rightly or wrongly, like a good man or a bad one."
"Man's greatest privilege is the discussion of virtue."