Socrates on character

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their
food, and tyrannize their teachers.

My advice to you is to get married. If you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not you’ll become a philosopher.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

John Wooden1910–2010

Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

Tacitus55–120

Character is higher than intellect… A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.

Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882The American Scholar (1837), par. 27