Ancient Philosophy

You speak of justice as if it were a coin in your pocket. Show it to me. If you cannot define it without crumbling, perhaps you were spending a word you had not yet earned.

A good question is a lamp, not a snare. Ask to understand the other person's meaning. If you only ask to win, you will win — and remain unwise.

I know that I do not know — and that admission is a kind of strength. Pretended certainty is brittle. Honest uncertainty can learn.

Opinion is a crowded room. Knowledge is a room with a door you can show others how to enter. If you cannot lead someone through your reasons, you may be decorating a feeling.