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1. SOCRATES Dr.T.V.Rao MD Dr.T.V.Rao MD

2. Who is the Richest • He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature. Dr.T.V.Rao MD

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4. Who is a Real Child • An honest man is always a child. Dr.T.V.Rao MD

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6. Be slow in making Friends • Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. Dr.T.V.Rao MD

7. I am aware of my Ignorance • I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance. Dr.T.V.Rao MD

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9. Your wife makes what you are • By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. Dr.T.V.Rao MD

10. Improve with others Knowledge • Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for. Dr.T.V.Rao MD

11. Retaliation is not Solution • One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him. Dr.T.V.Rao MD

12. God knows what you Need • Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us. Dr.T.V.Rao MD

13. What is True Knowledge • To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge Dr.T.V.Rao MD

14. What is True Wisdom • True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us Dr.T.V.Rao MD

15. Nothing truly brings Happiness • If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality." Dr.T.V.Rao MD

16. No limit for Contentment • He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have Dr.T.V.Rao MD

17. Contentment is Richness • Contentmentis natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty. Dr.T.V.Rao MD

18. Your misfortunates are to be shared by others soon or later • "If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart. Dr.T.V.Rao MD

19. Love relieves all the Suffering • One word frees us Of all the weight and pain in life, That word is Love Dr.T.V.Rao MD

20. Improving ourselves is better than crushing others • The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves. Dr.T.V.Rao MD

21. What is Hate • From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate." Dr.T.V.Rao MD

22. Inspiration is creative • I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean. Dr.T.V.Rao MD

23. Aim for True Wisdom • True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us Dr.T.V.Rao MD

24. KNOW THYSELF The great teachings of Socrates enlightens us, Many think ignorance is their strength and plan to crush others. No solution to our problems than to know Thyself Dr.T.V.Rao MD doctortvrao@gmail.com Dr.T.V.Rao MD