An idea from The Symposium

At Potidaea, Socrates marched barefoot on ice and once stood thinking from dawn until the next sunrise. He saved the wounded Alcibiades and let him take the prize for bravery. In the retreat from Delium, he walked so calmly that he and his companion got away untouched.

From The Symposium by Plato

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