Philosophical Sayings

348 sayings found from the Ancient era from 12 authors

Friendship is one soul in two bodies.

— Pythagoras c. 5th Century BCE
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A fool is known by his speech, and a wise man by silence.

— Pythagoras c. 5th Century BCE
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There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.

— Pythagoras c. 5th Century BCE
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Every man has been made by God in order to acquire knowledge and contemplate.

— Pythagoras c. 5th Century BCE
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Geometry is knowledge of the eternally existent.

— Pythagoras c. 5th Century BCE
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There is geometry in the humming of the strings.

— Pythagoras c. 5th Century BCE
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Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light.

— Pythagoras c. 5th Century BCE
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Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.

— Pythagoras c. 5th Century BCE
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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.

— Pythagoras c. 5th Century BCE
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A thought is an idea in transit.

— Pythagoras c. 5th Century BCE
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All is number.

— Pythagoras c. 5th Century BCE
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My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.

— Saint Paul c. 55-57 AD
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Not all of those who descend from Israel are Israel.

— Saint Paul c. 55-57 AD
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For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.

— Saint Paul c. 62-64 AD
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For in him we live and move and have our being.

— Saint Paul c. 60-62 AD (Paul's speech)
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For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

— Saint Paul c. 55-57 AD
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For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

— Saint Paul c. 55-57 AD
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But when completeness comes, what is in part disappears.

— Saint Paul c. 53-54 AD
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Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

— Saint Paul c. 55-57 AD
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Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.

— Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) c. 5th-6th Century BCE
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