Philosophical Sayings

12 sayings found from the Ancient era

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All is number.

— Pythagoras c. 5th Century BCE

Mind moves matter.

— Virgil Throughout his works

A jug fills drop by drop.

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

Pursue without interfering.

— Laozi c. 6th-4th century BCE

Nature acts without masters.

— Hippocrates c. 5th Century BCE

My kingdom is not of this world.

— Jesus Christ c. 30-33 CE

God himself helps those who dare.

— Ovid Throughout his works

Devotion, like fire, goeth upward.

— Zoroaster c. 1500-1000 BCE

You shall not spread a false report.

— Moses c. 13th Century BCE (Traditional)

When the wind blows, the grass bends.

— Confucius c. 551-479 BCE

And the whole is greater than the part.

— Euclid c. 300 BCE

For in him we live and move and have our being.

— Saint Paul c. 60-62 AD (Paul's speech)