Philosophical Sayings
422 sayings found from the Ancient era
When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
The body, monks, is not self. If the body were the self, this body would not lend itself to dis-ease. It would be possible (to say) with regard to the body, 'Let my body be thus. Let my body not be thus.' But precisely because the body is not self, t…
The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think.
Irrigators channel waters, fletchers straighten arrows, carpenters bend wood, the wise master themselves.
Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame.
Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.
Even as a tree, though cut down, sprouts again if its roots are undamaged and strong, so also, if the roots of craving are not destroyed, suffering ever springs up again and again.
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a long road to life.
The gift of truth excels all other gifts.
All experiences are preceded by mind, led by mind, made by mind.
The wise ones who are intent on meditation, who delight in the peace of renunciation, such mindful ones, perfect in wisdom, collect like bees the nectar of flowers.
The one who is wise, established in virtue, knows the meaning of words, has a tranquil mind, and has abandoned craving, is truly called a sage.
You shall have no other gods before Me.
You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue.
The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.
Man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.