Philosophical Sayings

1,636 sayings found

If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success.

— Confucius c. 551-479 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 our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

— Saint Paul c. 55-57 AD
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I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

— Saint Paul c. 48-55 AD
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Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.

— Saint Paul c. 53-54 AD
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For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.

— Saint Paul c. 55-57 AD
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All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be enslaved by anything.

— Saint Paul c. 53-54 AD
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To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.

— Saint Paul c. 63-65 AD
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For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

— Saint Paul c. 48-55 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 it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

— Saint Paul c. 60-62 AD
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We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.

— Saint Paul c. 53-54 AD
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The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

— Saint Paul c. 53-54 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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Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

— Saint Paul c. 55-57 AD
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For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

— Saint Paul c. 55-57 AD
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I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plent…

— Saint Paul c. 60-62 AD
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For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope.

— Saint Paul c. 55-57 AD
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For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.

— Saint Paul c. 55-57 AD
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