6th century BC · Skopia

Showing 24 quotes from the 6th century BC

570 BC

★ 7.1

Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire: but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

1st Kings 19:11-12

538 BC

★ 4.5

Scripture · Religious literature

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Gautama Buddha

511 BC

★ 4.0

Poem

Bright youth passes swiftly as a thought.

Theognis of Megara

541 BC

★ 3.8

The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

Archilochus

600 BC

★ 3.7

Scripture · Religious literature

But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

God

Jeremiah 31:33 · 570 BC

★ 3.7

Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, But we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.

Solon

Plutarch, Plutarch's Lives · 560 BC

★ 3.7

Scripture · Religious literature

How long will you waver between two opinions?

Elijah

1st Kings 18:21 · 538 BC

★ 3.7

Scripture · Religious literature

There is a sound of abundance of rain.

Elijah

1st Kings 18:41 · 538 BC

★ 3.7

Scripture · Religious literature

Is there no balm in Gilead?

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 8:22 · 570 BC

★ 3.5

Scripture · Religious literature

If you find a man who points out faults and who reproves, follow such a wise person as you would a guide to hidden treasure.

Gautama Buddha

520 BC

★ 2.3

The stars about the lovely moon hide their shining forms when it lights up the earth at its fullest.

Sappho

570 BC

★ 2.2

Scripture · Religious literature

Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

God

Jeremiah 31:31 · 570 BC

★ 2.1

Scripture · Religious literature

Can these bones live?

God

Ezekiel 37:3 · 570 BC

★ 2.1

Scripture · Religious literature

As is the mother, so is her daughter.

Ezekiel 16:44

570 BC

★ 2.1

Scripture · Religious literature

King Solomon loved many strange women.

1st Kings 11:1

538 BC

★ 2.1

Scripture · Religious literature

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?

Jeremiah 13:23

570 BC

★ 2.0

Poem

The best of all things for earthly men is not to be born and not to see the beams of the bright sun; but if born, then as quickly as possible to pass the gates of Hades, and to lie deep buried.

Theognis of Megara

Elegies · 545 BC

★ 1.9

Poem

Adopt the character of the twisting octopus, which takes on the appearance of the nearby rock. Now follow in this direction, now turn a different hue.

Theognis of Megara

541 BC

★ 1.9

Scripture · Religious literature

Set thine house in order.

Isaiah

2nd Kings 20:1 · 538 BC

★ 1.8

Scripture · Religious literature

Birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering.

Gautama Buddha

510 BC

★ 1.4

Scripture · Religious literature

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 17:9 · 570 BC

★ 1.3

Scripture · Religious literature

Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

God

Jeremiah 23:24 · 570 BC

★ 1.3

Philosophical literature · Religious literature

People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something-always, in a word, seeking.

Bodhidharma

528 BC

★ 1.2