Quotes · Skopia

378 quotes

John 3:16 · 90

★ 9.9

Scripture · Religious literature

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Jesus

Matthew 19:24 · 60

★ 9.3

Philosophical literature · Religious literature

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching · 400 BC

★ 9.2

Scripture · Religious literature

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Jesus

Matthew 7:7 · 60

★ 8.5

Scripture · Religious literature

So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

Jesus

Matthew 7:12 · 60

★ 8.5

Treatise · Military treatise

Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be defeated.

Sun Tzu

The Art of War · 475 BC

★ 8.3

Poem

East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.

Rudyard Kipling

The Ballad of East and West · 1889

★ 7.5

Wisdom literature

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Ahiqar

500 BC

★ 7.2

Scripture · Religious literature

And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

Jesus

Mark 3:24-25 · 60

★ 7.2

Scripture · Religious literature

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Jesus

Matthew 6:33 · 60

★ 7.2

Scripture · Religious literature

For many are called, but few are chosen.

Jesus

Matthew 22:14 · 60

★ 7.2

Speech · Political speech

Every Communist must grasp the truth: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."

Mao Zedong

1938

★ 7.2

Political literature

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Kautilya

300 BC

★ 7.1

Scripture · Religious literature

Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.

Jesus

Matthew 5:44 · 60

★ 7.1

Poem

Take up the White Man's burden — Send forth the best ye breed — Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives' need.

Rudyard Kipling

The White Man's Burden · 1899

★ 7.1

Scripture · Religious literature

The kingdom of God is within you.

Jesus

Luke 17:21 · 61

★ 7.1

Haiku · Poem

The old pond- A frog leaps in, And a splash.

Matsuo Basho

1686

★ 7.1

Scripture · Religious literature

You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Jesus

Matthew 7:5 · 60

★ 7.1

Scripture · Religious literature

Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

Jesus

Matthew 25:40 · 60

★ 7.1

Scripture · Religious literature

Why seek ye the living among the dead?

Jesus

Luke 24:5 · 61

★ 7.1

Scripture · Religious literature

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Jesus

Matthew 6:9-13 · 60

★ 7.0

Political literature

A revolution is not the same as inviting people to dinner, or writing an essay, or painting a picture... A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.

Mao Zedong

1927

★ 7.0

Scripture · Religious literature

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Jesus

Matthew 26:26-28 · 60

★ 7.0

Scripture · Religious literature

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Jesus

Matthew 5:7 · 60

★ 7.0

Scripture · Religious literature

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Jesus

Matthew 6:28-29 · 60

★ 7.0

Education is a weapon whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

Joseph Stalin

1937

★ 7.0

To kill Americans and their allies, both civil and military, is an individual duty of every Muslim who can, in any country where this is possible, until the Aqsa mosque and the Haram mosque are freed from their grip, and until their armies, shattered and broken-winged, depart from all the lands of Islam, incapable of threatening any of the lands of Islam, incapable of threatening any Muslim.

Osama bin Laden

Statement of the World Islamic Front · 1998

★ 7.0

Scripture · Religious literature

If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.

Jesus

Mark 9:23 · 60

★ 6.9

Press conference

Baghdad is safe, protected. There are no American infidels in Baghdad.

Mohammed al-Sahhaf

2003

★ 6.9

Scripture · Religious literature

If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Jesus

Matthew 16:24 · 60

★ 6.5

Scripture · Religious literature

Resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Jesus

Matthew 5:39 · 60

★ 6.3

Scripture · Religious literature

For I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.

Jesus

Matthew 25:35-36 · 60

★ 6.2

Speech · Political speech

The policy of letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is designed to promote the flourishing of the arts and the progress of science; it is designed to enable a socialist culture to thrive in our land.

Mao Zedong

1957

★ 6.2

Scripture · Religious literature

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

Jesus

Matthew 5:8 · 60

★ 6.0

Philosophical literature · Religious literature

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching · 400 BC

★ 5.8

Treatise · Military treatise

Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.

Sun Tzu

The Art of War · 490 BC

★ 5.7

Scripture · Religious literature

Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.

Jesus

Matthew 22:21 · 60

★ 5.5

Scripture · Religious literature

They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

Jesus

Matthew 15:14 · 60

★ 5.5

Scripture · Religious literature

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Jesus

Matthew 5:11 · 60

★ 5.5

Scripture · Religious literature

Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus

Matthew 5:10 · 60

★ 5.5

Scripture · Religious literature

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Jesus

Matthew 7:15 · 60

★ 5.5

Scripture · Religious literature

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Jesus

John 3:17 · 90

★ 5.5

Poem

They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!

Rudyard Kipling

1895

★ 5.5

Scripture · Religious literature

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Jesus

Matthew 22:37-39 · 60

★ 5.4

Scripture · Religious literature

And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.

Jesus

Matthew 21:22 · 60

★ 5.4

Courtroom speech · Speech

Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. But in the past, non-cooperation has been deliberately expressed in violence to the evildoer. I am endeavoring to show to my countrymen that violent non-cooperation only multiples evil and that evil can only be sustained by violence.

Mahatma Gandhi

1922

★ 5.4

Scripture · Religious literature

Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.

Jesus

Luke 23:46 · 61

★ 5.3

Travel writing

The months and days are the travelers of eternity. The years that come and go are also voyagers... I too for years past have been stirred by the sight of a solitary cloud drifting with the wind to ceaseless thoughts of roaming.

Matsuo Basho

1694

★ 5.3

Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

1973

★ 5.3

Scripture · Religious literature

With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Jesus

Matthew 19:26 · 60

★ 5.2

Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maples, singing songs, drinking water and diverting ourselves in just floating, floating; caring not a whit for the poverty staring us in the face, refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current: this is what we call ukiyo.

Asai Ryoi

Tales of the Floating World · 1661

★ 5.2

Radio broadcast · Speech · Political speech

The enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is indeed incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should we continue to fight, it would not only result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization. Such being the case, how are we to save the millions of our subjects, or to atone ourselves before the hallowed spirits of our imperial ancestors?... It is according to the dictate of time and fate that we have resolved to pave the way for a grand peace for all the generations to come by enduring the unavoidable and suffering what is insufferable.

Emperor Hirohito

1945

★ 5.2

Press conference

Their infidels are committing suicide by the hundreds on the gates of Baghdad.

Mohammed al-Sahhaf

2003

★ 5.2

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

Moshe Dayan

1977

★ 5.1

Philosophical literature

When one is at ease with himself, one is near Tao.

Zhuang Zhou

221 BC

★ 4.7

Scripture · Religious literature

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Jesus

Matthew 25:13 · 60

★ 4.7

Scripture · Religious literature

But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.

Jesus

John 11:22 · 90

★ 4.7

Scripture · Religious literature

This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.

Jesus

1st Corinthians 11:25 · 55

★ 4.6

Scripture · Religious literature

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Jesus

Matthew 16:25 · 60

★ 4.6

Scripture · Religious literature

It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.

Jesus

Mark 2:17 · 60

★ 4.6

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