Philosophical dialogue · Philosophical literatureWonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.SocratesPlato, Theaetetus · 400 BC★ 9.7
Philosophical literature · Religious literatureA journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.Lao TzuTao Te Ching · 400 BC★ 9.2
Philosophical literature · Religious literatureNature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.Lao TzuTao Te Ching · 400 BC★ 5.8
Philosophical literature · Religious literatureThe sage does not accumulate for himself. The more he uses for others, the more he has himself. The more he gives to others, the more he possesses of his own. The Way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.Lao TzuTao Te Ching · 400 BC★ 4.0
Play · Greek tragedy · Tragedy (play)A woman's vows I write upon the wave.SophoclesUnknown drama · 400 BC★ 3.8
Scripture · Religious literatureThe joy of the Lord is your strength.NehemiahNehemiah 8:10 · 400 BC★ 3.8
Philosophical literature · Religious literatureHe who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know.Lao TzuTao Te Ching · 400 BC★ 2.4
Philosophical literature · Religious literatureDo you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?Lao TzuTao Te Ching · 400 BC★ 2.4
Philosophical literature · Religious literatureIf you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.Lao TzuTao Te Ching · 400 BC★ 2.4
Philosophical literature · Religious literatureLet people hold on to these: Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.Lao TzuTao Te Ching · 400 BC★ 2.4
Philosophical literature · Religious literatureWhen the people of the world all know beauty as beauty, There arises the recognition of ugliness. When they all know the good as good, There arises the recognition of evil.Lao TzuTao Te Ching · 400 BC★ 2.3
Philosophical literature · Religious literatureThe pursuit of learning is to increase day after day. The pursuit of Tao is to decrease day after day. It is to decrease and further decrease until one reaches the point of taking no action. No action is undertaken, and yet nothing is left undone.Lao TzuTao Te Ching · 400 BC★ 2.3
Play · Greek tragedy · Tragedy (play)No man loves like him that's growing old.SophoclesAcrisius · 400 BC★ 2.1
Philosophical literature · Religious literatureHe who knows others is wise; He who knows himself is enlightened.Lao TzuTao Te Ching · 400 BC★ 1.6
Philosophical literature · Religious literatureThe Tao that can be told of is not the eternal Tao; The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; The Named is the mother of all things.Lao TzuTao Te Ching · 400 BC★ 1.4
Play · Greek tragedy · Tragedy (play)Sons are the anchors of a mother's life.SophoclesPhaedra · 400 BC★ 1.3
Who knows but life be that which men call death, and death what men call life?EuripidesPhrixus · 400 BC★ 1.2
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