800 BCE – 500 CE
The dawn of philosophical thought, from pre-Socratics to late antiquity.
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't a…
— Confucius
"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adj..."
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everyth…
— Plato
"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination..."
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
— Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)
"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk..."
"The unexamined life is not worth living."
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
— Socrates
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
— Aristotle
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts."
"He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty."
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the futu..."
The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
— Marcus Aurelius
"The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts."
The great man is he who does not lose his child-like heart.
— Mencius
"The great man is he who does not lose his child-like heart."
The mind is everything. What you think you become.
"The mind is everything. What you think you become."
As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good i…
"As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matter..."
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