Philosophical Sayings

I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.

For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

But when completeness comes, what is in part disappears.

For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.

If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Ch…

But if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.

For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.

No thought, no action, no movement, total stillness: only thus can one manifest the true nature and law of things... and at last become one with heaven and earth.

Do that which consists in taking no action; Pursue that which is not meddlesome; Savor that which has no flavor.

Make the small big and the few many; Do good to him who has done you an injury.

Difficult things in the world must needs have their beginnings in the easy; Big things must needs have their beginnings in the small.

Therefore it is because the sage never attempts to be great that he succeeds in becoming great.

One who makes promises rashly rarely keeps good faith; One who is in the habit of considering things easy meets with frequent difficulties.

Therefore even the sage treats some things as difficult. That is why in the end no difficulties can get the better of him.

Use justice to rule a country. Use surprise to wage war. Use non-action to govern the world.