Wednesday 11 September 2019

HELLENIC WISDOM ~ QUOTES AND IMAGES

Quotes by some of the most brilliant minds of the Ancient Greek world. If you wish to download these images, right-cilck on each of them.


Βέλτιστοι γινόμεθα προς τους Θεούς βαδίζοντες. ~ We become our best selves by walking towards the Gods.
Pythagoras


Τα δε πάντα οιακίζει κεραυνός. ~ Everything is guided by lightning.
Heraclitus


Μάταιόν εστι παρά Θεών αιτείσθαι ά τις εαυτώ χορηγήσαι ικανός εστι. ~  It is futile to pray to the Gods for that which one has the power to obtain by himself.
 Epicurus



Τι το Θείον; Το μη αρχήν έχον, μήτε τελευτήν. ~ What is the Divine? That which has no beginning and no end.
Thales of Miletus


Πάντα πλήρη Θεών. ~ All things are filled with the presence of the Gods.  
Thales of Miletus


Θείου νου το αεί τι διαλογίζεσθαι καλόν. ~ It is the sign of a divine mind to always contemplate noble things.
 Democritus.

Πάντα ιδών Διός οφθαλμός και πάντα νοήσας. ~ The eye of Zeus sees all and understands all. 
 Hesiod.



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