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.