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Philosophical quotes offer condensed insights into humanity’s deepest questions. They invite reflection on how we think, live, and relate to the world around us. The following collection serves as a doorway to contemplation, curiosity, and quiet intellectual challenge.   ◀ Back
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We can't avoid reasoning; we can only avoid doing it well.
- Peter Kreeft
Pocket Handbook of Christian Apologetics
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High thoughts must have high language.
- Aristophanes
The Frogs and Other Plays
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Where humanity
sowed faith, hope, and unity,
joy’s garden blossomed.
- Aberjhani
The River of Winged Dreams
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My power is my property. My power gives me property. My power am I myself, and through it am I my property.
- Max Stirner
The Ego and Its Own
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It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not weakness, that is life.
- Patrick Stewart
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The story of terrorism is written by the state and it is therefore highly instructive… compared with terrorism, everything else must be acceptable, or in any case more rational and democratic.
- Guy Debord
The Society of the Spectacle
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Consciousness is a mystery that faces the mystery of potential and transforms it into actuality. We do that with every choice we make. Our choices determine the destiny of the world. By making a choice, you alter the structure of reality.
- Jordan B. Peterson
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I have gone around observing your activities from the outside. Because of this I have also been able to see things to which you have been blind... Every morning you have gone to work, but you have never been fully awake. Of course, you have seen the sun and the moon, the stars in the sky, and everything that moves, but you haven't really seen it at all. It is different for the Joker, because he was put into this world with a flaw: He sees too clearly and too much.
- Jostein Gaarder
The Solitaire Mystery
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The root of humanly caused evil is not man's animal nature, not territorial aggression, or innate selfishness, but our need to gain self-esteem, deny our mortality, and achieve a heroic self-image. Our desire for the best is the cause of the worst.
- Sam Keen
The Denial of Death
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I am dead because I lack desire,
I lack desire because I think I possess,
I think I possess because I do not try to give,
In trying to give, you see that you have nothing,
Seeing that you have nothing, you try to give of yourself,
Trying to give of yourself, you see that you are nothing,
Seeing that you are nothing, you desire to become,
In desiring to become, you begin to live.
- Rene Daumal
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Digression is the soul of wit. Take the philosophic asides away from Dante, Milton or Hamlet's father's ghost and what stays is dry bones.
- Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451
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Love is patient; love is kind and envies no one. Love is never boastful, nor conceited, nor rude; never selfish, not quick to take offense. Love keeps no score of wrongs; does not gloat over other men's sins, but delights in the truth. There is nothing love cannot face; there is no limit to its faith, its hope, and endurance. [....] In a word, there are three things that last forever: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of them all is love.
- Anonymous
The Holy Bible: King James Version
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It is impossible, or not easy, to alter by argument what has long been absorbed by habit
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My teacher asked my favorite color. ... I said ‘Rainbow’.... and I was punished to stand out of my class.
- Saket Assertive
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This time, there was no escape, I could not turn away, could not leave without accepting what I had done. There was only one way to the other side, and that was through the pain.
- Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The Language of Flowers
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Indulge your passion for science…but let your science be human, and such as may have a direct reference to action and society. Be a philosopher; but amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
- David Hume
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
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I'm more than ever of the opinion that a decent human existence is possible today only on the fringes of society, where one then runs the risk of starving or being stoned to death. In these circumstances, a sense of humor is a great help.
- Hannah Arendt
Correspondence, 1926-1969
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I am not nothing in the sense of emptiness, but I am the creative nothing, the nothing out of which I myself as creator create everything.
- Max Stirner
The Ego and Its Own
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Get close to grass and you’ll see a star.
- Dejan Stojanovic
The Sun Watches the Sun
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I love him whose soul is deep, even in being wounded, and who may perish through a minor matter: thus he goes willingly over the bridge. I love him whose soul is so overfull that he forgets himself, and all things are in him: thus all things become his going under. I love him who has a free spirit and a free heart: thus his head is only the guts of his heart; his heart, however, causes his going under. I love all who are like heavy drops falling one by one out of the cloud that lowers over man: they herald the coming of the lightning, and as heralds they perish.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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An inventor is a man who asks 'Why?' of the universe and lets nothing stand between the answer and his mind.
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Do you think you wear a mask?’

‘I’m wearing one right now.’ Valentino smiled softly. ‘We both are.’

‘It’s a sad thought.’

‘Yes,’ he said. ‘But sometimes I wonder about the alternative. Imagine if we had no secrets, no respite from the truth. What if everything was laid bare the moment we introduced ourselves?
- Catherine Doyle
Vendetta
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I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
- John D. Rockefeller
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Philosophy lives in words, but truth and fact well up into our lives in ways that exceed verbal formulation.
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We can't avoid reasoning; we can only avoid doing it well.
- Peter Kreeft
Pocket Handbook of Christian Apologetics
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
High thoughts must have high language.
- Aristophanes
The Frogs and Other Plays
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Where humanity
sowed faith, hope, and unity,
joy’s garden blossomed.
- Aberjhani
The River of Winged Dreams
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My power is my property. My power gives me property. My power am I myself, and through it am I my property.
- Max Stirner
The Ego and Its Own
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It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not weakness, that is life.
- Patrick Stewart
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The story of terrorism is written by the state and it is therefore highly instructive… compared with terrorism, everything else must be acceptable, or in any case more rational and democratic.
- Guy Debord
The Society of the Spectacle
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Consciousness is a mystery that faces the mystery of potential and transforms it into actuality. We do that with every choice we make. Our choices determine the destiny of the world. By making a choice, you alter the structure of reality.
- Jordan B. Peterson
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I have gone around observing your activities from the outside. Because of this I have also been able to see things to which you have been blind... Every morning you have gone to work, but you have never been fully awake. Of course, you have seen the sun and the moon, the stars in the sky, and everything that moves, but you haven't really seen it at all. It is different for the Joker, because he was put into this world with a flaw: He sees too clearly and too much.
- Jostein Gaarder
The Solitaire Mystery
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The root of humanly caused evil is not man's animal nature, not territorial aggression, or innate selfishness, but our need to gain self-esteem, deny our mortality, and achieve a heroic self-image. Our desire for the best is the cause of the worst.
- Sam Keen
The Denial of Death
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I am dead because I lack desire,
I lack desire because I think I possess,
I think I possess because I do not try to give,
In trying to give, you see that you have nothing,
Seeing that you have nothing, you try to give of yourself,
Trying to give of yourself, you see that you are nothing,
Seeing that you are nothing, you desire to become,
In desiring to become, you begin to live.
- Rene Daumal
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Digression is the soul of wit. Take the philosophic asides away from Dante, Milton or Hamlet's father's ghost and what stays is dry bones.
- Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451
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Love is patient; love is kind and envies no one. Love is never boastful, nor conceited, nor rude; never selfish, not quick to take offense. Love keeps no score of wrongs; does not gloat over other men's sins, but delights in the truth. There is nothing love cannot face; there is no limit to its faith, its hope, and endurance. [....] In a word, there are three things that last forever: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of them all is love.
- Anonymous
The Holy Bible: King James Version
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It is impossible, or not easy, to alter by argument what has long been absorbed by habit
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My teacher asked my favorite color. ... I said ‘Rainbow’.... and I was punished to stand out of my class.
- Saket Assertive
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This time, there was no escape, I could not turn away, could not leave without accepting what I had done. There was only one way to the other side, and that was through the pain.
- Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The Language of Flowers
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Indulge your passion for science…but let your science be human, and such as may have a direct reference to action and society. Be a philosopher; but amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
- David Hume
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
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I'm more than ever of the opinion that a decent human existence is possible today only on the fringes of society, where one then runs the risk of starving or being stoned to death. In these circumstances, a sense of humor is a great help.
- Hannah Arendt
Correspondence, 1926-1969
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I am not nothing in the sense of emptiness, but I am the creative nothing, the nothing out of which I myself as creator create everything.
- Max Stirner
The Ego and Its Own
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Get close to grass and you’ll see a star.
- Dejan Stojanovic
The Sun Watches the Sun
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I love him whose soul is deep, even in being wounded, and who may perish through a minor matter: thus he goes willingly over the bridge. I love him whose soul is so overfull that he forgets himself, and all things are in him: thus all things become his going under. I love him who has a free spirit and a free heart: thus his head is only the guts of his heart; his heart, however, causes his going under. I love all who are like heavy drops falling one by one out of the cloud that lowers over man: they herald the coming of the lightning, and as heralds they perish.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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An inventor is a man who asks 'Why?' of the universe and lets nothing stand between the answer and his mind.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Do you think you wear a mask?’

‘I’m wearing one right now.’ Valentino smiled softly. ‘We both are.’

‘It’s a sad thought.’

‘Yes,’ he said. ‘But sometimes I wonder about the alternative. Imagine if we had no secrets, no respite from the truth. What if everything was laid bare the moment we introduced ourselves?
- Catherine Doyle
Vendetta
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
- John D. Rockefeller
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Philosophy lives in words, but truth and fact well up into our lives in ways that exceed verbal formulation.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We can't avoid reasoning; we can only avoid doing it well.
- Peter Kreeft
Pocket Handbook of Christian Apologetics
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
High thoughts must have high language.
- Aristophanes
The Frogs and Other Plays
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Where humanity
sowed faith, hope, and unity,
joy’s garden blossomed.
- Aberjhani
The River of Winged Dreams
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My power is my property. My power gives me property. My power am I myself, and through it am I my property.
- Max Stirner
The Ego and Its Own
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not weakness, that is life.
- Patrick Stewart
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The story of terrorism is written by the state and it is therefore highly instructive… compared with terrorism, everything else must be acceptable, or in any case more rational and democratic.
- Guy Debord
The Society of the Spectacle
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Consciousness is a mystery that faces the mystery of potential and transforms it into actuality. We do that with every choice we make. Our choices determine the destiny of the world. By making a choice, you alter the structure of reality.
- Jordan B. Peterson
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I have gone around observing your activities from the outside. Because of this I have also been able to see things to which you have been blind... Every morning you have gone to work, but you have never been fully awake. Of course, you have seen the sun and the moon, the stars in the sky, and everything that moves, but you haven't really seen it at all. It is different for the Joker, because he was put into this world with a flaw: He sees too clearly and too much.
- Jostein Gaarder
The Solitaire Mystery
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The root of humanly caused evil is not man's animal nature, not territorial aggression, or innate selfishness, but our need to gain self-esteem, deny our mortality, and achieve a heroic self-image. Our desire for the best is the cause of the worst.
- Sam Keen
The Denial of Death
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I am dead because I lack desire,
I lack desire because I think I possess,
I think I possess because I do not try to give,
In trying to give, you see that you have nothing,
Seeing that you have nothing, you try to give of yourself,
Trying to give of yourself, you see that you are nothing,
Seeing that you are nothing, you desire to become,
In desiring to become, you begin to live.
- Rene Daumal
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Digression is the soul of wit. Take the philosophic asides away from Dante, Milton or Hamlet's father's ghost and what stays is dry bones.
- Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Love is patient; love is kind and envies no one. Love is never boastful, nor conceited, nor rude; never selfish, not quick to take offense. Love keeps no score of wrongs; does not gloat over other men's sins, but delights in the truth. There is nothing love cannot face; there is no limit to its faith, its hope, and endurance. [....] In a word, there are three things that last forever: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of them all is love.
- Anonymous
The Holy Bible: King James Version
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It is impossible, or not easy, to alter by argument what has long been absorbed by habit
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My teacher asked my favorite color. ... I said ‘Rainbow’.... and I was punished to stand out of my class.
- Saket Assertive
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
This time, there was no escape, I could not turn away, could not leave without accepting what I had done. There was only one way to the other side, and that was through the pain.
- Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The Language of Flowers
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Indulge your passion for science…but let your science be human, and such as may have a direct reference to action and society. Be a philosopher; but amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
- David Hume
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I'm more than ever of the opinion that a decent human existence is possible today only on the fringes of society, where one then runs the risk of starving or being stoned to death. In these circumstances, a sense of humor is a great help.
- Hannah Arendt
Correspondence, 1926-1969
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I am not nothing in the sense of emptiness, but I am the creative nothing, the nothing out of which I myself as creator create everything.
- Max Stirner
The Ego and Its Own
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Get close to grass and you’ll see a star.
- Dejan Stojanovic
The Sun Watches the Sun
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I love him whose soul is deep, even in being wounded, and who may perish through a minor matter: thus he goes willingly over the bridge. I love him whose soul is so overfull that he forgets himself, and all things are in him: thus all things become his going under. I love him who has a free spirit and a free heart: thus his head is only the guts of his heart; his heart, however, causes his going under. I love all who are like heavy drops falling one by one out of the cloud that lowers over man: they herald the coming of the lightning, and as heralds they perish.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
An inventor is a man who asks 'Why?' of the universe and lets nothing stand between the answer and his mind.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Do you think you wear a mask?’

‘I’m wearing one right now.’ Valentino smiled softly. ‘We both are.’

‘It’s a sad thought.’

‘Yes,’ he said. ‘But sometimes I wonder about the alternative. Imagine if we had no secrets, no respite from the truth. What if everything was laid bare the moment we introduced ourselves?
- Catherine Doyle
Vendetta
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
- John D. Rockefeller
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Philosophy lives in words, but truth and fact well up into our lives in ways that exceed verbal formulation.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
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