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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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Growing up, I always had a soldier mentality. As a kid I wanted to be a soldier, a fighter pilot, a covert agent, professions that require a great deal of bravery and risk and putting oneself in grave danger in order to complete the mission. Even though I did not become all those things, and unless my predisposition, in its youngest years, already had me leaning towards them, the interest that was there still shaped my philosophies. To this day I honor risk and sacrifice for the good of others - my views on life and love are heavily influenced by this.
- Criss Jami
Healology
Topic: Death, Philosophical
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Vivo sin vivir en mí... muero porque no muero. (I live without really being alive... I die because I am not dying.)
- Santa Teresa de Jesús
Topic: Death, Philosophical
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The fear of death never left me; I couldn't get used to the thought; I would still sometimes shake and weep with terror. By contrast, the fact of existence here and now sometimes took on a glorious splendour.
- Simone de Beauvoir
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
Topic: Death, Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Happiness will grow if you plant the seeds of love in the garden of hope with compassion and care.
Topic: Education, Happiness, Hope, Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Let the love of the moon kiss you good night,
let the morning sun wake you up with loving light.
Topic: Education, Happiness, Hope, Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Manlius ... took care in his invitations, actively sought to exclude from his circle crude and vulgar men like Caius Valerius. But they were all around; it was Manlius who lived in a dream world, and his bubble of civility was becoming smaller and smaller. Caius Valerius, powerful member of a powerful family, had never even heard of Plato. A hundred, even fifty years before, such an absurdity would have been inconceivable. Now it was surprising if such a man did know anything of philosophy, and even if it was explained, he would not wish to understand.
- Iain Pears
The Dream of Scipio
Topic: Education, Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.
- C.G. Jung
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
What is important is to spread confusion, not eliminate it.
- Salvador Dalí
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Read a lot. Expect something big, something exalting or deepening from a book. No book is worth reading that isn’t worth re-reading.
- Susan Sontag
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.
- Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez
Topic: Philosophical
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You can feel an emotion; just don’t think that it’s so important.
- John Cage
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Talk of mysteries! — Think of our life in nature, — daily to be shown matter, to come in contact with it, — rocks, trees, wind on our cheeks! The solid earth! The actual world! The common sense! Contact! Contact! Who are we? Where are we?
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than freedom.
- Alexis de Tocqueville
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
We in the richest societies have too many calories even as we starve for beautiful, fresh food; we have overlarge houses but lack spaces that truly embody our individuality and connectedness; media surround us everywhere while we starve for authentic communication. We are offered entertainment every second of the day but lack the chance to play. In the ubiquitous realm of money, we hunger for all that is intimate, personal, and unique.
- Charles Eisenstein
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you completely in anything.
- Gertrude Stein
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.
- Marshall McLuhan
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Growing up, I always had a soldier mentality. As a kid I wanted to be a soldier, a fighter pilot, a covert agent, professions that require a great deal of bravery and risk and putting oneself in grave danger in order to complete the mission. Even though I did not become all those things, and unless my predisposition, in its youngest years, already had me leaning towards them, the interest that was there still shaped my philosophies. To this day I honor risk and sacrifice for the good of others - my views on life and love are heavily influenced by this.
- Criss Jami
Healology
Topic: Death, Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Vivo sin vivir en mí... muero porque no muero. (I live without really being alive... I die because I am not dying.)
- Santa Teresa de Jesús
Topic: Death, Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
The fear of death never left me; I couldn't get used to the thought; I would still sometimes shake and weep with terror. By contrast, the fact of existence here and now sometimes took on a glorious splendour.
- Simone de Beauvoir
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
Topic: Death, Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Happiness will grow if you plant the seeds of love in the garden of hope with compassion and care.
Topic: Education, Happiness, Hope, Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Let the love of the moon kiss you good night,
let the morning sun wake you up with loving light.
Topic: Education, Happiness, Hope, Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Manlius ... took care in his invitations, actively sought to exclude from his circle crude and vulgar men like Caius Valerius. But they were all around; it was Manlius who lived in a dream world, and his bubble of civility was becoming smaller and smaller. Caius Valerius, powerful member of a powerful family, had never even heard of Plato. A hundred, even fifty years before, such an absurdity would have been inconceivable. Now it was surprising if such a man did know anything of philosophy, and even if it was explained, he would not wish to understand.
- Iain Pears
The Dream of Scipio
Topic: Education, Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.
- C.G. Jung
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
What is important is to spread confusion, not eliminate it.
- Salvador Dalí
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Read a lot. Expect something big, something exalting or deepening from a book. No book is worth reading that isn’t worth re-reading.
- Susan Sontag
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.
- Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
You can feel an emotion; just don’t think that it’s so important.
- John Cage
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Talk of mysteries! — Think of our life in nature, — daily to be shown matter, to come in contact with it, — rocks, trees, wind on our cheeks! The solid earth! The actual world! The common sense! Contact! Contact! Who are we? Where are we?
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than freedom.
- Alexis de Tocqueville
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
We in the richest societies have too many calories even as we starve for beautiful, fresh food; we have overlarge houses but lack spaces that truly embody our individuality and connectedness; media surround us everywhere while we starve for authentic communication. We are offered entertainment every second of the day but lack the chance to play. In the ubiquitous realm of money, we hunger for all that is intimate, personal, and unique.
- Charles Eisenstein
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you completely in anything.
- Gertrude Stein
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.
- Marshall McLuhan
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Growing up, I always had a soldier mentality. As a kid I wanted to be a soldier, a fighter pilot, a covert agent, professions that require a great deal of bravery and risk and putting oneself in grave danger in order to complete the mission. Even though I did not become all those things, and unless my predisposition, in its youngest years, already had me leaning towards them, the interest that was there still shaped my philosophies. To this day I honor risk and sacrifice for the good of others - my views on life and love are heavily influenced by this.
- Criss Jami
Healology
Topic: Death, Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Vivo sin vivir en mí... muero porque no muero. (I live without really being alive... I die because I am not dying.)
- Santa Teresa de Jesús
Topic: Death, Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
The fear of death never left me; I couldn't get used to the thought; I would still sometimes shake and weep with terror. By contrast, the fact of existence here and now sometimes took on a glorious splendour.
- Simone de Beauvoir
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
Topic: Death, Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Happiness will grow if you plant the seeds of love in the garden of hope with compassion and care.
Topic: Education, Happiness, Hope, Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Let the love of the moon kiss you good night,
let the morning sun wake you up with loving light.
Topic: Education, Happiness, Hope, Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Manlius ... took care in his invitations, actively sought to exclude from his circle crude and vulgar men like Caius Valerius. But they were all around; it was Manlius who lived in a dream world, and his bubble of civility was becoming smaller and smaller. Caius Valerius, powerful member of a powerful family, had never even heard of Plato. A hundred, even fifty years before, such an absurdity would have been inconceivable. Now it was surprising if such a man did know anything of philosophy, and even if it was explained, he would not wish to understand.
- Iain Pears
The Dream of Scipio
Topic: Education, Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.
- C.G. Jung
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
What is important is to spread confusion, not eliminate it.
- Salvador Dalí
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Read a lot. Expect something big, something exalting or deepening from a book. No book is worth reading that isn’t worth re-reading.
- Susan Sontag
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.
- Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
You can feel an emotion; just don’t think that it’s so important.
- John Cage
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Talk of mysteries! — Think of our life in nature, — daily to be shown matter, to come in contact with it, — rocks, trees, wind on our cheeks! The solid earth! The actual world! The common sense! Contact! Contact! Who are we? Where are we?
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than freedom.
- Alexis de Tocqueville
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
We in the richest societies have too many calories even as we starve for beautiful, fresh food; we have overlarge houses but lack spaces that truly embody our individuality and connectedness; media surround us everywhere while we starve for authentic communication. We are offered entertainment every second of the day but lack the chance to play. In the ubiquitous realm of money, we hunger for all that is intimate, personal, and unique.
- Charles Eisenstein
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you completely in anything.
- Gertrude Stein
Topic: Philosophical
NOT YET RATED ▼
Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.
- Marshall McLuhan
Topic: Philosophical
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