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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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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think
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It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.
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If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.
- Keith Richards
Keith Richards: In His Own Words
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Non est ad astra mollis e terris via" - "There is no easy way from the earth to the stars
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
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The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
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The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.
- Norton Juster
The Phantom Tollbooth
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To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can still do for those who study it.
- Bertrand Russell
A History of Western Philosophy
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The first and most important thing an individual can do is to become an individual again, decontrol himself, train himself as to what is going on and win back as much independent ground for himself as possible
- William S. Burroughs
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Even a soul submerged in sleep
is hard at work and helps
make something of the world.
- Heraclitus
Fragments
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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.
- George S. Patton Jr.
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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
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A bridge of silver wings stretches from the dead ashes of an unforgiving nightmare
to the jeweled vision of a life started anew.
- Aberjhani
Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry
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What we have forgotten is that thoughts and words are conventions, and that it is fatal to take conventions too seriously. A convention is a social convenience, as, for example, money ... but it is absurd to take money too seriously, to confuse it with real wealth ... In somewhat the same way, thoughts, ideas and words are "coins" for real things.
- Alan Wilson Watts
The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
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It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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...an optimistic mind-set finds dozens of possible solutions for every problem that the pessimist regards as incurable.
- Robert Anton Wilson
Cosmic Trigger: Die letzten Geheimnisse der Illuminaten oder An den Grenzen des erweiterten Bewusstseins
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To learn is not to know; there are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the others.
- Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo
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Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. If change is of the essence of existence one would have thought it only sensible to make it the premise of our philosophy.
- W. Somerset Maugham
The Razor’s Edge
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I am sitting with a philosopher in the garden; he says again and again 'I know that that’s a tree', pointing to a tree that is near us. Someone else arrives and hears this, and I tell him: 'This fellow isn’t insane. We are only doing philosophy.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
On Certainty
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The map is not the territory.
- Alfred Korzybski
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Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.
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Maybe that's it, [...] [w]ith what you were talking about before. The world being broken. Maybe it isn't that we're supposed to find the pieces and put them back together. Maybe we're the pieces." [...] "Maybe [...] what we're supposed to do is come together. That's how we stop the breaking.
- David Levithan
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
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Most of what passes for legitimate entertainment is inferior or foolish and only caters to or exploits people's weaknesses. Avoid being one of the mob who indulges in such pastimes. Your life is too short and you have important things to do. Be discriminating about what images and ideas you permit into your mind. If you yourself don't choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest. It is the easiest thing in the world to slide imperceptibly into vulgarity. But there's no need for that to happen if you determine not to waste your time and attention on mindless pap.
- Epictetus
The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
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To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think
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It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.
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If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.
- Keith Richards
Keith Richards: In His Own Words
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Non est ad astra mollis e terris via" - "There is no easy way from the earth to the stars
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
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The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
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The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.
- Norton Juster
The Phantom Tollbooth
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To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can still do for those who study it.
- Bertrand Russell
A History of Western Philosophy
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The first and most important thing an individual can do is to become an individual again, decontrol himself, train himself as to what is going on and win back as much independent ground for himself as possible
- William S. Burroughs
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Even a soul submerged in sleep
is hard at work and helps
make something of the world.
- Heraclitus
Fragments
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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.
- George S. Patton Jr.
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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
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A bridge of silver wings stretches from the dead ashes of an unforgiving nightmare
to the jeweled vision of a life started anew.
- Aberjhani
Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry
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What we have forgotten is that thoughts and words are conventions, and that it is fatal to take conventions too seriously. A convention is a social convenience, as, for example, money ... but it is absurd to take money too seriously, to confuse it with real wealth ... In somewhat the same way, thoughts, ideas and words are "coins" for real things.
- Alan Wilson Watts
The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
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It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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...an optimistic mind-set finds dozens of possible solutions for every problem that the pessimist regards as incurable.
- Robert Anton Wilson
Cosmic Trigger: Die letzten Geheimnisse der Illuminaten oder An den Grenzen des erweiterten Bewusstseins
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To learn is not to know; there are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the others.
- Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo
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Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. If change is of the essence of existence one would have thought it only sensible to make it the premise of our philosophy.
- W. Somerset Maugham
The Razor’s Edge
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I am sitting with a philosopher in the garden; he says again and again 'I know that that’s a tree', pointing to a tree that is near us. Someone else arrives and hears this, and I tell him: 'This fellow isn’t insane. We are only doing philosophy.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
On Certainty
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The map is not the territory.
- Alfred Korzybski
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Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.
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Maybe that's it, [...] [w]ith what you were talking about before. The world being broken. Maybe it isn't that we're supposed to find the pieces and put them back together. Maybe we're the pieces." [...] "Maybe [...] what we're supposed to do is come together. That's how we stop the breaking.
- David Levithan
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
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Most of what passes for legitimate entertainment is inferior or foolish and only caters to or exploits people's weaknesses. Avoid being one of the mob who indulges in such pastimes. Your life is too short and you have important things to do. Be discriminating about what images and ideas you permit into your mind. If you yourself don't choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest. It is the easiest thing in the world to slide imperceptibly into vulgarity. But there's no need for that to happen if you determine not to waste your time and attention on mindless pap.
- Epictetus
The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
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To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think
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It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.
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If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.
- Keith Richards
Keith Richards: In His Own Words
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Non est ad astra mollis e terris via" - "There is no easy way from the earth to the stars
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
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The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.
- Norton Juster
The Phantom Tollbooth
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To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can still do for those who study it.
- Bertrand Russell
A History of Western Philosophy
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The first and most important thing an individual can do is to become an individual again, decontrol himself, train himself as to what is going on and win back as much independent ground for himself as possible
- William S. Burroughs
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Even a soul submerged in sleep
is hard at work and helps
make something of the world.
- Heraclitus
Fragments
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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.
- George S. Patton Jr.
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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
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A bridge of silver wings stretches from the dead ashes of an unforgiving nightmare
to the jeweled vision of a life started anew.
- Aberjhani
Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
What we have forgotten is that thoughts and words are conventions, and that it is fatal to take conventions too seriously. A convention is a social convenience, as, for example, money ... but it is absurd to take money too seriously, to confuse it with real wealth ... In somewhat the same way, thoughts, ideas and words are "coins" for real things.
- Alan Wilson Watts
The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
...an optimistic mind-set finds dozens of possible solutions for every problem that the pessimist regards as incurable.
- Robert Anton Wilson
Cosmic Trigger: Die letzten Geheimnisse der Illuminaten oder An den Grenzen des erweiterten Bewusstseins
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To learn is not to know; there are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the others.
- Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo
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Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. If change is of the essence of existence one would have thought it only sensible to make it the premise of our philosophy.
- W. Somerset Maugham
The Razor’s Edge
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I am sitting with a philosopher in the garden; he says again and again 'I know that that’s a tree', pointing to a tree that is near us. Someone else arrives and hears this, and I tell him: 'This fellow isn’t insane. We are only doing philosophy.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
On Certainty
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The map is not the territory.
- Alfred Korzybski
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Maybe that's it, [...] [w]ith what you were talking about before. The world being broken. Maybe it isn't that we're supposed to find the pieces and put them back together. Maybe we're the pieces." [...] "Maybe [...] what we're supposed to do is come together. That's how we stop the breaking.
- David Levithan
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Most of what passes for legitimate entertainment is inferior or foolish and only caters to or exploits people's weaknesses. Avoid being one of the mob who indulges in such pastimes. Your life is too short and you have important things to do. Be discriminating about what images and ideas you permit into your mind. If you yourself don't choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest. It is the easiest thing in the world to slide imperceptibly into vulgarity. But there's no need for that to happen if you determine not to waste your time and attention on mindless pap.
- Epictetus
The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
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To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.
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