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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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Great losses are great lessons.
- Amit Kalantri
Wealth of Words
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Using your talent, hobby or profession in a way that makes you contribute with something good to this world is truly the way to go.
- Simon Zingerman
We All Need Heroes: Stories of the Brave and Foolish
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Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don't say that you've wasted time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being.
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We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged
- Heinrich Heine
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Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.
- Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Returning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking; You have grown outside the puzzle and your piece no longer fits.
- Cindy Ross
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I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me.
- Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities
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Between living and dreaming there is a third thing. Guess it.
- Antonio Machado
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You were born a child of light’s wonderful secret— you return to the beauty you have always been.
- Aberjhani
Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black
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When, at last, I ceased to be myself, I came to be.
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Let not the rash marble risk
garrulous breaches of oblivion's omnipotence,
in many words recalling
name, renown, events, birthplace.
All those glass jewels are best left in the dark.
Let not the marble say what men do not.
The essentials of the dead man's life--
the trembling hope,
the implacable miracle of pain, the wonder of sensual delight--
will abide forever.
Blindly the uncertain soul asks to continue
when it is the lives of others that will make that happen,
as you yourself are the mirror and image
of those who did not live as long as you
and others will be (and are) your immortality on earth.
- Jorge Luis Borges
Selected Poems
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Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
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We are twice armed if we fight with faith.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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Love is friendship set to music.
- Jackson Pollock
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I don’t believe in art. I believe in artists.
- Marcel Duchamp
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The struggle between ‘for’ and ‘against’ is the mind’s worst disease.
- Sent ts’an, c. 700 C. E.
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
- Zen Proverb
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We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing.
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We need way more intimacy than nearly anyone considers normal. Always hungry for it, we seek solace and sustenance in the closest available substitutes: television, shopping, pornography, conspicuous consumption — anything to ease the hurt, to feel connected, or to project an image by which we might be seen and known, or at least see and know ourselves.
- Charles Eisenstein
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The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.
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Simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world.
- Lao Tzu
Tao Te Ching
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Things do not change; we change.
- Henry David Thoreau
Walden or, Life in the Woods
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Great losses are great lessons.
- Amit Kalantri
Wealth of Words
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Using your talent, hobby or profession in a way that makes you contribute with something good to this world is truly the way to go.
- Simon Zingerman
We All Need Heroes: Stories of the Brave and Foolish
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Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don't say that you've wasted time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being.
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We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged
- Heinrich Heine
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Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.
- Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Returning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking; You have grown outside the puzzle and your piece no longer fits.
- Cindy Ross
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I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me.
- Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities
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Between living and dreaming there is a third thing. Guess it.
- Antonio Machado
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You were born a child of light’s wonderful secret— you return to the beauty you have always been.
- Aberjhani
Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black
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When, at last, I ceased to be myself, I came to be.
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Let not the rash marble risk
garrulous breaches of oblivion's omnipotence,
in many words recalling
name, renown, events, birthplace.
All those glass jewels are best left in the dark.
Let not the marble say what men do not.
The essentials of the dead man's life--
the trembling hope,
the implacable miracle of pain, the wonder of sensual delight--
will abide forever.
Blindly the uncertain soul asks to continue
when it is the lives of others that will make that happen,
as you yourself are the mirror and image
of those who did not live as long as you
and others will be (and are) your immortality on earth.
- Jorge Luis Borges
Selected Poems
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Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
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We are twice armed if we fight with faith.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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Love is friendship set to music.
- Jackson Pollock
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I don’t believe in art. I believe in artists.
- Marcel Duchamp
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The struggle between ‘for’ and ‘against’ is the mind’s worst disease.
- Sent ts’an, c. 700 C. E.
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
- Zen Proverb
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We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We need way more intimacy than nearly anyone considers normal. Always hungry for it, we seek solace and sustenance in the closest available substitutes: television, shopping, pornography, conspicuous consumption — anything to ease the hurt, to feel connected, or to project an image by which we might be seen and known, or at least see and know ourselves.
- Charles Eisenstein
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The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world.
- Lao Tzu
Tao Te Ching
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Things do not change; we change.
- Henry David Thoreau
Walden or, Life in the Woods
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Great losses are great lessons.
- Amit Kalantri
Wealth of Words
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Using your talent, hobby or profession in a way that makes you contribute with something good to this world is truly the way to go.
- Simon Zingerman
We All Need Heroes: Stories of the Brave and Foolish
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don't say that you've wasted time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged
- Heinrich Heine
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.
- Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Returning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking; You have grown outside the puzzle and your piece no longer fits.
- Cindy Ross
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me.
- Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Between living and dreaming there is a third thing. Guess it.
- Antonio Machado
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
You were born a child of light’s wonderful secret— you return to the beauty you have always been.
- Aberjhani
Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When, at last, I ceased to be myself, I came to be.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Let not the rash marble risk
garrulous breaches of oblivion's omnipotence,
in many words recalling
name, renown, events, birthplace.
All those glass jewels are best left in the dark.
Let not the marble say what men do not.
The essentials of the dead man's life--
the trembling hope,
the implacable miracle of pain, the wonder of sensual delight--
will abide forever.
Blindly the uncertain soul asks to continue
when it is the lives of others that will make that happen,
as you yourself are the mirror and image
of those who did not live as long as you
and others will be (and are) your immortality on earth.
- Jorge Luis Borges
Selected Poems
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Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We are twice armed if we fight with faith.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I love those who yearn for the impossible.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Love is friendship set to music.
- Jackson Pollock
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I don’t believe in art. I believe in artists.
- Marcel Duchamp
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The struggle between ‘for’ and ‘against’ is the mind’s worst disease.
- Sent ts’an, c. 700 C. E.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
- Zen Proverb
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We need way more intimacy than nearly anyone considers normal. Always hungry for it, we seek solace and sustenance in the closest available substitutes: television, shopping, pornography, conspicuous consumption — anything to ease the hurt, to feel connected, or to project an image by which we might be seen and known, or at least see and know ourselves.
- Charles Eisenstein
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The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world.
- Lao Tzu
Tao Te Ching
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Things do not change; we change.
- Henry David Thoreau
Walden or, Life in the Woods
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