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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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The frog in the pond knows little of the great ocean.
- Zen Proverb
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The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.
- Zhuangzi
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In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
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Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.
- William S. Burroughs
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.
- The Bhagavad Gita
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you are not too old
and it is not too late
to dive into your increasing depths
where life calmly gives out
it’s own secret
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Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.
- Ludwig van Beethoven
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I cannot compromise my respect for your love. You can keep your love, I will keep my respect.
- Amit Kalantri
Wealth of Words
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A bird is safe in its nest - but that is not what its wings are made for.
- Amit Ray
World Peace: The Voice of a Mountain Bird
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I know that the molecules in my body are traceable to phenomena in the cosmos. That makes me want to grab people on the street and say: ‘Have you HEARD THIS?
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Beauty is not who you are on the outside, it is the wisdom and time you gave away to save another struggling soul like you.
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If your life is worth thinking about,it is worth writing about.
- Robin Sharma
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Time is what keeps things from happening all at once.
- Ann Brashares
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
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There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better.
- Tom Robbins
Still Life with Woodpecker
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A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it.
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Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Little Prince
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Is it possible, in the final analysis, for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of another?
We can invest enormous time and energy in serious efforts to know another person, but in the end, how close can we come to that person's essence? We convince ourselves that we know the other person well, but do we really know anything important about anyone?
- Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
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It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and self-loathing—they are not all bad. Those devils have been my angels. Without them I would never have disappeared into language, literature, the mind, laughter and all the mad intensities that made and unmade me.
- Stephen Fry
Moab Is My Washpot
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Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
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We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God. Indeed only by myth-making, only by becoming 'sub-creator' and inventing stories, can Man aspire to the state of perfection that he knew before the Fall. Our myths may be misguided, but they steer however shakily towards the true harbour, while materialistic 'progress' leads only to a yawning abyss and the Iron Crown of the power of evil.
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The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
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Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy
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Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
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The frog in the pond knows little of the great ocean.
- Zen Proverb
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The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.
- Zhuangzi
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In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
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Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.
- William S. Burroughs
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.
- The Bhagavad Gita
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you are not too old
and it is not too late
to dive into your increasing depths
where life calmly gives out
it’s own secret
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.
- Ludwig van Beethoven
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I cannot compromise my respect for your love. You can keep your love, I will keep my respect.
- Amit Kalantri
Wealth of Words
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A bird is safe in its nest - but that is not what its wings are made for.
- Amit Ray
World Peace: The Voice of a Mountain Bird
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I know that the molecules in my body are traceable to phenomena in the cosmos. That makes me want to grab people on the street and say: ‘Have you HEARD THIS?
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Beauty is not who you are on the outside, it is the wisdom and time you gave away to save another struggling soul like you.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If your life is worth thinking about,it is worth writing about.
- Robin Sharma
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Time is what keeps things from happening all at once.
- Ann Brashares
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
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There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better.
- Tom Robbins
Still Life with Woodpecker
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A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it.
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Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Little Prince
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Is it possible, in the final analysis, for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of another?
We can invest enormous time and energy in serious efforts to know another person, but in the end, how close can we come to that person's essence? We convince ourselves that we know the other person well, but do we really know anything important about anyone?
- Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
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It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and self-loathing—they are not all bad. Those devils have been my angels. Without them I would never have disappeared into language, literature, the mind, laughter and all the mad intensities that made and unmade me.
- Stephen Fry
Moab Is My Washpot
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God. Indeed only by myth-making, only by becoming 'sub-creator' and inventing stories, can Man aspire to the state of perfection that he knew before the Fall. Our myths may be misguided, but they steer however shakily towards the true harbour, while materialistic 'progress' leads only to a yawning abyss and the Iron Crown of the power of evil.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
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Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy
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Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
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The frog in the pond knows little of the great ocean.
- Zen Proverb
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The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.
- Zhuangzi
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In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.
- William S. Burroughs
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.
- The Bhagavad Gita
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
you are not too old
and it is not too late
to dive into your increasing depths
where life calmly gives out
it’s own secret
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.
- Ludwig van Beethoven
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I cannot compromise my respect for your love. You can keep your love, I will keep my respect.
- Amit Kalantri
Wealth of Words
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A bird is safe in its nest - but that is not what its wings are made for.
- Amit Ray
World Peace: The Voice of a Mountain Bird
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I know that the molecules in my body are traceable to phenomena in the cosmos. That makes me want to grab people on the street and say: ‘Have you HEARD THIS?
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Beauty is not who you are on the outside, it is the wisdom and time you gave away to save another struggling soul like you.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If your life is worth thinking about,it is worth writing about.
- Robin Sharma
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Time is what keeps things from happening all at once.
- Ann Brashares
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better.
- Tom Robbins
Still Life with Woodpecker
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Little Prince
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Is it possible, in the final analysis, for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of another?
We can invest enormous time and energy in serious efforts to know another person, but in the end, how close can we come to that person's essence? We convince ourselves that we know the other person well, but do we really know anything important about anyone?
- Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
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It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and self-loathing—they are not all bad. Those devils have been my angels. Without them I would never have disappeared into language, literature, the mind, laughter and all the mad intensities that made and unmade me.
- Stephen Fry
Moab Is My Washpot
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God. Indeed only by myth-making, only by becoming 'sub-creator' and inventing stories, can Man aspire to the state of perfection that he knew before the Fall. Our myths may be misguided, but they steer however shakily towards the true harbour, while materialistic 'progress' leads only to a yawning abyss and the Iron Crown of the power of evil.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
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