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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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All the times I have suddenly realized that my parents are dead, even now, it still surprises me, to exist in the world while that which made me has ceased to exist.
- Nicole Krauss
The History of Love
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Adrian blew his whistle and shouted, “Attack and put too death all those who oppose the fatherland!
- Michael G. Kramer
His Forefathers and Mick
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?
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We are here and it is now. The way I see it is, after that, everything tends towards guesswork.
- Terry Pratchett
Small Gods
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Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.
- Lin Yutang
The Importance of Living
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He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.
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To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Letters from a Stoic
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...when dogma enters the brain, all intellectual activity ceases.
- Robert Anton Wilson
Cosmic Trigger - Volume I: Final Secret of the Illuminati
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All things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.
- Elias Canetti
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Love is our most unifying and empowering common spiritual denominator. The more we ignore its potential to bring greater balance and deeper meaning to human existence, the more likely we are to continue to define history as one long inglorious record of man’s inhumanity to man.
- Aberjhani
Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry
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Too many people get credit for being good, when they are only being passive. They are too often praised for being broadminded when they are so broadminded they can never make up their minds about anything.
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In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.
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We grown-up people think that we appreciate music, but if we realized the sense that an infant has brought with it of appreciating sound and rhythm, we would never boast of knowing music. The infant is music itself.
- Hazrat Inayat Khan
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Every country has the government it deserves.
- Joseph de Maistre
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Whatever others may say, they say it to deceive and comfort themselves, not help you.
- Dejan Stojanovic
The Sun Watches the Sun
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Who has not, a hundred times, found himself committing a vile or silly action for no other reason than because he knows he should not? Have we not a perpetual inclination, in the teeth of our best judgement, to violate that which is Law, merely because we understand it to be such?
- Edgar Allan Poe
The Black Cat
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Those who are without compassion cannot see what is seen with the eyes of compassion.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
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The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
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The maturity of man—that means, to have reacquired the seriousness that one had as a child at play
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Beyond Good and Evil
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Few if any seemed to have grasped the Principle of Reality; new knowledge leads always to yet more awesome mysteries. Greater physiological knowledge of the brain makes the existence of the soul less possible yet more probable by the nature of the search.
- Stephen King
The Gunslinger
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An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise man never has to blame another or himself.
- Epictetus
The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
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Read books by people you disagree with. Listen to others who think differently from you. Watch programming you wouldn't normally watch. Expand your mind and views of the world. As right as you think you are about your own beliefs and experiences, others feel the same way about their own. You'll learn more than you ever imagined if you see the world through beliefs rather than right and wrong.
- Emily Maroutian
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To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust.
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Skepticism is thus a resting-place for human reason, where it can reflect upon its dogmatic wanderings and make survey of the region in which it finds itself, so that for the future it may be able to choose its path with more certainty. But it is no dwelling-place for permanent settlement. Such can be obtained only through perfect certainty in our knowledge, alike of the objects themselves and of the limits within which all our knowledge of objects is enclosed.
- Immanuel Kant
Critique of Pure Reason
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All the times I have suddenly realized that my parents are dead, even now, it still surprises me, to exist in the world while that which made me has ceased to exist.
- Nicole Krauss
The History of Love
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Adrian blew his whistle and shouted, “Attack and put too death all those who oppose the fatherland!
- Michael G. Kramer
His Forefathers and Mick
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?
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We are here and it is now. The way I see it is, after that, everything tends towards guesswork.
- Terry Pratchett
Small Gods
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Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.
- Lin Yutang
The Importance of Living
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He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.
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To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Letters from a Stoic
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...when dogma enters the brain, all intellectual activity ceases.
- Robert Anton Wilson
Cosmic Trigger - Volume I: Final Secret of the Illuminati
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All things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.
- Elias Canetti
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Love is our most unifying and empowering common spiritual denominator. The more we ignore its potential to bring greater balance and deeper meaning to human existence, the more likely we are to continue to define history as one long inglorious record of man’s inhumanity to man.
- Aberjhani
Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry
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Too many people get credit for being good, when they are only being passive. They are too often praised for being broadminded when they are so broadminded they can never make up their minds about anything.
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In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.
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We grown-up people think that we appreciate music, but if we realized the sense that an infant has brought with it of appreciating sound and rhythm, we would never boast of knowing music. The infant is music itself.
- Hazrat Inayat Khan
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Every country has the government it deserves.
- Joseph de Maistre
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Whatever others may say, they say it to deceive and comfort themselves, not help you.
- Dejan Stojanovic
The Sun Watches the Sun
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Who has not, a hundred times, found himself committing a vile or silly action for no other reason than because he knows he should not? Have we not a perpetual inclination, in the teeth of our best judgement, to violate that which is Law, merely because we understand it to be such?
- Edgar Allan Poe
The Black Cat
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Those who are without compassion cannot see what is seen with the eyes of compassion.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
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The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
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The maturity of man—that means, to have reacquired the seriousness that one had as a child at play
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Beyond Good and Evil
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Few if any seemed to have grasped the Principle of Reality; new knowledge leads always to yet more awesome mysteries. Greater physiological knowledge of the brain makes the existence of the soul less possible yet more probable by the nature of the search.
- Stephen King
The Gunslinger
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An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise man never has to blame another or himself.
- Epictetus
The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
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Read books by people you disagree with. Listen to others who think differently from you. Watch programming you wouldn't normally watch. Expand your mind and views of the world. As right as you think you are about your own beliefs and experiences, others feel the same way about their own. You'll learn more than you ever imagined if you see the world through beliefs rather than right and wrong.
- Emily Maroutian
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To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Skepticism is thus a resting-place for human reason, where it can reflect upon its dogmatic wanderings and make survey of the region in which it finds itself, so that for the future it may be able to choose its path with more certainty. But it is no dwelling-place for permanent settlement. Such can be obtained only through perfect certainty in our knowledge, alike of the objects themselves and of the limits within which all our knowledge of objects is enclosed.
- Immanuel Kant
Critique of Pure Reason
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All the times I have suddenly realized that my parents are dead, even now, it still surprises me, to exist in the world while that which made me has ceased to exist.
- Nicole Krauss
The History of Love
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Adrian blew his whistle and shouted, “Attack and put too death all those who oppose the fatherland!
- Michael G. Kramer
His Forefathers and Mick
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?
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We are here and it is now. The way I see it is, after that, everything tends towards guesswork.
- Terry Pratchett
Small Gods
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Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.
- Lin Yutang
The Importance of Living
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He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Letters from a Stoic
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
...when dogma enters the brain, all intellectual activity ceases.
- Robert Anton Wilson
Cosmic Trigger - Volume I: Final Secret of the Illuminati
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
All things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.
- Elias Canetti
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Love is our most unifying and empowering common spiritual denominator. The more we ignore its potential to bring greater balance and deeper meaning to human existence, the more likely we are to continue to define history as one long inglorious record of man’s inhumanity to man.
- Aberjhani
Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Too many people get credit for being good, when they are only being passive. They are too often praised for being broadminded when they are so broadminded they can never make up their minds about anything.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We grown-up people think that we appreciate music, but if we realized the sense that an infant has brought with it of appreciating sound and rhythm, we would never boast of knowing music. The infant is music itself.
- Hazrat Inayat Khan
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Every country has the government it deserves.
- Joseph de Maistre
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Whatever others may say, they say it to deceive and comfort themselves, not help you.
- Dejan Stojanovic
The Sun Watches the Sun
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Who has not, a hundred times, found himself committing a vile or silly action for no other reason than because he knows he should not? Have we not a perpetual inclination, in the teeth of our best judgement, to violate that which is Law, merely because we understand it to be such?
- Edgar Allan Poe
The Black Cat
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Those who are without compassion cannot see what is seen with the eyes of compassion.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The maturity of man—that means, to have reacquired the seriousness that one had as a child at play
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Beyond Good and Evil
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Few if any seemed to have grasped the Principle of Reality; new knowledge leads always to yet more awesome mysteries. Greater physiological knowledge of the brain makes the existence of the soul less possible yet more probable by the nature of the search.
- Stephen King
The Gunslinger
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An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise man never has to blame another or himself.
- Epictetus
The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Read books by people you disagree with. Listen to others who think differently from you. Watch programming you wouldn't normally watch. Expand your mind and views of the world. As right as you think you are about your own beliefs and experiences, others feel the same way about their own. You'll learn more than you ever imagined if you see the world through beliefs rather than right and wrong.
- Emily Maroutian
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Skepticism is thus a resting-place for human reason, where it can reflect upon its dogmatic wanderings and make survey of the region in which it finds itself, so that for the future it may be able to choose its path with more certainty. But it is no dwelling-place for permanent settlement. Such can be obtained only through perfect certainty in our knowledge, alike of the objects themselves and of the limits within which all our knowledge of objects is enclosed.
- Immanuel Kant
Critique of Pure Reason
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