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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 made art a philosophy, and philosophy an art: I altered the minds of men, and the colour of things: I awoke the imagination of my century so that it created myth and legend around me: I summed up all things in a phrase, all existence in an epigram: whatever I touched I made beautiful
- Oscar Wilde
De Profundis and Other Writings
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Who are you? No really. Way, way down deep. Who are you?
- Doug Dillon
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She sent me a sunny smile, and what a smile, George; it was a smile that could have melted the whole world, because if the whole world had seen it, it would have had the power to stop all wars and hatred on the face of the planet, or at lease there would have been some long ceasefires.
- Jostein Gaarder
The Orange Girl
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We played for about half an hour before I realized we were actually playing two different games. What I’d thought of as ludo was actually a game called gin rummy, and what Warren was playing seemed to be a mixture of craps and table tennis. Once we started playing by one consistent set of rules, though, the fun was really over.
- Graham Parke
No Hope for Gomez!
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A few minutes later, my eyes began to feel a bit droopy, but I vaguely noticed that Anissa was whispering something.
- Zack Love
Anissa's Redemption
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God judges men from the inside out; men judge men from the outside in. Perhaps to God, an extreme mental patient is doing quite well in going a month without murder, for he fought his chemical imbalance and succeeded; oppositely, perhaps the healthy, able and stable man who has never murdered in his life yet went a lifetime consciously, willingly never loving anyone but himself may then be subject to harsher judgment than the extreme mental patient. It might be so that God will stand for the weak and question the strong.
- Criss Jami
Healology
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The principle of democracy is a recognition of the sovereign, inalienable rights of man as a gift from God, the Source of law.
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As long as a man had the courage to reject what society told him to do, he could live life on his own terms. To what end? To be free. But free to what end? To read books, to write books, to think.
- Paul Auster
The Brooklyn Follies
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Aristotle raped reason. He implanted in the dominant schools of philosophy the attractive belief that there can be discrete separation between mind and body. This led quite naturally to corollary delusions such as the one that power can be understood without applying it, or that joy is totally removable from unhappiness, that peace can exist in the total absence of war, or that life can be understood without death.
—ERASMUS, Corrin Notes
- Brian Herbert
The Butlerian Jihad
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Philosophy is not a spectator sport.
- Nigel Warburton
Philosophy: The Essential Study Guide
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This is philosophy, Fool. I have never had time to study such things.’ ‘No, Fitz, this is life. And no one has time not to think of such things. Each creature in the world should consider this thing, every moment of the heart’s beating. Otherwise, what is the point of arising each day?
- Robin Hobb
Royal Assassin
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The sad fact...is that in this era of science and unbelief we have lost the sense of our own significance. We have become cruel, to ourselves and others, because we believe that ultimately we have no value.
- Rachel Cusk
Transit
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Saint Thomas Aquinas says, wisely, that the only way to drive out a bad passion is by a stronger good passion. The same is true of thoughts as of passions. When your mind wanders, like a child, your will must bring it back, like a mother. [. . .] The will-parent must discipline the mind-child, avoiding both the opposite extremes commonly made in disciplining either children or thoughts: tyranny or permissiveness.
- Peter Kreeft
Prayer for Beginners
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Staring is half the victory in love.
- R.K. Narayan
The Bachelor of Arts
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When you've had one call after another and your little one is tugging on your shirt, remember what really matters. When the milk is splattered all over the floor and those little eyes are looking at you for your reaction, remember what really matters. It takes 5 minutes to clean up spilled milk; it takes much longer to clean up a broken spirit.
- Rebecca Eanes
The Newbie's Guide to Positive Parenting
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Excessive praise arises from the same bigotry matrix as excessive criticism.
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The tombstone over the grave of the conscience always reads: "Human Nature".
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We are made out of stars, you and I.
- Gregory David Roberts
Shantaram
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Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
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Irreverence is a most necessary ingredient of religion. Not to speak of its importance in philosophy. Irreverence is the only way left to us for testing our universe.
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Keinginan telah mengajarkan kepadamu betapa sia-sianya keinginan, penyesalan mengajarkan betapa sia-sianya penyesalan. Bersabarlah wahai kekeliruan, karena kami semua menjadi bagianmu. Bersabarlah wahai Ketidaksempurnaan, berkat engkaulah Kesempurnaan menyadari dirinya. Bersabarlah kemarahan, karena engkau tidak kekal abadi.
- Marguerite Yourcenar
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KODO SAWAKI: Studying originally meant aspiring to discover the meaning of life. These days studying has become all about getting a job.
- Kosho Uchiyama Roshi
Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo
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Adding to my emotional dizziness on Sunday, I spoke with my sister, who kept noting how amazing Michael is, and what a brave and selfless man he is for having helped as he did.
- Zack Love
Anissa's Redemption
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This is why they started us here so young: to give ourselves away before the age when the questions 'why' and 'to what' grow real beaks and claws.
- David Foster Wallace
Infinite Jest
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I made art a philosophy, and philosophy an art: I altered the minds of men, and the colour of things: I awoke the imagination of my century so that it created myth and legend around me: I summed up all things in a phrase, all existence in an epigram: whatever I touched I made beautiful
- Oscar Wilde
De Profundis and Other Writings
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Who are you? No really. Way, way down deep. Who are you?
- Doug Dillon
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She sent me a sunny smile, and what a smile, George; it was a smile that could have melted the whole world, because if the whole world had seen it, it would have had the power to stop all wars and hatred on the face of the planet, or at lease there would have been some long ceasefires.
- Jostein Gaarder
The Orange Girl
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We played for about half an hour before I realized we were actually playing two different games. What I’d thought of as ludo was actually a game called gin rummy, and what Warren was playing seemed to be a mixture of craps and table tennis. Once we started playing by one consistent set of rules, though, the fun was really over.
- Graham Parke
No Hope for Gomez!
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A few minutes later, my eyes began to feel a bit droopy, but I vaguely noticed that Anissa was whispering something.
- Zack Love
Anissa's Redemption
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God judges men from the inside out; men judge men from the outside in. Perhaps to God, an extreme mental patient is doing quite well in going a month without murder, for he fought his chemical imbalance and succeeded; oppositely, perhaps the healthy, able and stable man who has never murdered in his life yet went a lifetime consciously, willingly never loving anyone but himself may then be subject to harsher judgment than the extreme mental patient. It might be so that God will stand for the weak and question the strong.
- Criss Jami
Healology
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The principle of democracy is a recognition of the sovereign, inalienable rights of man as a gift from God, the Source of law.
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As long as a man had the courage to reject what society told him to do, he could live life on his own terms. To what end? To be free. But free to what end? To read books, to write books, to think.
- Paul Auster
The Brooklyn Follies
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Aristotle raped reason. He implanted in the dominant schools of philosophy the attractive belief that there can be discrete separation between mind and body. This led quite naturally to corollary delusions such as the one that power can be understood without applying it, or that joy is totally removable from unhappiness, that peace can exist in the total absence of war, or that life can be understood without death.
—ERASMUS, Corrin Notes
- Brian Herbert
The Butlerian Jihad
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Philosophy is not a spectator sport.
- Nigel Warburton
Philosophy: The Essential Study Guide
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This is philosophy, Fool. I have never had time to study such things.’ ‘No, Fitz, this is life. And no one has time not to think of such things. Each creature in the world should consider this thing, every moment of the heart’s beating. Otherwise, what is the point of arising each day?
- Robin Hobb
Royal Assassin
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The sad fact...is that in this era of science and unbelief we have lost the sense of our own significance. We have become cruel, to ourselves and others, because we believe that ultimately we have no value.
- Rachel Cusk
Transit
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Saint Thomas Aquinas says, wisely, that the only way to drive out a bad passion is by a stronger good passion. The same is true of thoughts as of passions. When your mind wanders, like a child, your will must bring it back, like a mother. [. . .] The will-parent must discipline the mind-child, avoiding both the opposite extremes commonly made in disciplining either children or thoughts: tyranny or permissiveness.
- Peter Kreeft
Prayer for Beginners
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Staring is half the victory in love.
- R.K. Narayan
The Bachelor of Arts
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When you've had one call after another and your little one is tugging on your shirt, remember what really matters. When the milk is splattered all over the floor and those little eyes are looking at you for your reaction, remember what really matters. It takes 5 minutes to clean up spilled milk; it takes much longer to clean up a broken spirit.
- Rebecca Eanes
The Newbie's Guide to Positive Parenting
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Excessive praise arises from the same bigotry matrix as excessive criticism.
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The tombstone over the grave of the conscience always reads: "Human Nature".
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We are made out of stars, you and I.
- Gregory David Roberts
Shantaram
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Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
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Irreverence is a most necessary ingredient of religion. Not to speak of its importance in philosophy. Irreverence is the only way left to us for testing our universe.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Keinginan telah mengajarkan kepadamu betapa sia-sianya keinginan, penyesalan mengajarkan betapa sia-sianya penyesalan. Bersabarlah wahai kekeliruan, karena kami semua menjadi bagianmu. Bersabarlah wahai Ketidaksempurnaan, berkat engkaulah Kesempurnaan menyadari dirinya. Bersabarlah kemarahan, karena engkau tidak kekal abadi.
- Marguerite Yourcenar
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KODO SAWAKI: Studying originally meant aspiring to discover the meaning of life. These days studying has become all about getting a job.
- Kosho Uchiyama Roshi
Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo
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Adding to my emotional dizziness on Sunday, I spoke with my sister, who kept noting how amazing Michael is, and what a brave and selfless man he is for having helped as he did.
- Zack Love
Anissa's Redemption
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This is why they started us here so young: to give ourselves away before the age when the questions 'why' and 'to what' grow real beaks and claws.
- David Foster Wallace
Infinite Jest
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I made art a philosophy, and philosophy an art: I altered the minds of men, and the colour of things: I awoke the imagination of my century so that it created myth and legend around me: I summed up all things in a phrase, all existence in an epigram: whatever I touched I made beautiful
- Oscar Wilde
De Profundis and Other Writings
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Who are you? No really. Way, way down deep. Who are you?
- Doug Dillon
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
She sent me a sunny smile, and what a smile, George; it was a smile that could have melted the whole world, because if the whole world had seen it, it would have had the power to stop all wars and hatred on the face of the planet, or at lease there would have been some long ceasefires.
- Jostein Gaarder
The Orange Girl
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We played for about half an hour before I realized we were actually playing two different games. What I’d thought of as ludo was actually a game called gin rummy, and what Warren was playing seemed to be a mixture of craps and table tennis. Once we started playing by one consistent set of rules, though, the fun was really over.
- Graham Parke
No Hope for Gomez!
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A few minutes later, my eyes began to feel a bit droopy, but I vaguely noticed that Anissa was whispering something.
- Zack Love
Anissa's Redemption
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God judges men from the inside out; men judge men from the outside in. Perhaps to God, an extreme mental patient is doing quite well in going a month without murder, for he fought his chemical imbalance and succeeded; oppositely, perhaps the healthy, able and stable man who has never murdered in his life yet went a lifetime consciously, willingly never loving anyone but himself may then be subject to harsher judgment than the extreme mental patient. It might be so that God will stand for the weak and question the strong.
- Criss Jami
Healology
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The principle of democracy is a recognition of the sovereign, inalienable rights of man as a gift from God, the Source of law.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
As long as a man had the courage to reject what society told him to do, he could live life on his own terms. To what end? To be free. But free to what end? To read books, to write books, to think.
- Paul Auster
The Brooklyn Follies
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Aristotle raped reason. He implanted in the dominant schools of philosophy the attractive belief that there can be discrete separation between mind and body. This led quite naturally to corollary delusions such as the one that power can be understood without applying it, or that joy is totally removable from unhappiness, that peace can exist in the total absence of war, or that life can be understood without death.
—ERASMUS, Corrin Notes
- Brian Herbert
The Butlerian Jihad
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Philosophy is not a spectator sport.
- Nigel Warburton
Philosophy: The Essential Study Guide
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
This is philosophy, Fool. I have never had time to study such things.’ ‘No, Fitz, this is life. And no one has time not to think of such things. Each creature in the world should consider this thing, every moment of the heart’s beating. Otherwise, what is the point of arising each day?
- Robin Hobb
Royal Assassin
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The sad fact...is that in this era of science and unbelief we have lost the sense of our own significance. We have become cruel, to ourselves and others, because we believe that ultimately we have no value.
- Rachel Cusk
Transit
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Saint Thomas Aquinas says, wisely, that the only way to drive out a bad passion is by a stronger good passion. The same is true of thoughts as of passions. When your mind wanders, like a child, your will must bring it back, like a mother. [. . .] The will-parent must discipline the mind-child, avoiding both the opposite extremes commonly made in disciplining either children or thoughts: tyranny or permissiveness.
- Peter Kreeft
Prayer for Beginners
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Staring is half the victory in love.
- R.K. Narayan
The Bachelor of Arts
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When you've had one call after another and your little one is tugging on your shirt, remember what really matters. When the milk is splattered all over the floor and those little eyes are looking at you for your reaction, remember what really matters. It takes 5 minutes to clean up spilled milk; it takes much longer to clean up a broken spirit.
- Rebecca Eanes
The Newbie's Guide to Positive Parenting
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Excessive praise arises from the same bigotry matrix as excessive criticism.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The tombstone over the grave of the conscience always reads: "Human Nature".
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We are made out of stars, you and I.
- Gregory David Roberts
Shantaram
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Irreverence is a most necessary ingredient of religion. Not to speak of its importance in philosophy. Irreverence is the only way left to us for testing our universe.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Keinginan telah mengajarkan kepadamu betapa sia-sianya keinginan, penyesalan mengajarkan betapa sia-sianya penyesalan. Bersabarlah wahai kekeliruan, karena kami semua menjadi bagianmu. Bersabarlah wahai Ketidaksempurnaan, berkat engkaulah Kesempurnaan menyadari dirinya. Bersabarlah kemarahan, karena engkau tidak kekal abadi.
- Marguerite Yourcenar
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KODO SAWAKI: Studying originally meant aspiring to discover the meaning of life. These days studying has become all about getting a job.
- Kosho Uchiyama Roshi
Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo
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Adding to my emotional dizziness on Sunday, I spoke with my sister, who kept noting how amazing Michael is, and what a brave and selfless man he is for having helped as he did.
- Zack Love
Anissa's Redemption
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This is why they started us here so young: to give ourselves away before the age when the questions 'why' and 'to what' grow real beaks and claws.
- David Foster Wallace
Infinite Jest
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