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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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And to this world, to this scene of tormented and agonised beings, who only continue to exist by devouring each other, in which, therefore, every ravenous beast is the living grave of thousands of others, and its self-maintenance is a chain of painful deaths; and in which the capacity for feeling pain increases with knowledge, and therefore reaches its highest degree in man, a degree which is the higher the more intelligent the man is; to this world it has been sought to apply the system of optimism, and demonstrate to us that it is the best of all possible worlds. The absurdity is glaring.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
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The most total opposite of pleasure is not pain but boredom, for we are willing to risk pain to make a boring life interesting.
- Peter Kreeft
Jesus-Shock
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Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge.
- Niccolò Machiavelli
The Prince
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Like a wild animal, the soul is tough, resilient, resourceful, savvy, and self-sufficient: it knows how to survive in hard places. I learned about these qualities during my bouts with depression. In that deadly darkness, the faculties I had always depended on collapsed. My intellect was useless; my emotions were dead; my will was impotent; my ego was shattered. But from time to time, deep in the thickets of my inner wilderness, I could sense the presence of something that knew how to stay alive even when the rest of me wanted to die. That something was my tough and tenacious soul.
- Parker J. Palmer
A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life : Welcoming the soul and weaving community in a wounded world
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Do you know what I think about crying? I think some people have to learn to do it. But once you learn, once you know how to really cry, there's nothing quite like it. I feel sorry for those who don't know the trick. It's like whistling or singing.
- Anne Rice
Memnoch the Devil
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He who is highly esteemed is not easily conspired against
- Nicolo Machiavelli
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Zamanism is about creating power and private resources for all in society by destroying bureaucratic and monopolistic control on society.
- Zaman Ali
ZAMANISM Wealth of the People
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I’m not superstitious. I’m a witch. Witches aren’t superstitious. We are what people are superstitious of.
- Terry Pratchett
Wintersmith
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Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of him-mentally and spiritually. He may retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp.

Dostoevski said once, "There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings."

These words frequently came to my mind after I became acquainted with those martyrs whose behavior in camp, whose suffering and death, bore witness to the fact that the last inner freedom cannot be lost. It can be said that they were worthy of their sufferings; the way they bore their suffering was a genuine inner achievement.

It is this spiritual freedom- which cannot be taken away- that makes life meaningful and purposeful.
- Viktor E. Frankl
Man's Search for Meaning
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Imagining that you are deep and complex, but others are simple, is one of the primary signs of malignant selfishness.
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Patience is the only way you can endure the gray periods.
- Teri Hatcher
Burnt Toast: And Other Philosophies of Life
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There’s no way you can kill someone and get to the other side of the experience unchanged.
- Charlaine Harris
Definitely Dead
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Your mind is like this water, my friend. When it is agitated, it becomes difficult to see. But if you allow it to settle, the answer becomes clear.
- Kung Fu Panda
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Truth has nothing to do with the conclusion, and everything to do with the methodology.
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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
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Electricity was a reality in the universe when Moses led the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. This is true of all natural laws; they have always existed but only when understood may they be used.
- Ernest Holmes
The Science of Mind
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We forget old stories, but those stories remain the same.
- Dejan Stojanovic
The Sun Watches the Sun
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Philosophy is the toil which can never tire persons engaged in it. All ways are strewn with roses, and the farther you go, the more enchanting objects appear before you and invite you on.
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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To be, or not to be: what a question!
- E.A. Bucchianeri
Faust: My Soul Be Damned for the World
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Man is an animal who has to live in a lie in order to
live at all.
- Ernest Becker
Escape from Evil
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Stay in the center, and you will be ready to move in any direction.
- Alan W. Watts
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Life is only a flicker of melted ice.
- Dejan Stojanovic
The Sun Watches the Sun
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Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think…
- John Stuart Mill
On Liberty
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Distraction serves evil more than any other mental state.
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And to this world, to this scene of tormented and agonised beings, who only continue to exist by devouring each other, in which, therefore, every ravenous beast is the living grave of thousands of others, and its self-maintenance is a chain of painful deaths; and in which the capacity for feeling pain increases with knowledge, and therefore reaches its highest degree in man, a degree which is the higher the more intelligent the man is; to this world it has been sought to apply the system of optimism, and demonstrate to us that it is the best of all possible worlds. The absurdity is glaring.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
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The most total opposite of pleasure is not pain but boredom, for we are willing to risk pain to make a boring life interesting.
- Peter Kreeft
Jesus-Shock
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Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge.
- Niccolò Machiavelli
The Prince
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Like a wild animal, the soul is tough, resilient, resourceful, savvy, and self-sufficient: it knows how to survive in hard places. I learned about these qualities during my bouts with depression. In that deadly darkness, the faculties I had always depended on collapsed. My intellect was useless; my emotions were dead; my will was impotent; my ego was shattered. But from time to time, deep in the thickets of my inner wilderness, I could sense the presence of something that knew how to stay alive even when the rest of me wanted to die. That something was my tough and tenacious soul.
- Parker J. Palmer
A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life : Welcoming the soul and weaving community in a wounded world
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Do you know what I think about crying? I think some people have to learn to do it. But once you learn, once you know how to really cry, there's nothing quite like it. I feel sorry for those who don't know the trick. It's like whistling or singing.
- Anne Rice
Memnoch the Devil
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He who is highly esteemed is not easily conspired against
- Nicolo Machiavelli
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Zamanism is about creating power and private resources for all in society by destroying bureaucratic and monopolistic control on society.
- Zaman Ali
ZAMANISM Wealth of the People
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I’m not superstitious. I’m a witch. Witches aren’t superstitious. We are what people are superstitious of.
- Terry Pratchett
Wintersmith
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Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of him-mentally and spiritually. He may retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp.

Dostoevski said once, "There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings."

These words frequently came to my mind after I became acquainted with those martyrs whose behavior in camp, whose suffering and death, bore witness to the fact that the last inner freedom cannot be lost. It can be said that they were worthy of their sufferings; the way they bore their suffering was a genuine inner achievement.

It is this spiritual freedom- which cannot be taken away- that makes life meaningful and purposeful.
- Viktor E. Frankl
Man's Search for Meaning
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Imagining that you are deep and complex, but others are simple, is one of the primary signs of malignant selfishness.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Patience is the only way you can endure the gray periods.
- Teri Hatcher
Burnt Toast: And Other Philosophies of Life
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There’s no way you can kill someone and get to the other side of the experience unchanged.
- Charlaine Harris
Definitely Dead
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Your mind is like this water, my friend. When it is agitated, it becomes difficult to see. But if you allow it to settle, the answer becomes clear.
- Kung Fu Panda
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Truth has nothing to do with the conclusion, and everything to do with the methodology.
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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
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Electricity was a reality in the universe when Moses led the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. This is true of all natural laws; they have always existed but only when understood may they be used.
- Ernest Holmes
The Science of Mind
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We forget old stories, but those stories remain the same.
- Dejan Stojanovic
The Sun Watches the Sun
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Philosophy is the toil which can never tire persons engaged in it. All ways are strewn with roses, and the farther you go, the more enchanting objects appear before you and invite you on.
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
To be, or not to be: what a question!
- E.A. Bucchianeri
Faust: My Soul Be Damned for the World
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Man is an animal who has to live in a lie in order to
live at all.
- Ernest Becker
Escape from Evil
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Stay in the center, and you will be ready to move in any direction.
- Alan W. Watts
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Life is only a flicker of melted ice.
- Dejan Stojanovic
The Sun Watches the Sun
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Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think…
- John Stuart Mill
On Liberty
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Distraction serves evil more than any other mental state.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
And to this world, to this scene of tormented and agonised beings, who only continue to exist by devouring each other, in which, therefore, every ravenous beast is the living grave of thousands of others, and its self-maintenance is a chain of painful deaths; and in which the capacity for feeling pain increases with knowledge, and therefore reaches its highest degree in man, a degree which is the higher the more intelligent the man is; to this world it has been sought to apply the system of optimism, and demonstrate to us that it is the best of all possible worlds. The absurdity is glaring.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The most total opposite of pleasure is not pain but boredom, for we are willing to risk pain to make a boring life interesting.
- Peter Kreeft
Jesus-Shock
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge.
- Niccolò Machiavelli
The Prince
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Like a wild animal, the soul is tough, resilient, resourceful, savvy, and self-sufficient: it knows how to survive in hard places. I learned about these qualities during my bouts with depression. In that deadly darkness, the faculties I had always depended on collapsed. My intellect was useless; my emotions were dead; my will was impotent; my ego was shattered. But from time to time, deep in the thickets of my inner wilderness, I could sense the presence of something that knew how to stay alive even when the rest of me wanted to die. That something was my tough and tenacious soul.
- Parker J. Palmer
A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life : Welcoming the soul and weaving community in a wounded world
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Do you know what I think about crying? I think some people have to learn to do it. But once you learn, once you know how to really cry, there's nothing quite like it. I feel sorry for those who don't know the trick. It's like whistling or singing.
- Anne Rice
Memnoch the Devil
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
He who is highly esteemed is not easily conspired against
- Nicolo Machiavelli
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Zamanism is about creating power and private resources for all in society by destroying bureaucratic and monopolistic control on society.
- Zaman Ali
ZAMANISM Wealth of the People
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I’m not superstitious. I’m a witch. Witches aren’t superstitious. We are what people are superstitious of.
- Terry Pratchett
Wintersmith
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of him-mentally and spiritually. He may retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp.

Dostoevski said once, "There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings."

These words frequently came to my mind after I became acquainted with those martyrs whose behavior in camp, whose suffering and death, bore witness to the fact that the last inner freedom cannot be lost. It can be said that they were worthy of their sufferings; the way they bore their suffering was a genuine inner achievement.

It is this spiritual freedom- which cannot be taken away- that makes life meaningful and purposeful.
- Viktor E. Frankl
Man's Search for Meaning
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Imagining that you are deep and complex, but others are simple, is one of the primary signs of malignant selfishness.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Patience is the only way you can endure the gray periods.
- Teri Hatcher
Burnt Toast: And Other Philosophies of Life
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There’s no way you can kill someone and get to the other side of the experience unchanged.
- Charlaine Harris
Definitely Dead
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Your mind is like this water, my friend. When it is agitated, it becomes difficult to see. But if you allow it to settle, the answer becomes clear.
- Kung Fu Panda
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Truth has nothing to do with the conclusion, and everything to do with the methodology.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Electricity was a reality in the universe when Moses led the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. This is true of all natural laws; they have always existed but only when understood may they be used.
- Ernest Holmes
The Science of Mind
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We forget old stories, but those stories remain the same.
- Dejan Stojanovic
The Sun Watches the Sun
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Philosophy is the toil which can never tire persons engaged in it. All ways are strewn with roses, and the farther you go, the more enchanting objects appear before you and invite you on.
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
To be, or not to be: what a question!
- E.A. Bucchianeri
Faust: My Soul Be Damned for the World
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Man is an animal who has to live in a lie in order to
live at all.
- Ernest Becker
Escape from Evil
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Stay in the center, and you will be ready to move in any direction.
- Alan W. Watts
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Life is only a flicker of melted ice.
- Dejan Stojanovic
The Sun Watches the Sun
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think…
- John Stuart Mill
On Liberty
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Distraction serves evil more than any other mental state.
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