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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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If one million of you give assent to the one thousand who participate in the murder of a child, then one million of you are a million times guilty.
- Compton Gage
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The first duty of a man is to think for himself
- Jose Marti
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You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker
- Malcom X
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I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before.
- Michael Collins
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I always thought old age would be a writer’s best chance. Whenever I read the late work of Goethe or W. B. Yeats I had the impertinence to identify with it. Now, my memory’s gone, all the old fluency’s disappeared. I don’t write a single sentence without saying to myself, ‘It’s a lie!’ So I know I was right. It’s the best chance I’ve ever had.
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And now we step to the rhythm of miracles.
--from The Light, That Never Dies
- Aberjhani
Elemental: The Power of Illuminated Love
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No single event can awaken within us a stranger whose existence we had never suspected. To live is to be slowly born.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Flight To Arras
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The bounties of space, of infinite outwardness, were three: empty heroics, low comedy, and pointless death.
- Kurt Vonnegut
The Sirens of Titan
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What can a soldier do when mercy is treason, and he is alone in it?
- Laini Taylor
Days of Blood & Starlight
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There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.
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Death twitches my ear;
'Live,' he says...
'I'm coming.
- Virgil
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Don't fear the gods,
Don't worry about death;
What is good is easy to get, and
What is terrible is easy to endure.
- Epicurus
The Epicurus Reader: Selected Writings and Testimonia
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Love taught me to die with dignity that I might come forth anew in splendor. Born once of flesh, then again of fire, I was reborn a third time to the sound of my name humming haikus in heaven’s mouth.
- Aberjhani
The River of Winged Dreams
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Fate is the same for the man who holds back, the same if he fights hard.
We are all held in a single honour, the brave with the weaklings.
A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much.
- Richmond Lattimore
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I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.
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Art is anything you can get away with.
- Marshall McLuhan
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If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it’s to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel.
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Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
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The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.
- Yasutani Roshi
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Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.
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The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places.
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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality.
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Mysteries abound where most we seek for answers.
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If one million of you give assent to the one thousand who participate in the murder of a child, then one million of you are a million times guilty.
- Compton Gage
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The first duty of a man is to think for himself
- Jose Marti
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You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker
- Malcom X
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I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before.
- Michael Collins
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I always thought old age would be a writer’s best chance. Whenever I read the late work of Goethe or W. B. Yeats I had the impertinence to identify with it. Now, my memory’s gone, all the old fluency’s disappeared. I don’t write a single sentence without saying to myself, ‘It’s a lie!’ So I know I was right. It’s the best chance I’ve ever had.
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And now we step to the rhythm of miracles.
--from The Light, That Never Dies
- Aberjhani
Elemental: The Power of Illuminated Love
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No single event can awaken within us a stranger whose existence we had never suspected. To live is to be slowly born.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Flight To Arras
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The bounties of space, of infinite outwardness, were three: empty heroics, low comedy, and pointless death.
- Kurt Vonnegut
The Sirens of Titan
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What can a soldier do when mercy is treason, and he is alone in it?
- Laini Taylor
Days of Blood & Starlight
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There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.
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Death twitches my ear;
'Live,' he says...
'I'm coming.
- Virgil
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Don't fear the gods,
Don't worry about death;
What is good is easy to get, and
What is terrible is easy to endure.
- Epicurus
The Epicurus Reader: Selected Writings and Testimonia
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Love taught me to die with dignity that I might come forth anew in splendor. Born once of flesh, then again of fire, I was reborn a third time to the sound of my name humming haikus in heaven’s mouth.
- Aberjhani
The River of Winged Dreams
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Fate is the same for the man who holds back, the same if he fights hard.
We are all held in a single honour, the brave with the weaklings.
A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much.
- Richmond Lattimore
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I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.
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Art is anything you can get away with.
- Marshall McLuhan
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If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it’s to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.
- Yasutani Roshi
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Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places.
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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Mysteries abound where most we seek for answers.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If one million of you give assent to the one thousand who participate in the murder of a child, then one million of you are a million times guilty.
- Compton Gage
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The first duty of a man is to think for himself
- Jose Marti
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker
- Malcom X
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before.
- Michael Collins
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I always thought old age would be a writer’s best chance. Whenever I read the late work of Goethe or W. B. Yeats I had the impertinence to identify with it. Now, my memory’s gone, all the old fluency’s disappeared. I don’t write a single sentence without saying to myself, ‘It’s a lie!’ So I know I was right. It’s the best chance I’ve ever had.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
And now we step to the rhythm of miracles.
--from The Light, That Never Dies
- Aberjhani
Elemental: The Power of Illuminated Love
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
No single event can awaken within us a stranger whose existence we had never suspected. To live is to be slowly born.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Flight To Arras
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The bounties of space, of infinite outwardness, were three: empty heroics, low comedy, and pointless death.
- Kurt Vonnegut
The Sirens of Titan
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
What can a soldier do when mercy is treason, and he is alone in it?
- Laini Taylor
Days of Blood & Starlight
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Death twitches my ear;
'Live,' he says...
'I'm coming.
- Virgil
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Don't fear the gods,
Don't worry about death;
What is good is easy to get, and
What is terrible is easy to endure.
- Epicurus
The Epicurus Reader: Selected Writings and Testimonia
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Love taught me to die with dignity that I might come forth anew in splendor. Born once of flesh, then again of fire, I was reborn a third time to the sound of my name humming haikus in heaven’s mouth.
- Aberjhani
The River of Winged Dreams
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Fate is the same for the man who holds back, the same if he fights hard.
We are all held in a single honour, the brave with the weaklings.
A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much.
- Richmond Lattimore
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Art is anything you can get away with.
- Marshall McLuhan
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it’s to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.
- Yasutani Roshi
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Mysteries abound where most we seek for answers.
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