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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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There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.
- Oscar Wilde
An Ideal Husband
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Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.
- Judy Blume
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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
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The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
- Robertson Davies
Tempest-Tost
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On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
- George Orwell
All Art is Propaganda: Critical Essays
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Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was myself. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.
- Zhuangzi
The Butterfly as Companion: Meditations on the First Three Chapters of the Chuang Tzu
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The evil that is in the world almost always comes from ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.
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Madness is something rare in individuals — but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages, it is the rule.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Beyond Good and Evil
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The words ‘I Love You’ kill, and resurrect millions, in less than a second.
- Aberjhani
Elemental: The Power of Illuminated Love
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I have gained this by philosophy; I do without being ordered what some are constrained to do by their fear of the law.
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Physics isn't the most important thing. Love is.
- Richard P. Feynman
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Enlightenment is man's release from his self-incurred tutelage. Tutelage is man's inability to make use of his understanding without direction from another. Self-incurred is this tutelage when its cause lies not in lack of reason but in lack of resolution and courage to use it without direction from another. Sapere aude! 'Have courage to use your own reason!'- that is the motto of enlightenment.
- Immanuel Kant
An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment?
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Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
- Kahlil Gibran
Mirrors of the Soul
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Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,-Wait and hope.
- Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo
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There isnt always an explanation for everything.
- Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms
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As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.
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What a lover’s heart knows let no man’s brain dispute.
- Aberjhani
Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black
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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
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Choose to be happy. It is what we have all done.
- Melissa Marr
Fragile Eternity
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Why are there beings at all, instead of Nothing?
- Martin Heidegger
Introduction to Metaphysics
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it is all very well for you to write simply and the simpler the better. But do not start to think so damned simply. Know how complicated it is and then state it simply.
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Whether you take the doughnut hole as a blank space or as an entity unto itself is a purely metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit.
- Murakami,Haruki
A Wild Sheep Chase
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We’re built of contradictions, all of us. It’s those opposing forces that give us strength, like an arch, each block pressing the next. Give me a man whose parts are all aligned in agreement and I’ll show you madness. We walk a narrow path, insanity to each side. A man without contradictions to balance him will soon veer off.
- Mark Lawrence
King of Thorns
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There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.
- Oscar Wilde
An Ideal Husband
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Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.
- Judy Blume
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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
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The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
- Robertson Davies
Tempest-Tost
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On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
- George Orwell
All Art is Propaganda: Critical Essays
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Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was myself. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.
- Zhuangzi
The Butterfly as Companion: Meditations on the First Three Chapters of the Chuang Tzu
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The evil that is in the world almost always comes from ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.
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Madness is something rare in individuals — but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages, it is the rule.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Beyond Good and Evil
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The words ‘I Love You’ kill, and resurrect millions, in less than a second.
- Aberjhani
Elemental: The Power of Illuminated Love
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I have gained this by philosophy; I do without being ordered what some are constrained to do by their fear of the law.
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Physics isn't the most important thing. Love is.
- Richard P. Feynman
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Enlightenment is man's release from his self-incurred tutelage. Tutelage is man's inability to make use of his understanding without direction from another. Self-incurred is this tutelage when its cause lies not in lack of reason but in lack of resolution and courage to use it without direction from another. Sapere aude! 'Have courage to use your own reason!'- that is the motto of enlightenment.
- Immanuel Kant
An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment?
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Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
- Kahlil Gibran
Mirrors of the Soul
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Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,-Wait and hope.
- Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo
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There isnt always an explanation for everything.
- Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms
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As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.
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What a lover’s heart knows let no man’s brain dispute.
- Aberjhani
Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black
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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
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Choose to be happy. It is what we have all done.
- Melissa Marr
Fragile Eternity
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Why are there beings at all, instead of Nothing?
- Martin Heidegger
Introduction to Metaphysics
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it is all very well for you to write simply and the simpler the better. But do not start to think so damned simply. Know how complicated it is and then state it simply.
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Whether you take the doughnut hole as a blank space or as an entity unto itself is a purely metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit.
- Murakami,Haruki
A Wild Sheep Chase
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We’re built of contradictions, all of us. It’s those opposing forces that give us strength, like an arch, each block pressing the next. Give me a man whose parts are all aligned in agreement and I’ll show you madness. We walk a narrow path, insanity to each side. A man without contradictions to balance him will soon veer off.
- Mark Lawrence
King of Thorns
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There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.
- Oscar Wilde
An Ideal Husband
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Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.
- Judy Blume
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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
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The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
- Robertson Davies
Tempest-Tost
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On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
- George Orwell
All Art is Propaganda: Critical Essays
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Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was myself. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.
- Zhuangzi
The Butterfly as Companion: Meditations on the First Three Chapters of the Chuang Tzu
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The evil that is in the world almost always comes from ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Madness is something rare in individuals — but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages, it is the rule.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Beyond Good and Evil
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The words ‘I Love You’ kill, and resurrect millions, in less than a second.
- Aberjhani
Elemental: The Power of Illuminated Love
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I have gained this by philosophy; I do without being ordered what some are constrained to do by their fear of the law.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Physics isn't the most important thing. Love is.
- Richard P. Feynman
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Enlightenment is man's release from his self-incurred tutelage. Tutelage is man's inability to make use of his understanding without direction from another. Self-incurred is this tutelage when its cause lies not in lack of reason but in lack of resolution and courage to use it without direction from another. Sapere aude! 'Have courage to use your own reason!'- that is the motto of enlightenment.
- Immanuel Kant
An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment?
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Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
- Kahlil Gibran
Mirrors of the Soul
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,-Wait and hope.
- Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo
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There isnt always an explanation for everything.
- Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms
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As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.
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What a lover’s heart knows let no man’s brain dispute.
- Aberjhani
Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black
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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Choose to be happy. It is what we have all done.
- Melissa Marr
Fragile Eternity
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Why are there beings at all, instead of Nothing?
- Martin Heidegger
Introduction to Metaphysics
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
it is all very well for you to write simply and the simpler the better. But do not start to think so damned simply. Know how complicated it is and then state it simply.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Whether you take the doughnut hole as a blank space or as an entity unto itself is a purely metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit.
- Murakami,Haruki
A Wild Sheep Chase
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We’re built of contradictions, all of us. It’s those opposing forces that give us strength, like an arch, each block pressing the next. Give me a man whose parts are all aligned in agreement and I’ll show you madness. We walk a narrow path, insanity to each side. A man without contradictions to balance him will soon veer off.
- Mark Lawrence
King of Thorns
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