Philosophy Quotes

Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.

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"Philosophy begins where certainty ends."
Dante Alighieri
"Philosophy examines not what we know, but why we believe we know it."
Geoffrey Chaucer
"Philosophy teaches us to question our most fundamental assumptions."
Geoffrey Chaucer
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"To be everywhere is to be nowhere."
Ovid
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"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."
William Shakespeare
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"What if earth be but the shadow of heaven, and things therein each to other like more than on earth is thought?"
John Milton
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"Philosophers seek wisdom; the wise know when to stop seeking."
John Milton
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"A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"There is no outer experience without inner experience."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"There is strong shadow where there is much light."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"Three things are to be looked at: whence you came, whither you are going, and to whom you must account."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"Action gives shape and form to the invisible landscape of thought."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"Fate will find a way; destiny cannot be denied."
Virgil
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"The philosopher sees the world; the poet feels it."
Virgil
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"The unexamined life is not worth living."
Homer
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"To understand others is to understand yourself."
Homer
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"Philosophy is the art of being confused at a higher level of understanding."
Homer
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"There is no greater sorrow than to recall, in misery, the time when we were happy"
Dante Alighieri
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"The pen is mightier than the sword because it shapes minds"
Dante Alighieri
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"The power of a word is in its truth"
Dante Alighieri
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"Every person contains multitudes; know yourself completely"
Dante Alighieri
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"Philosophy is the love of wisdom."
Pickering Edward
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"What we think, we become."
Pickering Edward
"Age brings wisdom but takes away speed of action."
Geoffrey Chaucer
"In every heart, there lives both light and shadow."
Geoffrey Chaucer
"The philosopher questions what the fool accepts without thought."
Geoffrey Chaucer
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"Philosophy teaches us to question everything, believe nothing blindly."
Ovid
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"Philosophy begins in wonder and ends in understanding."
Ovid
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"To understand the stars is to understand our place in the universe."
Henrietta Leavitt
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"The universe speaks to us through the language of light and motion."
Henrietta Leavitt