Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"The study of variable stars demonstrates that nature operates according to laws."Henrietta Leavitt
"The cosmos operates according to principles that human reason can comprehend."Henrietta Leavitt
"I believe that understanding the stars helps us understand ourselves."Annie Jump Cannon
"I believe that the pursuit of knowledge is the highest calling."Annie Jump Cannon
"What we think about determines what we become."Virgil
"The mind is everything; what you think, you become."Virgil
"The glory of the world passes away."Virgil
"The fault is not in our stars but in ourselves."Geoffrey Chaucer
"The mind is its own place."Geoffrey Chaucer
"Philosophy is the love of wisdom itself."Geoffrey Chaucer
"There are four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is it to trust? And where is the witness I seek?"Homer
"In philosophy lies the cure for the disease of ignorance."Homer
"Philosophy begins with a single question asked sincerely."Homer
"One who would comprehend the divine must first master the human."Dante Alighieri
"To know oneself is the beginning of all wisdom."Dante Alighieri
"Philosophy is the art of becoming confused at a higher level."Pickering Edward
"Philosophy is asking better questions, not providing final answers."Pickering Edward
"To be everywhere is to be nowhere."Ovid
"In human hearts there is a constant struggle between duty and desire."Ovid
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell or a hell of heaven."Ovid
"In the presence of eternity, my trivial concerns seem laughable."Ovid
"Human nature is constant; only custom changes."Ovid
"The philosopher seeks not answers but better questions."Virgil
"Philosophy begins with the question why."Virgil
"To understand one star is to glimpse the mind of creation itself."Henrietta Leavitt
"Those who look upward learn to see the infinite within the finite."Henrietta Leavitt
"The most profound truths are often written in light-years and wavelengths."Annie Jump Cannon
"To study the stars is to study the very foundation of existence itself."Annie Jump Cannon
"The philosopher seeks answers to questions that have no simple replies."Homer
"Philosophy without science is mere speculation."Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin