Philosophy Quotes

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

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"The heart and the mind must work together for meaningful progress."
Jonas Salk
"The celebration of human achievement is hollow if it ignores human suffering."
Jonas Salk
"The human condition is defined not by our circumstances, but by how we respond to them."
Jonas Salk
"The quest for understanding is what makes us most fully human."
Jonas Salk
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"Progress is not the absence of conflict but the art of resolution."
Elie Metchnikoff
E
"In the microcosm of the cell lies the macrocosm of human destiny."
Elie Metchnikoff
E
"The mind that cannot change will be broken by the world that does."
Elie Metchnikoff
"The molecular biology of memory is fundamentally the story of how we become ourselves."
Eric Kandel
"The brain evolved not to know the truth, but to survive and reproduce."
Eric Kandel
"Understanding memory helps us understand the nature of consciousness itself."
Eric Kandel
"Neuroscience has revealed that the separation between mind and body is illusory."
Eric Kandel
"The brain's wiring is the physical substrate of personality and identity."
Eric Kandel
"We are products of both our biology and our biography."
Eric Kandel
"Know yourself, and you will know the universe."
Rita Levi-Montalcini
"Philosophy begins with wonder and ends with understanding."
Rita Levi-Montalcini
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"Philosophy and science must dance together, not apart."
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
C
"Philosophy without science is empty; science without philosophy is blind."
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
A
"Life is both random and determined."
Alfred Hershey
A
"Genetics is destiny, but destiny is not genetics alone."
Alfred Hershey
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"The universe speaks to those who listen carefully."
Sydney Brenner
S
"Philosophy and science are partners in understanding reality."
Sydney Brenner
S
"Philosophy without science is empty; science without philosophy is blind."
Sydney Brenner
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"The mind is not separate from the body."
Max Delbrück
M
"All science rests on philosophy."
Max Delbrück
M
"Philosophy provides the foundation for science."
Max Delbrück
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"All that we are is the result of what we have thought"
Hermann Muller
H
"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful"
Hermann Muller
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"Philosophy is the art of asking better questions about life."
Oswald Avery
O
"Philosophy teaches us to think deeply about what we otherwise take for granted."
Oswald Avery
"We are all part of a grand experiment called life."
Rita Levi-Montalcini