Philosophy Quotes

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

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"Nature does not follow our logic; we must learn to follow hers."
Max Delbrück
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"A researcher without doubt is not a scientist; they are merely a believer."
Max Delbrück
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"The universe speaks to those who listen carefully"
Hugo de Vries
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"Philosophy begins where observation ends"
Hugo de Vries
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"Humility before nature keeps the mind open"
Hugo de Vries
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"Philosophy without science is empty dreaming"
Hugo de Vries
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"The mystery of life begins where logic ends"
Hugo de Vries
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"The complexity of life should inspire wonder, not despair, in the thoughtful mind."
Oswald Avery
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"The laboratory is a conversation between the scientist and nature itself."
Oswald Avery
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"Understanding the building blocks of life is understanding the building blocks of our own existence."
Oswald Avery
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"Inheritance teaches us that we are neither entirely free nor entirely determined, but something in between."
Thomas Hunt Morgan
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"The study of genes teaches us that life is neither purely mechanical nor purely mysterious, but both."
Thomas Hunt Morgan
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"Philosophy helps us examine the nature of existence."
Alfred Russel Wallace
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"Philosophy questions the assumptions we live by."
Alfred Russel Wallace
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"The earth speaks to those who listen with scientific minds."
Richard Owen
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"The mind that questions everything discovers everything."
Richard Owen
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"To study nature is to study yourself."
Richard Owen
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"The mind of the naturalist is never at rest."
Richard Owen
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"The scientist must be a humble student of nature."
Richard Owen
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"Philosophy seeks to answer life's great questions."
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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"Philosophy illuminates the path of life."
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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"The organism is not merely a sum of its parts, but an integrated whole."
Wilhelm Johannsen
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"The organism develops according to both its heredity and its circumstances."
Wilhelm Johannsen
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"The organism develops through the interplay of heredity and environment."
Wilhelm Johannsen
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"Heredity is both conservative and progressive, stable yet capable of change."
Wilhelm Johannsen
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"Heredity and environment are not opponents but partners in development."
Wilhelm Johannsen
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"The universe has no beginning, and no end."
Thomas Henry Huxley
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"The most vital function of life is thinking."
Thomas Henry Huxley
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"Man is an animal, but he is a rational animal."
Thomas Henry Huxley
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"The chess board is the world; the pieces are the phenomena of the universe."
Thomas Henry Huxley