Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"All human problems arise from language."Humberto Maturana
"Philosophy is the reflection on our ways of living and knowing."Humberto Maturana
"In every observation, the observer participates in what is observed."Humberto Maturana
"The observer and the observed are one in the act of observation."Humberto Maturana
"The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is 'What does a woman want?'"Sigmund Freud
"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."Sigmund Freud
"The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling back into the great subterranean pool from which it rises."Sigmund Freud
"Human psychology does not work like that; only logic works like that."Sigmund Freud
"Patients are rarely grateful to their physicians."Sigmund Freud
"The female is a lesser male."Sigmund Freud
"Philosophy teaches us that knowledge itself is insufficient; we must apply it with wisdom and care."Edward Jenner
"Philosophy teaches that the examined life is the best preparation for advancing human knowledge."Edward Jenner
"Molecular structures reveal the nature of reality."James Watson
"Science is humanity's conversation with nature."James Watson
"Conviction is the conscience of the mind."Lise Meitner
"I believe in the power of human reason and observation."Lise Meitner
"The pursuit of understanding is what makes us human."Lise Meitner
"One must cultivate both the mind and the spirit."Lise Meitner
"We are the Earths way of knowing itself, and we have a responsibility to act as its stewards."James Lovelock
"We cannot survive as separate units; we are threads in the fabric of life."James Lovelock
"We are nature becoming conscious of itself, and that brings responsibility."James Lovelock
"Our obsession with growth has blinded us to the finite nature of our world."James Lovelock
"We stand at a crossroads between continuation and collapse."James Lovelock
"Philosophy without grounding in nature is merely abstraction divorced from reality."James Lovelock
"The true foundation of theology is to ascertain the character of God. It is by the aid of Statistics that law in the social sphere can be ascertained and codified."Florence Nightingale
"To think deeply is not enough; one must also act upon one's thoughts."Florence Nightingale
"To understand suffering is to understand the human condition itself."Florence Nightingale
"The observer cannot be separated from the observed."Humberto Maturana
"Consciousness is the self-awareness that allows us to observe ourselves observing."Humberto Maturana
"Our reality is fundamentally participatory and not merely observational."Humberto Maturana