Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"In studying yourself, you study all of humanity."Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
"The universe rewards those who seek to understand its laws."Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
"The universe is a sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere."Nicodemus Copernicus
"By the side of the everlasting why there is a yes, and all true philosophy begins in wonder."Nicodemus Copernicus
"The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility."Nicodemus Copernicus
"The universe operates according to natural laws, not divine caprice."Bernardino Telesio
"What we call divine intervention is often merely nature's operation."Bernardino Telesio
"In the study of nature, we find evidence of reality's true character."Bernardino Telesio
"In contemplating nature, we contemplate our own nature."Bernardino Telesio
"The study of nature elevates us above the condition of animals."Bernardino Telesio
"The study of philosophy teaches us to question what we take for granted."Edward Wotton
"Philosophy is not an escape from life but a deeper engagement with it."Edward Wotton
"The mind is everything. What you think you become."Cosimo de Medici
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."Cosimo de Medici
"Every man is his own most vicious opponent."Cosimo de Medici
"The beginning of philosophy is a sense of wonder about how things are."Cosimo de Medici
"A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small package."Cosimo de Medici
"Pride is the mask of one's own faults."Cosimo de Medici
"What we think, we become."Cosimo de Medici
"There is no illness which is not preceded by sin."Paracelsus
"The macrocosm and the microcosm are one."Paracelsus
"Identity is not found in the body, but in the soul."Paracelsus
"The signature of a thing is its form and property."Paracelsus
"It is in itself a wonder that anyone should believe in the existence of any reality outside his own mind."Paracelsus
"The flesh is the mirror of the soul."Paracelsus
"All the natural movements of the soul are controlled by laws analogous to those of physics."Paracelsus
"Every man carries two pots upon his shoulders: one of the highest good and one of the deepest evil."Paracelsus
"In every corpse there is a small spirit; if you eat the flesh of a corpse, you also eat the corpse spirit."Paracelsus
"The moon rules waters, women, and the emotions."Paracelsus
"The universe is not composed of matter and energy, but of love and wisdom."Paracelsus