Philosophy Quotes

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

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"The universe is infinite, and so are the possibilities within it."
Giordano Bruno
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"The eternal is found in the eternal moment."
Giordano Bruno
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"An unexamined life cannot be truly lived."
Baltasar Gracián
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"Every form we create is a question asked of the universe about the nature of being."
Raphael Sanzio
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"The universe is a sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"Man is the measure of all things, yet he measures but a fraction of existence."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"The philosopher's stone is not found in earth, but in cultivated reason."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"The contemplation of celestial bodies elevates the soul above petty concerns."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"The mind is not dependent on narrow limits of the body."
Desiderius Erasmus
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"Not everyone can be a philosopher, but everyone can strive toward virtue."
Desiderius Erasmus
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"Evil is not something to be overcome, but ignored."
Desiderius Erasmus
"Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools."
Thomas More
"The philosopher asks not what is popular but what is true."
Thomas More
"Philosophy begins with wonder and ends with humility."
Thomas More
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"There never was in the world two opinions alike, no more than two hairs or two grains; their most universal quality is diversity."
Michel de Montaigne
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"I have never seen a greater monster or miracle than myself."
Michel de Montaigne
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"The unexamined life is no life at all."
Michel de Montaigne
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"Fortune has its place in the order of things; it is not all chance."
Michel de Montaigne
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"To practice philosophy is to learn how to die."
Michel de Montaigne
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"The question is not how to live, but whether we are willing to ask the question at all."
Michel de Montaigne
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"The finite is always surpassed by the infinite; the limited by the unlimited."
Giordano Bruno
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"The universe does not judge; it simply is."
Giordano Bruno
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"The canvas is a mirror; the painter reveals himself through every gesture."
Raphael Sanzio
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"To understand form is to understand the hidden architecture of existence."
Raphael Sanzio
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"The true artist never finishes; he merely abandons."
Raphael Sanzio
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"In the study of geometry lies the study of divine order."
Raphael Sanzio
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"The artist is not above nature; he is nature becoming conscious of itself."
Raphael Sanzio
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"The greatest evil in the world is suffering, and the root cause is selfishness."
Desiderius Erasmus
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"The less luck a man has, the more he believes in it."
Desiderius Erasmus
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"We are dust that has learned to question its origin."
Niccolò Copernicus