Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"The sun does not move; our perspective does."Niccolò Copernicus
"The universe is indifferent to our desires; this is its honesty."Niccolò Copernicus
"In every man sleeps a potential for both great good and terrible evil."Thomas More
"Philosophy is the art of asking questions that matter."Thomas More
"To philosophize is to learn how to die."Michel de Montaigne
"He who would teach men to die would at the same time teach them to live."Michel de Montaigne
"Man is the measure of all things, but what is the measure of man?"Michel de Montaigne
"The conduct of our lives is the true mirror of our doctrine."Michel de Montaigne
"Every man has within himself the whole condition of humanity."Michel de Montaigne
"Human life is a perpetual series of contradictions."Michel de Montaigne
"The life of virtue is the only life worth living."Diogenes Laërtius
"Our life is what we think it crumbles under the weight of the unexamined."Diogenes Laërtius
"The mind is everything. What you think you become."Diogenes Laërtius
"The roots of violence are not just in the world around us but in the world within us."Diogenes Laërtius
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."Diogenes Laërtius
"The soul is the same for all, but bodies differ in their natures."Diogenes Laërtius
"Nothing is or can be, without a cause."Hypatia
"All things are connected; isolate one and you understand nothing."Hypatia
"True philosophy is the purification of the soul."Porphyry
"The universe is a manifestation of divine intelligence."Porphyry
"The eternal is always present within the temporal."Porphyry
"The soul's journey is one of purification and return."Porphyry
"The soul recognizes itself in contemplation of the divine."Porphyry
"The universe reflects the infinite perfection of its source."Porphyry
"The soul's true home is in the intelligible realm."Porphyry
"To ascend spiritually is to descend into one's deepest truth."Porphyry
"The whole universe is a sacred space, and every thing in it is divine."Strabo
"Philosophy begins with wonder."Strabo
"Philosophy is the art of being wise."Petronius
"Philosophy guides the way."Petronius