Philosophy Quotes

"The unexamined life is a life not worth remembering."

"The person who has mastered solitude has mastered life."

"Obedience is not truly rendered unless it comes from the heart."

"The mind of man is the measure of all things."

"Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice."

"The end of philosophy is not knowledge, but virtue."

"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."

"The highest philosophy is that the world is one and we are all one in it."

"The mere existence of an illusion is not grounds for denying the reality of the object apparently illuded about."

"It is not living that matters, but living rightly."

"Medicine heals diseases of the body, but only philosophy can heal diseases of the soul."

"I have often admired the mystical way of Pythagoras and the hidden theology of the Egyptians."

"It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise being."

"The laws of conscience, which we say nature engrave in our hearts, change with the winds of opinion."

"I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself."

"We should not value things by their rarity, but by their worth."

"Every one calls barbarism what is not habitual to him."

"The mind of a man is more complicated than the structure of the heavens."

"The most universal quality is diversity."

"By doubting we come to examine, and by examining we perceive truth."

"Silence is sometimes the profoundest form of communication."

"In contemplation, we find the essence of what makes us human."

"To think deeply is to commune with the divine through reason rather than dogma."

"We are all connected to the great wheel of the cosmos through our capacity to understand it."

"The observer and the observed are not separate; understanding this is enlightenment."

"The universe respects no authority but logic and evidence."

"In geometry lies the secret language of creation itself."

"The cosmos is not indifferent to our understanding—it seems almost eager to be known."

"The unexamined life is not merely unworthy; it is, in a sense, not truly lived."

"The soul is not in the body; rather, the body is in the soul."