Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
43879 quotes
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
"In every particular thing, the infinite expresses itself."Anaximenes
"Thought and being are manifestations of the same essential force."Anaximenes
"The eternal substance requires no explanation beyond itself."Anaximenes
"All things participate in the infinite without being divided from it."Anaximenes
"The infinite expresses itself through infinite variety."Anaximenes
"All becoming originates from the infinite and returns to it."Anaximenes
"The visible world is a shadow cast by invisible principles."Anaximenes
"The infinite ground of being transcends all categorical thinking."Anaximenes
"All life shares a common essence with the cosmic whole."Anaximenes
"In the infinite, all opposites find their reconciliation."Anaximenes
"The infinite is not separate from us but constitutes our very being."Anaximenes
"The substance of all things is one, though manifested in infinite ways."Anaximenes
"The cosmos is rational, and we are the cosmos becoming aware of itself."Anaximenes
"The invisible sustains the visible; the eternal sustains the temporal."Anaximenes
"One god, greatest among gods and men, neither in form like unto mortals nor in thought."Xenophanes
"Every mortal believes the customs of their own people to be the best."Xenophanes
"Human nature is the measure of all things, not divine revelation."Xenophanes
"What mortals believe to be true is often merely custom."Xenophanes
"Mortals fancy the gods are born and have clothes and speech like themselves."Xenophanes
"The gods are not shaped by human hands but by human minds."Xenophanes
"The mind that questions everything approaches truth most closely."Xenophanes
"Every people fashions gods after their own image and likeness."Xenophanes
"What tradition calls sacred is often merely ancient custom."Xenophanes
"Each nation creates gods who resemble their own people."Xenophanes
"Custom passes for truth in the minds of the unthinking."Xenophanes
"The forms of gods multiply because mortals project themselves upon the infinite."Xenophanes
"What one nation worships, another nation mocks."Xenophanes
"Human nature is the measure by which humans misunderstand the divine."Xenophanes
"What mortals call eternal truth is merely persistent custom."Xenophanes
"The gods created by men reflect men's imperfections."Xenophanes