Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"In the mixture of all things, love and strife dance eternally, creating the world we perceive."Empedocles
"Philosophy begins with wonder at the simple fact that anything exists at all."Empedocles
"The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as the greatest virtues."Aristophanes
"The pursuit of happiness is less important than the pursuit of meaning."Aristophanes
"A man's character is his destiny, and his choices are his legacy."Aristophanes
"Philosophy is the art of being confused at a higher level."Frankie Boyle
"We are all searching for meaning in a meaningless universe."Frankie Boyle
"The universe is indifferent to your suffering."Frankie Boyle
"To understand the cosmos is to understand oneself, for we are made of the same substance as the stars."Anaximander
"The boundless source cares not for the names we assign to it."Anaximander
"The universe operates without malice, indifferent to our desires."Anaximander
"All human laws are shadows cast by the eternal laws of nature."Anaximander
"Every drop of water contains the essence of the infinite sea."Anaximander
"The universe requires no witness, yet consciousness allows it to know itself."Anaximander
"It is better to examine one's life than to live without thought."Democritus
"Understanding the nature of the infinite is to understand the nature of one's own soul."Democritus
"The person who loves wisdom loves solitude, for there he finds her."Democritus
"Being and non-being are the same, and not the same."Parmenides
"The mortal mind grasps only opinions, not truth."Parmenides
"All that appears to come and go is but appearance."Parmenides
"The world of multiplicity is the world of illusion and deceit."Parmenides
"Reality tolerates no becoming, no growth, no death."Parmenides
"Being and thought are locked in eternal embrace."Parmenides
"The way of night and day are one in the being of all things."Parmenides
"All generated things are but shadows dancing on a wall."Parmenides
"Change is the greatest deception the world can offer."Parmenides
"The philosopher gazes upon Being as one might gaze upon a perfect sphere."Parmenides
"Being has no parts, for the whole is one and indivisible."Parmenides
"All that changes must contain within itself the seeds of contradiction."Parmenides
"In contemplating Being, the mind discovers its own eternal nature."Parmenides