Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"What the eye cannot see, the mind must contemplate."Democritus
"Nothing truly ceases to exist; it only transforms."Democritus
"All things are composed of infinite, eternal, indivisible atoms."Democritus
"Philosophy is just organized confusion about important things."Peter Kay
"Philosophy is asking 'why' repeatedly until the audience stops being mad at you."Lee Evans
"The mind is a powerful tool when directed toward compassion rather than judgment."Russell Brand
"What is, is eternal and unchanging in its nature."Parmenides
"The universe is one continuous, indivisible whole."Parmenides
"The mind and the object of thought are not separate but unified."Parmenides
"Immutable being stands opposed to the flux of becoming."Parmenides
"Reality is one, eternal, and indifferent to human opinion."Parmenides
"What appears to come and go is merely the play of ignorance."Parmenides
"The mind comprehends being through its own unchanging nature."Parmenides
"Existence has no origin and will suffer no end—such is the way of being."Parmenides
"The universe is a perfect sphere of being, complete unto itself."Parmenides
"Reality is indivisible and unchanging; division and change are illusions only."Parmenides
"What is perfect cannot increase, decrease, or alter in any respect."Parmenides
"Reality is what necessarily is; everything else is opinion and shadow."Parmenides
"Being knows no temporal sequence; all is eternally present and complete."Parmenides
"Reality is one undifferentiated, eternal, unchanging sphere."Parmenides
"Those who see change see only the surface; the reality beneath is static."Parmenides
"Reality is complete, perfect, and requires nothing external to itself."Parmenides
"The very concept of change presupposes the impossible transition from being to non-being."Parmenides
"Reality is a sphere; nothing extends beyond its perfect boundary."Parmenides
"What exists cannot come into being, for it already is."Empedocles
"Mortals believe in coming into being and passing away."Empedocles
"What has never been destroyed can never come to be."Empedocles
"All things that move are moved by something eternal."Empedocles
"All motion ultimately traces back to eternal forces."Empedocles
"We're all just trying to figure out what the hell we're doing here."Frankie Boyle