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