Philosophy Quotes

"Your perception shapes your reality."

"We are not our thoughts; we are the observers of our thoughts."

"Philosophy teaches us how to think."

"Philosophy asks why; laughter answers how."

"We are not our thoughts. We are the ones aware of our thoughts."

"Being human means struggling. The question is what kind of struggle you choose."

"The dialectic is that opposites can both be true at the same time."

"You are not your thoughts. You are not your emotions. You are the observer of them."

"The dialectic teaches us that both sides can be true."

"The world is getting to be such a small place that eventually we'll all be living in each other's pockets."

"I never planned anything in my life."

"Discipline and freedom are not opposites."

"I never stopped being amazed by human nature."

"Rational beliefs are flexible, non-absolute, and revisable."

"The past is immutable, but your attitude toward it is not."

"Self-blame and low self-esteem originate from absolutistic thinking."

"Beliefs create reality, not the other way around."

"Human disturbance is largely self-created and can be reduced by rational thinking."

"Thinking makes it so, but only if you do it yourself."

"Your beliefs determine your actions, and your actions determine your life."

"Man is not kept in the created universe—he keeps himself there."

"The proper study of mankind is the understanding of how man comes to understand himself."

"The constructs we use to understand the world shape our reality."

"Meaning-making is the fundamental human activity."

"The core of human nature is the drive to make sense of experience."

"Our personal constructs are both tools and prisons."

"We live not in the world, but in our interpretation of the world."

"Understanding ourselves is understanding our system of personal predictions."

"We are all engaged in the grand human project of meaning-making."

"The heart of being human is the capacity to interpret and reinterpret."