Philosophy Quotes

Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.

43879 quotes

"The mind is infinitely divisible, but not the will."
Blaise Pascal
"To mock philosophy is to be a true philosopher."
Blaise Pascal
J
"History is happening right now in front of you if you know how to look."
Jimmy Breslin
M
"Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among those who are not good."
Mike Royko
"The path to wisdom begins with wonder, not answers."
Lao Tzu
"The Master moves without moving, acts without acting."
Lao Tzu
"In poverty and riches, the wise find the same opportunity for growth."
Lao Tzu
W
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."
Wallace Matthews
"Philosophy teaches us to examine our lives."
Dear Abby
"Philosophy without practice is empty."
Dear Abby
A
"The fact that it works is immaterial."
Ann Landers
A
"Your values determine your decisions, and your decisions determine your destiny."
Ann Landers
J
"A city without character is just a collection of buildings."
Jimmy Breslin
J
"Philosophy without experience is just pretty words."
Jimmy Breslin
J
"People are more similar than they are different."
Jimmy Breslin
J
"Philosophy matters because it shapes how you see the world."
Jimmy Breslin
M
"Cynicism is just disappointment wearing a tough face."
Mike Royko
M
"People are basically decent, but institutions corrupt them."
Mike Royko
M
"Nostalgia is just sadness dressed up in nice memories."
Mike Royko
W
"I believe in human dignity."
Walter Mondale
R
"Advertisers are the interpreters of our dreams - selling us the medical equivalent of snake oil wrapped in the packaging of our aspirations."
Russell Baker
R
"The gravity of life demands that we treat the trivial with seriousness."
Russell Baker
R
"We are all prisoners of our own experience, unable to truly know another person's reality."
Russell Baker
"The usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness."
Lao Tzu
"The sage wears rough clothing and holds jade in his heart."
Lao Tzu
"The soft and the hard: one conquers by yielding."
Lao Tzu
"The Master understands that the journey is the destination."
Lao Tzu
B
"Philosophy teaches us to examine our assumptions."
Bill Moyers
B
"Philosophy examines what we take for granted."
Bill Moyers
S
"Philosophy helps us understand who we are."
Scott Pelley