Philosophy Quotes

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

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"Philosophy begins with wonder."
Scott Pelley
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"Philosophy teaches us to question everything."
Walter Mondale
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"Science explains the how; philosophy explains the why."
Jimmy Breslin
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"Philosophy asks the questions that matter most."
Jimmy Breslin
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"Anything that happens to you can happen to anyone. That's what makes the world interesting."
Fred Rogers
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"Sometimes people are good and sometimes they're not. But most of the time, they're both."
Fred Rogers
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"The past is a foreign country; we visit it to understand our present, not to live in it."
Russell Baker
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"We inherit our beliefs like we inherit our names, rarely questioning either until too late."
Russell Baker
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"Philosophy is the art of being confused at a higher level of sophistication."
Russell Baker
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"Philosophy is the art of living well. It is not abstract but deeply practical."
Bill Moyers
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"Philosophy without practice is sterile. Practice without reflection is blind."
Bill Moyers
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"I don't think we're meant to understand it all, sometimes things just are the way they are."
Andy Rooney
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"We're all connected in some way."
Andy Rooney
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"We're all searching for meaning."
Andy Rooney
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"The greatest journey is within ourselves."
Andy Rooney
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"The meaning of life is different for everyone."
Andy Rooney
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"We're all part of something bigger."
Andy Rooney
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"Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring."
Mike Royko
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"People are basically good, but they sometimes do bad things."
Mike Royko
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"Chicago makes New York look like a small town."
Mike Royko
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"A philosopher is someone who makes money asking questions nobody wants answered."
Mike Royko
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"Philosophy asks the questions worth asking."
Gayle King
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"Philosophy teaches us how to live."
Gayle King
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."
Mike Wallace
"The mind is everything. What you think you become."
Mike Wallace
"The purpose of a man's heart are deep waters."
Mike Wallace
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"The questions we ask shape the narratives we create and the world we understand."
Scott Pelley
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"The questions we ask reflect the values we hold and the world we hope to create."
Scott Pelley
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"The pursuit of a single truth can illuminate universal human experiences."
Scott Pelley
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"The stories we choose to tell define what kind of society we are."
Scott Pelley