Philosophy Quotes

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

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"We are all connected by threads of consequence stretching through time."
Bill Moyers
B
"The examined life is not a burden; it is the only life worth living."
Bill Moyers
A
"People are basically good. It's just that society messes them up."
Andy Rooney
A
"The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues."
Andy Rooney
A
"I don't think there's anything unique about me, which is probably what makes me unique."
Andy Rooney
A
"The kind of world we have depends on the kind of people we are."
Andy Rooney
A
"The definition of a sadist is someone who is kind to a masochist."
Andy Rooney
A
"The fact that we all like to think we're different is what makes us all the same."
Andy Rooney
W
"We are shaped by the stories we tell ourselves and the values we uphold."
Walter Mondale
W
"Power without principle is merely tyranny."
Walter Mondale
W
"We must approach life with both realism and optimism."
Walter Mondale
"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing."
Mike Wallace
"The mind is everything. What you think you become."
Mike Wallace
"An unexamined life is not worth living."
Mike Wallace
"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."
Mike Wallace
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."
Mike Wallace
"Philosophy without action is sterile intellectualism."
Morley Safer
"Philosophy is the art of dying well."
Morley Safer
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"Philosophy teaches us to question everything."
Gayle King
G
"Philosophy asks the questions we're afraid to ask."
Gayle King
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"We are all biased, but we can work to overcome our biases."
Scott Pelley
S
"We shape the narrative, but we must never forget that we are shaped by it too."
Scott Pelley
B
"Philosophy begins with wonder and ends with more questions."
Bill Moyers
B
"The question is not what can I get, but what can I give."
Bill Moyers
B
"We must recover the idea that life is sacred and not everything is for sale."
Bill Moyers
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"Philosophy without action is just words."
Gayle King
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"Philosophy is just asking better questions."
Andy Rooney
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"Philosophy teaches us how to question better."
Andy Rooney
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity."
Mike Wallace
"An unexamined life is not worth living."
Mike Wallace