Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"Progress without principle is merely change for its own sake."Chandragupta Maurya
"A mind that never doubts is a mind that never truly thinks."Chandragupta Maurya
"The philosophy of rule must be rooted in the soil of ethics."Chandragupta Maurya
"Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the clouds and the great sea, as well as the earth?"Tecumseh
"I have tried to live as my father taught me, with honor and strength in all things."Tecumseh
"Let not the new ways completely erase the old ways that have sustained our people."Tecumseh
"Philosophy is the search for truth and meaning."Audie Murphy
"Philosophy without life experience is empty."Audie Murphy
"In the silence of the prairie, one hears the voice of truth."Sitting Bull
"A community that forgets its stories forgets its soul."Sitting Bull
"A man of few words often possesses the deepest thoughts."Sitting Bull
"The philosophy of life is written in nature's laws."Crazy Horse
"The deepest philosophy is found in silence."Crazy Horse
"The most difficult decisions in war are often made in seconds but haunt you forever."Richard Winters
"I have been thinking about the white man's ways and I do not like them."Geronimo
"Philosophy teaches us to question everything, even ourselves."Audie Murphy
"Philosophy without action is empty."Audie Murphy
"Our people's glory is not measured in land taken, but in honor preserved."Tecumseh
"In every man dwells both the capacity for greatness and the potential for ruin; which will rise depends on his choices."Tecumseh
"The land does not belong to us; we belong to the land."Tecumseh
"A man's philosophy should be lived, not just spoken."Alvin York
"Philosophy is the art of asking questions one has always known the answers to."Sitting Bull
"Character is destiny. Where you stand depends on where you came from."Colin Powell
"I have always believed that the individual is more important than the institution."Norman Schwarzkopf
"Philosophy without action is just empty theory"Audie Murphy
"Philosophy is useless without application to life"Audie Murphy
"Philosophy teaches that there are larger purposes beyond ourselves that merit our commitment."Richard Winters
"Philosophy teaches us to question everything."Nikita Khrushchev
"Philosophy is the pursuit of wisdom."Nikita Khrushchev
"Philosophy teaches us to question everything, including our questions."Audie Murphy