Philosophy Quotes

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

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"Consciousness is the ground of all existence."
Adyashanti
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"Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional."
Adyashanti
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"All seeking ends when you realize you are what you seek."
Adyashanti
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"You cannot become enlightened; you can only remember it."
Adyashanti
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"Awakening is not about reaching somewhere; it's about being nowhere."
Adyashanti
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"You are both the seeker and the sought."
Adyashanti
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"Consciousness is the constant; everything else is the play of consciousness."
Adyashanti
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"Philosophy begins where certainty ends and questions begin."
Dominic de Guzmán
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"The philosopher who cannot comfort the suffering has merely rearranged words."
Dominic de Guzmán
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"If you want to identify me, ask not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I think I am living for."
Thomas Merton
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"There is always a temptation to diddle around in the contemplative life, making it a luxury instead of a profound human necessity."
Thomas Merton
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"The purpose of all things is to teach us about God."
Thomas Merton
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"A man may live as a dog lives, but he cannot die as a dog dies."
Thomas Merton
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"The world is like a cinema - you are watching a film. The world is not real; it is a projection of your own mind."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"The sense of I am is your first clue to your true nature."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"The world exists in your mind only."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"You must realize that you are not the doer; action happens through you."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"Consciousness is the only reality that exists."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"Your true nature is beyond birth and death."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"The sense of presence is the doorway to your true self."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"You are not born; the body is born. You are eternal."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"Your true nature is untouched by any experience."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"The body-mind is like a wave in the ocean of consciousness."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"You are prior to all experience, thought, and sensation."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"The world is God's dream; you are God dreaming."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"The observer is the observed; there is no separation."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"The mind creates both bondage and the illusion of freedom."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"Your consciousness is the light in which all worlds appear."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"What is eternal in you cannot be touched by time."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"Your true nature is peace, love, and freedom combined."
Nisargadatta Maharaj