Philosophy Quotes

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

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"You are the space in which all experiences occur."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"The body-mind is a temporary instrument of consciousness."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"Your true nature is beyond all naming and describing."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"What you are seeking is what you already are."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"Consciousness alone is real; everything else is appearance."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"You are not in the world; the world is in you."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"The mind is a useful servant but a terrible master."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"You are the eternal witness of all that comes and goes."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"The world is not separate from consciousness; it appears within it like a dream within the mind of the dreamer."
Rupert Spira
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"All problems arise from the sense of separation; all solutions lie in recognizing unity."
Rupert Spira
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"Philosophy begins with wonder and ends in the recognition of non-wonder."
Rupert Spira
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"The purpose of life is not to avoid suffering but to transcend it"
Mooji
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"You cannot be what you are trying to become"
Mooji
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"What appears separate is actually unified"
Mooji
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"Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived"
Mooji
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"The universe is not separate from you; you are the universe experiencing itself"
Mooji
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"A person is what they do, not what they believe."
Francis of Assisi
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"My path is not your path; your path is not mine."
Francis of Assisi
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"Where words fail, deeds speak volumes."
Francis of Assisi
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"Philosophy is the love of wisdom."
Meher Baba
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"Consciousness is the ultimate reality"
Satya Sai Baba
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"The body is temporary, the soul is eternal"
Satya Sai Baba
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"The mind wants certainty, but life is fundamentally uncertain."
Adyashanti
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"The world is not separate from consciousness; it is an expression of it."
Adyashanti
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"The mind creates the illusion of separation; awareness reveals unity."
Adyashanti
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"Your true nature is untouched by experience and time."
Adyashanti
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"The self you are trying to protect is imaginary."
Adyashanti
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"The most profound teaching points to nothing."
Adyashanti
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"The spiritual maturity is the death of the spiritual seeker."
Adyashanti
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"Your true nature is prior to all experience."
Adyashanti