Philosophy Quotes

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

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"The moment you stop seeking, you begin finding."
Mooji
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"The breath is the bridge between body and spirit."
Mooji
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"Attachment is the root of all suffering."
Mooji
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"What you seek is seeking you."
Mooji
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"What you resist in others, you resist in yourself."
Mooji
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"We are all waves in the same ocean of consciousness."
Ammachi (Mata Amritanandamayi)
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"The purpose of life is to realize your unity with all beings."
Ammachi (Mata Amritanandamayi)
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"We are all interconnected. What affects one affects all."
Ammachi (Mata Amritanandamayi)
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"The world is a projection of your mind. Change your mind, and the world changes with it."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"The world appears real only because you believe in it."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"All problems arise from identification with the body and mind."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"The person is like a wave thinking it is separate from the ocean."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"When the river recognizes itself as the ocean, it becomes whole."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"The world is a mirror reflecting your consciousness back to you."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"You are not trying to reach enlightenment; you are trying to stop running from it."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"Your thoughts are clouds; your true nature is the sky."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"What you seek is seeking you; surrender to its call."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"If you want to identify me, ask me 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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"The purpose of life is to realize the oneness of all existence."
Meher Baba
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"The divine spark resides in every human being."
Meher Baba
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"To be nobody is to be everybody."
Meher Baba
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"Every soul is on a unique journey toward perfection."
Meher Baba
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"The world needs more hearts and fewer heads."
Meher Baba
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"Every soul carries a spark of the infinite."
Meher Baba
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"I am not, yet I am. This is the mystery of my existence."
Anandamayi Ma
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"The Divine is in every particle of existence."
Anandamayi Ma
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"The world is a mirror of your inner state."
Anandamayi Ma
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"The Mother plays hide and seek with herself in creation."
Anandamayi Ma
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"The Divine plays all the parts in life's drama."
Anandamayi Ma
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"The mind is the cause of bondage and liberation."
Satya Sai Baba