Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"The demonic is the tragic element in existence."Paul Tillich
"Being is not a genus but the ground of all genera."Paul Tillich
"Existence is the estrangement from essence."Paul Tillich
"The demonic expresses itself in compulsion and destructiveness."Paul Tillich
"Being finite, we continually face nonbeing."Paul Tillich
"The demonic is what must be fought continuously."Paul Tillich
"Universality without particularity is empty; particularity without universality is blind."Paul Tillich
"The question of being is the most fundamental question."Paul Tillich
"Participation is reunion with the ground of being."Paul Tillich
"Being is the answer to the question implied in nonbeing."Paul Tillich
"Ultimate reality is beyond categories but can be approached through symbols."Paul Tillich
"Philosophy is the art of asking the right questions about existence."Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
"Philosophy begins with wonder and ends with understanding, if we are fortunate."Annie Besant
"Every atom is a little universe unto itself."Helena Blavatsky
"Matter and spirit are one; they are but different aspects of the same reality."Helena Blavatsky
"The universe is a living, conscious entity of which we are integral parts."Helena Blavatsky
"Every person is a mirror reflecting back the state of collective consciousness."Helena Blavatsky
"The universe operates according to laws of cause and effect transcending time itself."Helena Blavatsky
"The guru is in you. I'm just a mirror reflecting your own wisdom back."Ram Dass
"You are the universe experiencing itself subjectively."Ram Dass
"We are all one. Separation is illusion."Ram Dass
"The Self is that Thou art."Ram Dass
"The only real journey is the journey inward."Ram Dass
"We are not human beings having spiritual experiences; we are spiritual beings having human experiences."Ram Dass
"We are all pieces of the same infinite consciousness."Ram Dass
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience."Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
"The human being is difficult to comprehend in his totality."Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
"All things converge towards unity."Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
"The mystery of existence is the only inexhaustible subject of thought."Paul Tillich
"The self is the human being in its totality."Paul Tillich