Philosophy Quotes

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

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"The demonic is reality unmasked by morality."
Paul Tillich
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"Man's final concern is beyond all particular concerns."
Paul Tillich
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"The question of being is the most fundamental question."
Paul Tillich
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"Spirit is not opposed to matter but expresses itself through matter."
Paul Tillich
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"Language is the house of being."
Paul Tillich
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"Matter and spirit are not two things, but two aspects of one reality."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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"Each person contains within them the whole universe."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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"God is dead."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Man would rather will the nothing than not will."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Master and slave morality differ."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"So far all that has given color to existence lacks any proof of its truth."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Every philosophy is a philosophy of some stage of life."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"In truth, there is no greater antidote to the Enlightenment than the Enlightenment itself."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Philosophical thoughts have to be able to withstand being put to the test by life."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Leisure is the mother of philosophy."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"The thought of suicide is a great source of comfort."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"The snake must eat itself."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Anthroposophy is a path of knowledge that seeks to lead the spiritual in the human being to the spiritual in the universe."
Rudolf Steiner
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"The human being is a microcosm reflecting the macrocosm of the universe."
Rudolf Steiner
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"The world is my parish."
John Wesley
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"Thinking is an activity that transcends the merely rational."
Rudolf Steiner
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"The structure of a person is the structure of their language."
Paul Tillich
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"Every genuine philosophy must face the void."
Paul Tillich
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"The symbol opens dimensions that concepts cannot reach."
Paul Tillich
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"The self is always in process, never fixed or final."
Paul Tillich
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"The unconscious speaks in symbols; conscious speech often obscures."
Paul Tillich
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"God's sovereignty and human freedom work together in perfect harmony."
Jonathan Edwards
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"Self-love is the root of all sin and misery."
Jonathan Edwards
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"The human heart is an idol factory constantly manufacturing false gods."
Jonathan Edwards
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"The heart's affections determine the direction and quality of the entire life."
Jonathan Edwards