Philosophy Quotes

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

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"The real is that which cannot not be."
Ibn Arabi
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"The universe exists in a single point."
Ibn Arabi
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"Every conscience is a little God."
George Fox
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"All that ever walked on earth have been but shadows of the substance."
George Fox
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"The human form is the outward expression of the human mind."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Man has an internal and an external form, answering to the internal and external worlds."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Order is the foundation of all things."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Conscience is the voice of the soul crying out within us."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"The desire to be useful is the first principle of civilization."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Every man has his internal and external character."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"In the spiritual world, intentions manifest as realities."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Evil consists in refusing to acknowledge a power greater than oneself."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Memory preserves what the mind has experienced."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"The mind of man is a microcosm of the universe."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"When the will and understanding are united, true action results."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"A man's heaven or hell is of his own making."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"The purpose of existence is to become useful to others."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"All things proceed from divine love and return to it."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"All beings are interconnected through divine unity."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Every action has consequences that ripple through eternity."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"The soul is the bridge between the divine and the material world."
Jacob Böhme
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"Darkness and light are not enemies but partners in the divine dance."
Jacob Böhme
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"The universe is a living temple of divine consciousness."
Jacob Böhme
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"The material world is frozen music, waiting to be awakened."
Jacob Böhme
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"The seeker finds God in the seeking, not in arriving."
Jacob Böhme
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"Philosophy is the love of wisdom, not the possession of it."
Jacob Böhme
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"The Guest House - This being human is a guest house."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"You are not just the drop seeking the ocean; you are the ocean seeking the drop."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"Die before you die."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"There is a table of communion set inside each of us."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)