Philosophy Quotes

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

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"You are the universe experiencing itself."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"You are the God particle experiencing itself."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"We are the mirror as well as the face in it."
Hafiz
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"You are the universe experiencing itself."
Hafiz
"Philosophy asks the eternal questions that stir the human soul awake."
Charles Wesley
"Philosophy strips away our comfortable assumptions and invites deeper thinking."
Charles Wesley
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"The soul speaks in images; the mind speaks in words."
Ibn Arabi
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"The soul's purpose is to know itself through experience."
Ibn Arabi
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"Our mind is eternal in so far as it understands things from the perspective of eternity."
Spinoza
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"Our mind is a part of the infinite intellect of God."
Spinoza
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"The past cannot be changed, but our understanding of it can liberate us from its effects."
Spinoza
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"The body and mind are one thing expressed in two different ways."
Spinoza
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"The life which is unexamined is not worth living."
Teresa of Avila
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"Every experience, pleasant or painful, has purpose."
Teresa of Avila
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"The philosophy of life that seeks only pleasure will find only emptiness."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Philosophy is the art of asking the right questions more than finding answers."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"When you know yourself, you know your Lord."
Ibn Arabi
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"Man is the mirror of God's attributes."
Ibn Arabi
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"In the essence of things lies divine unity."
Ibn Arabi
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"The perfected human being reflects all divine names."
Ibn Arabi
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"The soul recognizes its origin and destiny."
Ibn Arabi
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"The universe is the word of God made manifest."
Ibn Arabi
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"Creation is the shadow of the Divine."
Ibn Arabi
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"The journey of the soul is the journey to God."
Ibn Arabi
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"Creation reflects the names and attributes of the Creator."
Ibn Arabi
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"The soul knows no boundaries or limitations."
Ibn Arabi
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"We are the mirror as well as the face in it."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"There is a war between the ones who say the world is just a dream and the ones who say life is real."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"I am not this hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within."
Hafiz
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"Remember that nothing is trivial in God's sight. All moments are equally important to the divine."
Teresa of Avila