Philosophy Quotes

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

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"Philosophy is the love of ultimate truth."
Sri Aurobindo
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"Philosophy without compassion is empty."
Pope Francis
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"We must be willing to die to ourselves in order to live fully."
Pope Francis
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"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience."
Mother Teresa
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"Philosophy seeks to understand the ultimate questions of existence."
Pope John Paul II
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"In the mirror of your own mind, you see all things reflected."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"Philosophy without action is merely intellectual exercise."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"Materialism has become the god of our time."
Billy Graham
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"Pride is the sin that leads to all other sins."
Billy Graham
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"Do not try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist. Use it to be a better whatever-you-already-are."
Dalai Lama (14th)
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"With our thoughts, we make the world."
Dalai Lama (14th)
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"I classify not religions but people."
Dalai Lama (14th)
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"The experience of the individual is too small a unit by which to measure the importance of an action."
Dalai Lama (14th)
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"Wealth is supposed to be a means not an end in itself."
Dalai Lama (14th)
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"The wave does not need to die to become water. She is already water."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"The present moment contains past and future; in it, they are one."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"We are here to awaken from the illusion of separateness."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"Nothing is fixed; everything is dynamic and changing."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"Death is not the opposite of life; both are part of the same journey."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"The Divine is in all things, and to recognize this is the beginning of true knowledge."
Sri Aurobindo
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"The scientist and the mystic both seek truth through different methods."
Sri Aurobindo
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"The greatest religion is to be true to this dharma."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same summit."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"The three ways of knowledge are love, service, and meditation."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"The world is transient; only God is permanent."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"The world exists within God; God does not exist within the world."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"In the garden of existence, be both the flower and the gardener."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"The spiritual path is paved with grace and effort."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"Philosophy is the art of asking the right questions rather than possessing all answers."
Sri Aurobindo
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"Questioner: Why do you think you are right? Krishnamurti: I don't think I am right. I question."
Jiddu Krishnamurti