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