Philosophy Quotes

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

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"The mind creates the problem and then tries to solve it."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"The machine-like mind cannot understand anything fundamental."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything."
Swami Vivekananda
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"The essence of all religions, all codes of conduct, all sciences is the same."
Swami Vivekananda
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"The only religion that ought to remain is the universal religion."
Swami Vivekananda
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"The greatest truth is the unity of all existence."
Swami Vivekananda
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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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"We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"Everything is connected."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"The world is not only out there, but also within us."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"The goal of a spiritual life is to live gently and lightly."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"Conscience is the sanctuary of God within us."
Pope John Paul II
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"The human person is not an object to be used but a subject to be respected."
Pope John Paul II
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"Think like a human, act like a machine, feel like a human, and relate to others with complete honesty and sense of responsibility."
Dalai Lama (14th)
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"To be an atheist is to be a rational person. Everyone is born as an atheist until they learn religion."
Dalai Lama (14th)
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"Sri Aurobindo believed that human evolution is the gradual manifestation of divinity in matter."
Sri Aurobindo
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"The universe is not separate from the creator but the embodiment of infinite consciousness."
Sri Aurobindo
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"Sri Aurobindo believed that humanity is transitioning toward a higher species."
Sri Aurobindo
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"The journey inward is simultaneously a journey toward infinite expansion."
Sri Aurobindo
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"Sri Aurobindo's vision embraces all beings in the unity of divine consciousness."
Sri Aurobindo
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"The eternal being is beyond all change, yet He manifests in all changing forms."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"The path to God is as different for each man as his face."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"The ultimate reality is beyond all concepts and forms."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"All paths lead to the same mountain top; the difference is only in the starting point."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"The eternal consciousness plays hide and seek with itself."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"The universe is a manifestation of the one eternal consciousness."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"The universe is God's body; live with this awareness always."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"In the corruption of human nature, all are depraved and prone to evil."
John Calvin
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"Men are depraved by nature, so nothing good can proceed from them unless they are inspired by God."
John Calvin