Philosophy Quotes

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

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"All paths lead to the same mountaintop. Only the routes are different."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"The Divine Mother manifests Herself in infinite forms and ways."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"The Divine Mother plays in all forms and in all beings."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"The human heart is like a beast, restrained only by the law of God."
Martin Luther
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"Reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed."
Martin Luther
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"What harm could it do if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good and for the Christian church?"
Martin Luther
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"The heart of man is the place where God begins His good work."
Martin Luther
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"Man can be, and that is the basis of all ethics and all religion."
Swami Vivekananda
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"Why should I seek? I am the same as He. His essence speaks through me."
Swami Vivekananda
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"The greatest religion is to do good and to be good."
Swami Vivekananda
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"The greatest religion is universal love and service to humanity."
Swami Vivekananda
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"The greatest truths are lived more than spoken about."
Swami Vivekananda
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"The body is a temporary vessel. The soul is eternal."
Guru Nanak
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"In the beginning, there was darkness. Darkness upon darkness. Without the Word, there was no creation."
Guru Nanak
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"Attachment to worldly things is the root of suffering."
Guru Nanak
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"Birth and death are but two points on the circle of life."
Guru Nanak
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"Attachment blinds the eye of wisdom."
Guru Nanak
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"The Divine is both near and far, both within and without."
Guru Nanak
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"Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language."
Abraham
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"As a man thinks, so he becomes. This is the eternal law."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"The infinite is expressing itself in the finite. The finite is the manifestation of the infinite."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"The world is real, but it is not ultimate reality."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"Dreams of worldly pleasure are like the dreams of a sleeping man."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"The river of consciousness flows eternally."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"Life is a game played by God with himself."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"All suffering comes from identification with the body and mind."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"The human spirit yearns for meaning beyond material possessions."
Martin Luther
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"The contemplative life and the active life both serve necessary human needs."
Martin Luther
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"Man's nature, so to speak, is a perpetual factory of idols."
John Calvin
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"Pride is the pest of all virtues."
John Calvin