Philosophy Quotes

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

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"The real revolution is in the mind."
Lenny Bruce
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"Work hard and be nice to people."
Amy Poehler
"I'm very interested in religion and philosophy but I'm not religious."
Joan Rivers
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"One should not be careless; mindfulness is the path to the Deathless."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
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"The mind precedes all phenomena. Mind is chief. All things are mind-made."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
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"Whatsoever a person frequently thinks upon becomes the inclination of their mind."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
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"Mindfulness is the path to the Deathless; heedlessness is the path to death."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
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"The root of all suffering is the illusion of separation from others."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
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"The greatest deception is believing you are separate from the whole."
Zoroaster
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"Philosophy is the art of asking the right questions."
Zoroaster
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"The philosophy of life should be that every day is an opportunity to be better than yesterday."
Tina Fey
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"People should be free to find or make for themselves the kind of purpose and meaning for life that appeals to them."
Lenny Bruce
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"We're all here on earth to help others; what the others are here for, I don't know."
Lenny Bruce
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"Morality is relative to where you are in the cosmic game."
Lenny Bruce
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"A man in the dark looking for a light switch in a room that doesn't exist."
Lenny Bruce
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"Every human being is the center of his own universe."
Lenny Bruce
"The most important interview you'll ever have is with yourself."
Joan Rivers
"Philosophy is just common sense dressed up in fancy words."
Joan Rivers
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"Scratch any cynic and you'll find a disappointed idealist underneath."
George Carlin
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"If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little."
George Carlin
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"A group of people thinking they're doing the right thing."
George Carlin
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"Scratch any cynic and you'll find a disappointed idealist."
George Carlin
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"When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
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"An enlightened one does not seek enlightenment, for there is nowhere to go and nothing to attain."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
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"There is no greater illusion than fear; no greater curse than hatred; no greater atrocity than hunger of power."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
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"What is the use of running when you are on the wrong road?"
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
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"In separateness lies the world's great misery, in compassion lies the world's true strength."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
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"The seed of suffering is in the seed of joy. The seed of joy is in the seed of suffering."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
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"There is no fire like passion, no shark like hatred, no snare like folly, no torrent like greed."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
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"Ambition is like a disease that consumes the peace of the mind."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)