Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"Philosophy without action is just words."Marsha P. Johnson
"Philosophy teaches us to question everything and accept nothing blindly."Al Sharpton
"Philosophy asks the questions that science answers."Al Sharpton
"Philosophy without action is meaningless."Larry Kramer
"In every person lies the capacity for both great good and great harm."Atticus Finch
"We are responsible not only for what we do but for what we fail to do."Bayard Rustin
"We are defined by our response to injustice, not by our intentions."Bayard Rustin
"We must combine idealism with pragmatism in our work."Bayard Rustin
"We cannot separate our personal ethics from our public actions."Bayard Rustin
"We are all responsible for the culture we create."Bayard Rustin
"The philosophy of survival is simple: keep moving."Sylvia Rivera
"Philosophy is simple: love each other and fight back."Sylvia Rivera
"I am because we are - Ubuntu philosophy guides my life."Sylvia Rivera
"Philosophy asks the hard questions that help us understand ourselves and our society."Al Sharpton
"Philosophy means nothing if it doesn't apply to real human suffering."Marsha P. Johnson
"Philosophy without practice is empty."James Reeb
"Philosophy lived is more powerful than philosophy taught."James Reeb
"A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan."Coretta Scott King
"Philosophy should lead us toward greater compassion."Coretta Scott King
"Philosophy without action is mere intellectual exercise."Al Sharpton
"Philosophy got easier when I started listening to how people actually lived instead of how they wrote."Marsha P. Johnson
"Means and ends are inseparable."Michael Schwerner
"Man's inhumanity to man is not only smutting the pages of our history but is dappling the skies."Michael Schwerner
"The spiritual life demands engagement with the struggles of the world."James Reeb
"The sacred and the secular are one; all work can be holy work."James Reeb
"The unexamined life is not worth living."Andrew Goodman
"The only journey is the one within."Andrew Goodman
"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate."Andrew Goodman
"Philosophy teaches us to question the world around us and think critically about our role in it."Al Sharpton
"Philosophy teaches us to question everything we assume to be true."Al Sharpton