Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"As a man thinks, so he is."James Chaney
"An unexamined life is not worth living."James Chaney
"To be human is to recognize the humanity in every other person."Michael Schwerner
"The struggle for equality is the struggle for the soul of a nation."Michael Schwerner
"To fight for justice is to fight for the soul of humanity."Michael Schwerner
"To seek justice is to seek the truest expression of democracy."Michael Schwerner
"In our commitment to others, we find our truest selves."Michael Schwerner
"We're the same folks we've always been, Scout. We just need to be reminded sometimes."Atticus Finch
"Everything else is the work of man."Atticus Finch
"Philosophy without application is intellectual vanity."Al Sharpton
"The questions we refuse to ask define us as much as our answers."Andrew Goodman
"The unexamined life is not worth living; the unlived life is not worth examining."Andrew Goodman
"I question America. Is this the land of the free and the home of the brave?"Fannie Lou Hamer
"I know the real America. I know what this country can be."Fannie Lou Hamer
"Philosophy without action is merely intellectual indulgence."James Chaney
"Philosophy is the art of living well."James Chaney
"Philosophy begins where certainty ends."Andrew Goodman
"The measure of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable."Michael Schwerner
"Our legacy is determined by how we treat the least among us."Michael Schwerner
"We are defined not by our words but by our commitments."Michael Schwerner
"We should be concerned not merely about who murdered him but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced the murderer."Coretta Scott King
"Material wealth cannot ease the pain of spiritual emptiness."Coretta Scott King
"The philosophy of nonviolence demands commitment to it in practical daily life."Coretta Scott King
"To be human is to be called to account for the well-being of others."James Reeb
"We are accountable not just to our generation but to generations yet unborn."Al Sharpton
"The stories we tell ourselves become the lives we live."Andrew Goodman
"The soul of a nation is revealed not in its laws, but in how it treats the weakest among it."Viola Liuzzo
"Philosophy asks us to question; courage demands we act on those questions"James Chaney
"Philosophy without action is mere intellectual exercise"James Chaney
"Philosophy teaches us how to live well."James Meredith