Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"Philosophy teaches us to examine our lives."James Meredith
"Philosophy teaches us to ask better questions, not necessarily to have all answers."Andrew Goodman
"The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be."John Lewis
"I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek."John Lewis
"Philosophy without action is meaningless."H. Rap Brown
"Philosophy explores what justice means."H. Rap Brown
"We are responsible for the society we create and the one we tolerate"Viola Liuzzo
"We cannot be neutral on the side of the suffering"Viola Liuzzo
"We are all bound together in the web of human connection"Viola Liuzzo
"Our individual souls are bound up in the souls of others"Viola Liuzzo
"Negritude, my friend, is not a thing, it's a state of mind."Stokely Carmichael
"A nation that ignores its conscience is a nation in peril."Medgar Evers
"A person without principles is a person without identity."Medgar Evers
"The revolution will be achieved through the masses, not through leaders."Black Panther Party
"We believe in the power of the people to govern themselves."Black Panther Party
"The struggle for freedom is the struggle for humanity."Black Panther Party
"The struggle for freedom is eternal and ever-present."Black Panther Party
"Philosophy without action is empty."Assata Shakur
"Think deeply about everything."Assata Shakur
"The nature of a system is not determined by what people wish it to be, but by the function it actually performs."H. Rap Brown
"Philosophy without action is mere entertainment."H. Rap Brown
"Philosophy asks questions that change everything."H. Rap Brown
"I realized that my greatest teacher was not in a classroom but in the mirror."James Meredith
"Apathy is not neutral; it is a vote for the perpetuation of wrong."Viola Liuzzo
"The barrier between comfort and complicity is thinner than we admit."Viola Liuzzo
"The conscience that sleeps in safety is no conscience at all."Viola Liuzzo
"Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are Psychology students if we remain in the realm of explanation only."John Lewis
"I have come to believe that we are not makers of history. We are made by history."John Lewis
"The struggle for equality is fundamentally a moral struggle."Medgar Evers
"The struggle for justice is the struggle for the soul of our nation."Medgar Evers