Philosophy Quotes

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

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"Meaning is created through action, not through interpretation."
Kathy Acker
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"Taboo creates meaning."
Kathy Acker
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"The self is a narrative we tell ourselves."
Kathy Acker
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"Identity is performance. Life is theater."
Kathy Acker
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"Meaning is constructed, not discovered."
Kathy Acker
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"The self is multiple. Embrace the multiplicity."
Kathy Acker
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"Identity is a verb, not a noun."
Kathy Acker
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"Pathos is the only truth that matters."
Kathy Acker
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"The self is always already alienated from itself."
Kathy Acker
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"Authenticity is a performance like any other."
Kathy Acker
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"Mandela believed that ubuntu—I am because we are—reflects our shared humanity."
Nelson Mandela
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"No one is born hating another person on the basis of the color of their skin or their background or their religion."
Nelson Mandela
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"The purpose of being alive is to serve humanity."
Nelson Mandela
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"Those who conduct themselves with morality and integrity will be honored in life and cherished in memory."
Nelson Mandela
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"Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your destiny."
Nelson Mandela
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"We are all trapped in our own labyrinths."
Elena Garro
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"We are all strangers to ourselves."
Elena Garro
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"The soul speaks in metaphors and dreams."
Elena Garro
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"We are all searching for something we cannot name."
Elena Garro
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"We are all searching for meaning in meaninglessness."
Elena Garro
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"Philosophy is the love of wisdom and truth."
Rosario Castellanos
"To understand a people, one must understand their myths and their legends."
Miguel Ángel Asturias
"The mask we wear in public often conceals the authentic self beneath."
Miguel Ángel Asturias
"Culture is the immune system of a people against spiritual colonization."
Miguel Ángel Asturias
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"The language of the soul transcends all earthly barriers."
Rubén Darío
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"Tradition and progress need not be enemies but partners."
Rubén Darío
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"The eternal struggle between light and darkness defines existence."
Rubén Darío
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"The human story is written by those who dare to author their own chapters."
Rubén Darío
"Passion without conscience is destruction waiting to happen."
Gioconda Belli
"Memory is a bridge between past and future possibility."
Gioconda Belli