Philosophy Quotes

"Human beings are defined not by their circumstances, but by their choices."

"The philosopher and the poet speak the same eternal truths in different tongues."

"La filosofía es el arte de vivir conscientemente."

"La filosofía comienza donde termina la certidumbre."

"To be human is to carry contradictions within oneself without breaking."

"Civilization is measured not by its monuments, but by how it treats its weakest members."

"To know yourself is to know your place in the world."

"Philosophy begins with wonder and ends with acceptance."

"To be Colombian is to be condemned to understand suffering intimately."

"Philosophy begins where language fails us."

"The philosopher questions everything except their need to question."

"The indigenous peoples understand that all things are connected in ways the modern world has forgotten."

"A society that forgets its indigenous roots is a society that has lost its way."

"The land does not belong to us; we belong to the land."

"The indigenous peoples remind us that technology is not the only measure of civilization."

"Language is the tool through which we construct meaning"

"Every person contains multitudes and contradictions"

"Philosophy begins with questions, not answers"

"Memory is the property of the mad."

"There is no greater labyrinth than the human heart."

"Fate is something we invent to explain the inexplicable."

"Nothing moves forward in this life unless we know our own hearts."

"The human soul is capable of both great evil and great good."

"We are all prisoners of our own thoughts until we learn to think differently."

"The mind can imprison us more thoroughly than any walls."

"Philosophy is the art of learning to ask better questions."

"The true wealth of a nation lies in its stories, not its gold."

"The human heart contains oceans that no geography can map."

"In the margins of society live the most extraordinary human beings."

"A man's legacy is not what he accumulated but what he inspired."