Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"Each one of us is a little universe in himself."Miguel de Unamuno
"The soul is made of immortal consciousness."Miguel de Unamuno
"The soul craves immortality."Miguel de Unamuno
"Philosophy begins with wonder."Miguel de Unamuno
"Silence is the language of God; all else is translation."Federico García Lorca
"The fountain cannot drink its own water."Federico García Lorca
"The sun has its reasons, which the moon will never know."Federico García Lorca
"In the theater of life, we are all both actor and audience."Federico García Lorca
"La filosofía es el camino hacia la verdad"Francisco de Quevedo
"La filosofía cuestiona todo"Francisco de Quevedo
"We are all foreigners in the landscape of conventional morality."Luis Cernuda
"The heart's logic defies all systems of reason."Luis Cernuda
"The heart follows its own incomprehensible logic."Luis Cernuda
"The universe (which others call the Library) is composed of an indefinite and perhaps infinite number of hexagonal galleries."Jorge Luis Borges
"The Argentine does not argue; he contradicts."Jorge Luis Borges
"The taste of the apple is the same whether the apple is thrown or eaten."Jorge Luis Borges
"The Minotaur (mythology aside) is the man who is always inside the labyrinth."Jorge Luis Borges
"To deny is also to affirm."Jorge Luis Borges
"What I have tried to express is the relationship between the soul and eternal things."Jorge Luis Borges
"I might seem to be playing with ideas, but this is not a game to me."Jorge Luis Borges
"Hell is other people, paradise is solitude—but man is a social animal."Jorge Luis Borges
"The concept of ownership is absurd—we are merely custodians of what we possess."Jorge Luis Borges
"I have always found that the simplest observations contain the deepest truths."Jorge Luis Borges
"A labyrinth is a house built to confuse men; a man is naturally a labyrinth."Jorge Luis Borges
"The pursuit of perfection teaches us the value of imperfection."Juan Ramón Jiménez
"We are shaped not by our choices, but by our intentions."Juan Ramón Jiménez
"The silence of contemplation speaks louder than words."Juan Ramón Jiménez
"La filosofía enseña a vivir, no solo a pensar."Francisco de Quevedo
"Everything passes and everything remains, but our thoughts are the only things that seem to stay with us forever"Antonio Machado
"The motives of men are mixed, and we deceive ourselves if we believe otherwise"Antonio Machado