Philosophy Quotes

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

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"The true aristocrat is one whose nobility springs from the cultivation of mind."
Luis de Góngora
"The philosopher's greatest discovery is the acknowledgment of mystery."
Luis de Góngora
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"The soul speaks in metaphors when reason fails."
Ungaretti
U
"We are all exiles from our own innocence."
Ungaretti
U
"Philosophy begins in wonder and ends in acceptance."
Ungaretti
U
"Philosophy is the art of learning how to die well."
Ungaretti
F
"The philosopher asks why; the fool asks why not."
Francisco de Quevedo
E
"The present moment contains all that has been and all that will be."
Eugenio Montale
E
"We are condemned to search for meaning in a universe indifferent to our questions."
Eugenio Montale
E
"The self is not something we find but something we invent."
Eugenio Montale
E
"We are shaped by the spaces between our breaths."
Eugenio Montale
E
"The examined life is the only life worth living."
Eugenio Montale
E
"Identity is a story we tell ourselves, nothing more."
Eugenio Montale
E
"Meaning is not given; it must be continuously created."
Eugenio Montale
G
"Philosophy asks the questions that matter."
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
G
"Philosophy teaches us how to live."
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
M
"The greatest tragedy is indifference."
Miguel de Unamuno
M
"The pursuit of practical results has been the ruin of philosophy."
Miguel de Unamuno
M
"My work is to shatter the faith of men, and this is a pious work."
Miguel de Unamuno
M
"Hell is the impossibility of reason."
Miguel de Unamuno
M
"To live is to contradict oneself."
Miguel de Unamuno
M
"The most profound philosophical truths are found in paradox."
Miguel de Unamuno
M
"The universe is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent."
Miguel de Unamuno
G
"La filosofía es el arte de vivir bien."
Garcilaso de la Vega
"We are all fragments of a greater whole, seeking unity."
Salvatore Quasimodo
"The soul ages differently than the body, growing wiser with time."
Salvatore Quasimodo
"The examined life is the only life worth living fully."
Salvatore Quasimodo
F
"In this life, we are guests; in the next, we shall be judges."
Francisco de Quevedo
"The pursuit of perfection in form mirrors the pursuit of truth in substance."
Luis de Góngora
"The body is a prison that teaches the spirit to fly."
Luis de Góngora