Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"The self we present to others is always incomplete."Federigo Tozzi
"Ambition without ethics is merely hunger."Federigo Tozzi
"The hunger for meaning is what makes us human."Federigo Tozzi
"Every person is a universe unto themselves."Federigo Tozzi
"Man would be much offended if he were told he is a machine."Italo Svevo
"Consciousness is a disease."Italo Svevo
"Philosophy is the art of asking better questions."Italo Svevo
"The examined life is the only one worth living."Italo Svevo
"Language is both a prison and a key."Elsa Morante
"The human capacity for love is matched only by its capacity for cruelty."Elsa Morante
"We are all complicit in the structures that harm us."Elsa Morante
"The night teaches us what daylight hides."Elsa Morante
"The search for meaning is itself meaningful."Elsa Morante
"Words fail us precisely when we most need them."Elsa Morante
"Suffering is not ennobling, pain is not a doorway to anything."Cesare Pavese
"The real sickness of the modern age is despair."Cesare Pavese
"We are all seeking something in this life."Cesare Pavese
"The mind is its own place."Cesare Pavese
"The void stares back at those who stare too long."Cesare Pavese
"We must question everything we believe."Cesare Pavese
"We are responsible for our choices."Cesare Pavese
"Language is not neutral; it carries within it the ideology of those who speak it."Pier Paolo Pasolini
"Passion and intellect must work together, or both are diminished."Pier Paolo Pasolini
"We are prisoners of our own language."Pier Paolo Pasolini
"Every gesture carries ideology within it."Pier Paolo Pasolini
"Words are weapons; choose them with care."Pier Paolo Pasolini
"Memory is the thread that holds identity together."Pier Paolo Pasolini
"The death of language is the death of thought."Pier Paolo Pasolini
"To be fully human is to be aware of the complexity of existence."Elio Vittorini
"Philosophy begins with the willingness to question everything, including our questions."Elio Vittorini