Philosophy Quotes

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

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"We are each the prisoners of our own desires"
Italo Svevo
"Philosophy is the art of becoming more confused"
Italo Svevo
"The self is a story we keep revising"
Italo Svevo
"The mind is a prison of our own construction"
Italo Svevo
C
"A man may have strong convictions and still be wrong."
Cesare Pavese
C
"The modern man is suffering from a kind of poverty of the spirit which is the worst of all poverties."
Cesare Pavese
C
"You will die alone, and the thought will bring you peace."
Cesare Pavese
C
"The modern world is not evil; in some ways the modern world is far too good. That is the real problem."
Cesare Pavese
C
"What we call culture is the fossil record of our nightmares."
Cesare Pavese
D
"We are defined not by our choices but by what we refuse to choose."
Dino Buzzati
D
"Philosophy is the art of asking uncomfortable questions."
Dino Buzzati
G
"Philosophy teaches us how to live wisely."
Gabriele D'Annunzio
G
"Philosophy is the search for truth."
Gabriele D'Annunzio
U
"The sign is not the thing signified"
Umberto Eco
U
"The map is not the territory"
Umberto Eco
U
"Philosophy begins with wonder"
Umberto Eco
U
"Philosophy is the art of living"
Umberto Eco
G
"Philosophy teaches us how to live."
Giosue Carducci
G
"Philosophy is the mother of all sciences."
Giosue Carducci
G
"The world is a stage, and we are merely actors playing our parts."
Gabriele D'Annunzio
G
"I am my own temple; my body is my church."
Gabriele D'Annunzio
G
"Philosophy seeks to answer the eternal questions."
Giovanni Verga
I
"The city is redundant: it repeats itself so that something will stick in the mind."
Italo Calvino
I
"What matters is not the destination but the infinite paths to reach it."
Italo Calvino
I
"Every person contains multitudes, like a city."
Italo Calvino
I
"The most important journey is the one within."
Italo Calvino
I
"The invisible architecture of cities shapes our dreams."
Italo Calvino
I
"Philosophy begins with wondering why we wonder."
Italo Calvino
"We spend our lives running from ourselves, only to find we cannot escape."
Italo Svevo
"The burden of consciousness is the price we pay for being human."
Italo Svevo