Philosophy Quotes

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

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"Convention is the enemy of authentic expression."
Eça de Queirós
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"The soul requires nourishment that material wealth cannot provide."
Eça de Queirós
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"We are bound by the language we speak."
Saramago
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"Philosophy begins when we dare to question everything."
Saramago
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"Philosophy asks questions that life must answer."
Saramago
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"Philosophy is the pursuit of truth and wisdom."
Luís de Camões
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"Philosophy questions what we take for granted."
Luís de Camões
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"In the heart of every cynic lies a disappointed idealist."
Camilo Castelo Branco
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"The philosophy of despair is the luxury of those who have never fought for anything."
Camilo Castelo Branco
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"Philosophy is the art of asking the right questions, even when answers elude us."
Camilo Castelo Branco
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"A sociedade é um espelho onde cada um vê refletida a sua própria imagem."
Ramalho Ortigão
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"O coração humano é mais complexo que qualquer ciência."
Ramalho Ortigão
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"We spend our whole lives trying to understand what it means to be human."
Saramago
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"We create meaning in a meaningless universe through our actions."
Saramago
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"We are the sum of our contradictions."
Saramago
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"The search for meaning is the only meaningful pursuit."
Saramago
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"To understand humanity, one must first understand the human heart."
Luís de Camões
"The mind is a kingdom unto itself, capable of creating both paradise and torment."
Torquato Tasso
"The philosopher seeks truth; the fool seeks comfort in illusion."
Torquato Tasso
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"Philosophy is the art of asking the right questions, not finding easy answers."
Almeida Garrett
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"Philosophy teaches us to question; dogma teaches us not to think."
Almeida Garrett
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"Civilization is merely a thin veneer over our primitive nature."
Eça de Queirós
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"Philosophy is the art of asking wrong questions precisely."
Eça de Queirós
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"In the pages of history lie the answers to our present questions."
Alexandre Herculano
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"The philosopher questions everything, but acts with conviction."
Alexandre Herculano
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"I am not I; I am this one walking beside me whom I do not see."
Fernando Pessoa
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"We are all actors, but only some of us know it."
Fernando Pessoa
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"All the world's a stage, and all the people merely players."
Fernando Pessoa
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"I feel a strange nostalgia for a past I've never known."
Fernando Pessoa
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"The soul is a foreign country."
Fernando Pessoa