Philosophy Quotes

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

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"Philosophical inquiry leads to greater understanding."
Jean Racine
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"The spirit seeks truth in all its manifestations."
Jean Racine
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"Philosophy seeks to answer the eternal questions."
Jean Racine
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"Obscurity is the canvas of mystery."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"Nothing will take place, the place will take place."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"Mystery is the essence of all things."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"The world is a text to be interpreted."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"The absolute is expressed only through negation."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"The ideal exists beyond the material."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"The universe is a book written in the language of mathematics and poetry."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"Circumstance is the enemy of the absolute."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"The dance of signifiers creates meaning."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"The ideal is more real than reality."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"The infinite is contained in a single moment."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"The soul speaks in metaphor."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"The infinite exists within the finite."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"Language perpetually betrays intention."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"The external world is merely the stage for inner reality."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"Virtue itself turns vice when misapplied."
Molière
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"To understand all is to forgive all, but it also may be to despise all."
Molière
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"The human heart is a mystery that no science can fully explain."
Molière
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"The human condition is one of constant contradiction."
Molière
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"The stage teaches us that we are all playing roles."
Molière
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"To understand human nature is to understand the full spectrum of vice and virtue."
Molière
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"The philosopher questions everything; the fool questions nothing."
Pierre Corneille
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"I am a fugitive from my own life, seeking truth in the margins of existence."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"We are hollow vessels waiting to be filled with meaning."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"Philosophy is the luxury of asking questions we never answer."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"Philosophy is arguing about shadows on a wall we've never left."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"Every person contains multitudes."
Paul Verlaine