Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"We are all strangers to ourselves."Gérard de Nerval
"The true revolution is not political but spiritual."Gérard de Nerval
"The infinite is hidden within the finite."Gérard de Nerval
"Every person is both saint and sinner."Gérard de Nerval
"I have sought meaning in all things and found it nowhere."Gérard de Nerval
"One must be absolutely modern in one's thinking."Arthur Rimbaud
"The modern age demands that we become strangers to ourselves."Arthur Rimbaud
"Philosophy begins with wonder."Paul Verlaine
"The body is temporary; the work of the mind is eternal."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"The philosopher's task is to question what others accept."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"In matters of taste, there can be no argument, only revelation."Théophile Gautier
"The eternal struggle between passion and reason defines the human condition."Théophile Gautier
"The pursuit of perfection is the pursuit of the infinite."Théophile Gautier
"The mind is everything; what you think you become."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"Every man carries within him a whole world of ideas"Guy de Maupassant
"The world is a stage, and we are merely poor actors upon it"Guy de Maupassant
"Philosophy is the art of being confused at a higher level"Guy de Maupassant
"One must philosophize early and late."George Sand
"The universe is a mirror of what we believe."George Sand
"I am the shadow, the doubt that haunts every certainty."Gérard de Nerval
"Identity is a costume we wear until we forget it is one."Gérard de Nerval
"We are all exiles in the land of the living."Gérard de Nerval
"Melancholy is the mark of a sensitive spirit."Gérard de Nerval
"We are all performing in a theater whose director we cannot see."Gérard de Nerval
"We are haunted by versions of ourselves we might have become."Gérard de Nerval
"The mind is a labyrinth where truth hides from itself."Gérard de Nerval
"In every heart lies the capacity for both great love and terrible cruelty."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"The greatest battles are fought in the mind, not on any field."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"The philosopher seeks not answers, but better questions."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"The depths of the human heart remain the last unexplored frontier."Victor Leconte de Lisle