Philosophical Quotes

1598 Philosophical quotes by 584 unique authors

God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things. — Baruch Spinoza
Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself. — Baruch Spinoza
Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd. — Baruch Spinoza
None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not. — Baruch Spinoza
He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason. — Baruch Spinoza
Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause. — Baruch Spinoza
It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. — Gertrude Stein
Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can… — Robert Louis Stevenson
You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition; but to find your wife laughing when you had tears in your… — Robert Louis Stevenson
I am a part of all that I have met. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
So many worlds, so much to do, so little done, such things to be. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand. — Mother Teresa
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. — Mother Teresa
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. — Hunter S. Thompson
The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest. — Henry David Thoreau
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. — James Thurber
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit. — Peter Ustinov
My philosophy is: If you can't have fun, there's no sense in doing it. — Paul Walker
The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato. — Alfred North Whitehead
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. — Oscar Wilde
Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us. — Oscar Wilde
To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong. — E. O. Wilson
If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
The limits of my language means the limits of my world. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
The human body is the best picture of the human soul. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

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