Philosophical Quotes

1598 Philosophical quotes by 584 unique authors

I am to cover the philosophical side of the debate and so far my only thought is that reading keeps you from going gaga. — Mary Ann Shaffer
Nanny's philosophy of life was to do what seemed like a good idea at the time, and do it as hard as possible. It had… — Terry Pratchett
What my mom failed to understand was that I didn't even want long hair -- I needed long hair. And my desire for protracted, flowing… — Chuck Klosterman
Grover didn't say anything for awhile. Then, when I thought he was going to give me some deep philosophical comment to make me feel better,… — Rick Riordan
It had occurred to Sean once - on a bender about ten years before with some buddies, Sean and a bloodstream full of bourbon turning… — Dennis Lehane
But let there be no misunderstanding: it is not that a real man, the object of knowledge, philosophical reflection or technological intervention, has been substituted… — Michel Foucault
LIVE. If you live, god will live with you. If you refuse to run his risks, he'll retreat to that distant heaven and be merely… — Paulo Coelho
Good evening, Lord Corwin,' said the lean, cadaverous figure who rested against a storage rack, smoking his pipe, grinning around it. Good evening, Roger. How… — Roger Zelazny
I asked this heroic pet lover how it felt to have died for a schnauzer named Teddy. Salvador Biagiani was philosophical. He said it sure… — Kurt Vonnegut
What will survive of us is love. — Philip Larkin
What we like to think of ourselves and what we really are rarely have much in common.... — Stephen King
One day, someone showed me a glass of water that was half full. And he said, "Is it half full or half empty?" So I… — Alejandro Jodorowsky
What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? — Lord Byron
The Christ within who is our hope of glory is not a matter of theological debate or philosophical speculation. He is not a hobby, a… — Brennan Manning
Most men are not wicked... They are sleep-walkers, not evil evildoers. — Franz Kafka
Alice came to a fork in the road. 'Which road do I take?' she asked. 'Where do you want to go?' responded the Cheshire Cat.… — Lewis Carroll
Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the… — Alan Watts
For Emily Dickinson every philosophical idea was a potential lover. Metaphysics is the realm of eternal seduction of the spirit by ideas. — Charles Simic
A man who discovers his pants are on fire tends to have very little time to worry about somebody else's box of matches — Jeff Lindsay
It was like wondering how evil had come into the world or what happens to a person after he dies: an interesting philosophical exercise, but… — Joe Hill
No religion except ours has taught that man is born in sin; none of the philosophical sects has admitted it; none therefore has spoken the… — Blaise Pascal
The most important thing you do everyday you live is deciding not to kill yourself. — Albert Camus
Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time. — Voltaire
No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Life's a freaking mess. In fact, I'm going to tell Sarah we need to start a new philosophical movement: messessentialism instead of existentialism: For those… — Jandy Nelson

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