Philosophy Quotes
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“Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.”
— Erich Maria Remarque
— Erich Maria Remarque
November 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
“Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.”
— Erich Maria Remarque
— Erich Maria Remarque
“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”
— C. S. Lewis
— C. S. Lewis
November 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”
— C. S. Lewis
— C. S. Lewis
“If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.”
— Virginia Woolf
— Virginia Woolf
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.”
— Virginia Woolf
— Virginia Woolf
“I didn’t like having to explain to them, so I just shut up, smoked a cigarette, and looked at the sea.”
— Albert Camus
— Albert Camus
November 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
“I didn’t like having to explain to them, so I just shut up, smoked a cigarette, and looked at the sea.”
— Albert Camus
— Albert Camus
“Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.”
— Ambrose Bierce
— Ambrose Bierce
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
“Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.”
— Ambrose Bierce
— Ambrose Bierce
“To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but what he aspires to.”
— Kahlil Gibran
— Kahlil Gibran
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
“To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but what he aspires to.”
— Kahlil Gibran
— Kahlil Gibran
“Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you've felt that way.”
— Charles Bukowski
— Charles Bukowski
November 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you've felt that way.”
— Charles Bukowski
— Charles Bukowski
“Nobody's so damn well educated that you can't learn ninety percent of what he knows in six weeks. The other ten percent is decoration.”
— Kurt Vonnegut
— Kurt Vonnegut
November 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
“Nobody's so damn well educated that you can't learn ninety percent of what he knows in six weeks. The other ten percent is decoration.”
— Kurt Vonnegut
— Kurt Vonnegut
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
— Eleanor Roosevelt
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
— Eleanor Roosevelt
“One must dare to be happy.”
— Gertrude Stein
— Gertrude Stein
November 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
“One must dare to be happy.”
— Gertrude Stein
— Gertrude Stein
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
— Albert Camus
— Albert Camus
November 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
— Albert Camus
— Albert Camus
“Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.”
— Eric Hoffer
— Eric Hoffer
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
“Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.”
— Eric Hoffer
— Eric Hoffer
“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
— Friedrich Nietzsche
November 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
— Friedrich Nietzsche
“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
— Sylvia Plath
— Sylvia Plath
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
— Sylvia Plath
— Sylvia Plath
“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”
— Robert Frost
— Robert Frost
November 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”
— Robert Frost
— Robert Frost
“Boredom and stupidity and patriotism, especially when combined, are three of the greatest evils of the world we live in.”
— Robertson Davies
— Robertson Davies
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“Boredom and stupidity and patriotism, especially when combined, are three of the greatest evils of the world we live in.”
— Robertson Davies
— Robertson Davies
“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.”
— Vincent van Gogh
— Vincent van Gogh
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.”
— Vincent van Gogh
— Vincent van Gogh
“Do not wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day.”
— Albert Camus
— Albert Camus
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“Do not wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day.”
— Albert Camus
— Albert Camus
“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”
— Bertrand Russell
— Bertrand Russell
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”
— Bertrand Russell
— Bertrand Russell
“The fabric of democracy is always fragile everywhere because it depends on the will of citizens to protect it, and when they become scared, when it becomes dangerous for them to defend it, it can go very quickly.”
— Margaret Atwood
— Margaret Atwood
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
“The fabric of democracy is always fragile everywhere because it depends on the will of citizens to protect it, and when they become scared, when it becomes dangerous for them to defend it, it can go very quickly.”
— Margaret Atwood
— Margaret Atwood
“I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.”
— Virginia Woolf
— Virginia Woolf
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.”
— Virginia Woolf
— Virginia Woolf
“Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.”
— Douglas Adams
— Douglas Adams
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
“Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.”
— Douglas Adams
— Douglas Adams
“Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough.”
— Alain de Botton
— Alain de Botton
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
“Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough.”
— Alain de Botton
— Alain de Botton
“Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.”
— Eugène Ionesco
— Eugène Ionesco
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
“Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.”
— Eugène Ionesco
— Eugène Ionesco
“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”
— Simone Weil
— Simone Weil
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”
— Simone Weil
— Simone Weil