As my old philosophy professor once told me, even if you hate philosophy, that is, in fact, also philosophizing. Boy, I truly wasn’t too excited about that! However, some years passed, and I understood what he meant by that - philosophy is always there, whether you wish for it or not. And, thinking of it, there’s probably no other way of trying to explain the unexplainable than by using principles of philosophy where some exquisitely insightful person has put all your intangible and incoherent thoughts into one sentence, at least somewhat explaining humans, life, and all the burning questions stemming out of these topics. So, here we are, with our list of the best philosophy quotes that might spark your interest in this science or rekindle the fire you already have for it.
Surely, it is best to start your journey of understanding things with the words of the great philosophers like Nietzsche, Bertrand Russell, and Socrates. These are all names you will surely find mentioned in this article. However, not only philosophers have had some insights into the universe, so you might also expect to find some unexpected names like Frank Zappa, Albert Einstein, and Carl Sagan, who also contributed to the world of philosophy. All in all, it is a pretty comprehensive collection of philosophy quotes, whether you’re just a newbie or a bona fide scholar.
So, prepare to be blown away by these clever quotes you’re about to find just a scroll below! Once you are there, vote for the deep quotes that gave you something to think about, and share this article with your friends, too!
#41
“I can control my passions and emotions if I can understand their nature.” – Spinoza
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#42
“Freedom is secured not by the fulfilling of one's desires, but by the removal of desire.” – Epictetus
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#43
“One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” ― Plato
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#44

“Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.” ― Epictetus
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#45
“On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.” ― George Orwell
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#46
“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.” ― Kahlil Gibran
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#47
“You do not write your life with words... You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.” ― Patrick Ness
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#48

“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.” ― Douglas Adams
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#49
“A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.” ― William Blake
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#50
“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is the question of whether to live.” – Albert Camus
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#51
“This is patently absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.” – Bertrand Russell
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#52

“Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein
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#53
“Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.” – Francis Bacon
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#54
“Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but of how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.” – Immanuel Kant
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#55
“It is one thing to show a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possession of truth.” – John Locke
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#56

“The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.” ― Karl Marx
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#57
"There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.” ― Seneca
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#58
“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.” ― Robertson Davies
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#59
“What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.” ― Hans Urs von Balthasar
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#60

“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.” ― Niccolò Machiavelli
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