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!
#61
“Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.” ― Albert Camus
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#62
“I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.” — John Stuart Mill
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#63
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” ― Margaret Mead
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#64

“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.” ― Albert Camus
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#65
“Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.” ― Lao Tzu
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#66
“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.” ― Benjamin Spock
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#67
“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.” ― Frank Zappa
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#68

“A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.” ― D.H. Lawrence
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#69
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” ― George Bernard Shaw
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#70
“Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of.” ― Markus Zusak
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#71
“I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.” ― Socrates
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#72

“Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.” ― Lao Tzu
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#73
“Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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#74
“Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly;
Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?'
Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land;
Man got to tell himself he understand.” ― Kurt Vonnegut
Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?'
Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land;
Man got to tell himself he understand.” ― Kurt Vonnegut
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#75
“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.” ― Gabriel García Márquez
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#76
“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.” ― Bruce Lee
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#77

“The first duty of a man is to think for himself.” ― Jose Marti
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#78
“Time is a game played beautifully by children.” ― Heraclitus
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#79
“The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.” – Jeremy Bentham
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#80
“One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another.” – René Descartes
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