“To define is to limit.”
Oscar Wilde · The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1890
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Philosophy Quotes
205 quotes on philosophy and the big questions — from the classics to the everyday.
“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
Oscar Wilde · The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1890
“I can resist everything except temptation.”
Oscar Wilde · Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892
“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.”
Oscar Wilde · The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1890
“The unlived life is always better because it never has to survive contact with living.”
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“The break is part of the object's story. Making it invisible doesn't heal it. It just makes you carry it alone.”
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“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
Lao Tzu · Tao Te Ching
“The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.”
Thich Nhat Hanh · The Miracle of Mindfulness, 1975
“Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.”
Margaret Lee Runbeck · Time for Each Other, 1944
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.”
Albert Einstein · What I Believe, 1930
“Omnia, Lucili, aliena sunt, tempus tantum nostrum est.”
Seneca · Letters to Lucilius, Letter I
“If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.”
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations, Book XII
“You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations
“The forest would be silent if no bird sang except the one that sang best.”
African Proverb
“A person is a person through other persons.”
Nguni Bantu Proverb · Ubuntu philosophy
“The one who tells the stories rules the world.”
Hopi Proverb
“A child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.”
African Proverb
