Philosophy Quotes
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“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
“No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen.”
— Alan Watts
— Alan Watts
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen.”
— Alan Watts
— Alan Watts
“The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.”
— James Baldwin
— James Baldwin
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
“The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.”
— James Baldwin
— James Baldwin
“When the soul suffers too much, it develops a taste for misfortune.”
— Albert Camus
— Albert Camus
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
“When the soul suffers too much, it develops a taste for misfortune.”
— Albert Camus
— Albert Camus
“The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it – basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.”
— Charles Bukowski
— Charles Bukowski
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
“The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it – basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.”
— Charles Bukowski
— Charles Bukowski
“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
— Oscar Wilde
— Oscar Wilde
November 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
— Oscar Wilde
— Oscar Wilde
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”
— Anaïs Nin
— Anaïs Nin
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”
— Anaïs Nin
— Anaïs Nin
“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
— Eleanor Roosevelt
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
— Eleanor Roosevelt
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
— Leo Tolstoy
— Leo Tolstoy
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
— Leo Tolstoy
— Leo Tolstoy
“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.”
— C. S. Lewis
— C. S. Lewis
November 9, 2025 at 7:32 AM
“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.”
— C. S. Lewis
— C. S. Lewis
“Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.”
— Franz Kafka
— Franz Kafka
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.”
— Franz Kafka
— Franz Kafka
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”
— Thornton Wilder
— Thornton Wilder
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”
— Thornton Wilder
— Thornton Wilder
“Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.”
— bell hooks
— bell hooks
November 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.”
— bell hooks
— bell hooks
“Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”
— Albert Camus
— Albert Camus
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”
— Albert Camus
— Albert Camus
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
— Marcel Proust
— Marcel Proust
November 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
— Marcel Proust
— Marcel Proust
“Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.”
— Isaac Asimov
— Isaac Asimov
November 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
“Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.”
— Isaac Asimov
— Isaac Asimov