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Top 200 Philisiphy Quotes (pt. 1)

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By Nikita MaltcevPublished 3 years ago 3 min read
Top 200 Philisiphy Quotes (pt. 1)
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“The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Man is condemned to be free.” – Jean-Paul Sartre

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates

“The unexamined life may not be worth living, but the overexamined life is nothing to write home about either.” – James Hollis

“All men by nature desire knowledge.” – Aristotle

“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama XIV

“Life must be understood backward. But it must be lived forward.” – Søren Kierkegaard

“I think, therefore I am.” – René Descartes

“To be conscious of being, you need to reclaim consciousness from the mind.” – Eckhart Tolle

“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein

“The only way to deal with fear is to face it head on.” – Yung Pueblo

“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” – Rumi

“You can’t step into the same river twice.” – Heraclitus

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare

“It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not.” – André Gide

“Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.” – Marcus Aurelius

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela

“The more a man knows, the more he forgives.” – Catherine the Great

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.” – Søren Kierkegaard

“The only thing I know is that I know nothing.” – Socrates

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle

“The more a man knows, the more he forgives.” – Catherine the Great

“The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.” – Voltaire

“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama XIV

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates

“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” – Dalai Lama XIV

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."

"The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off." - Gloria Steinem

"One cannot step twice in the same river." - Heraclitus

"Life is a journey, not a destination." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle." - Christian D. Larson

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill

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