"The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being."
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"A little philosophy makes a man an Atheist: a great deal converts him to religion"
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"The Perennial Philosophy is expressed most succinctly in the Sanskrit formula, tat tvam asi ('That art thou'); the Atman, or immanent eternal Self, is one with Brahman, the Absolute Principle of all existence; and the last end of every human being, is to discover the fact for himself, to find out who he really is."
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"We are the spirit, the collective conscience. We create the pain, and suffering, and beauty in this world."
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"I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it - you will regret both."
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"Some are born great. Some achieve greatness. Some get it as a graduation gift."
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"The Darwinian movement has made no difference to mankind, except that, instead of talking unphilosophically about philosophy, they now talk unscientifically about science."
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"I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance."
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"There is a desire deep within the soul which drives man from the seen to the unseen, to philosophy and to the divine."
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"Philosophy leads to death, sociology leads to suicide."
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"All learning is in the learner, not the teacher."
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"Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God."
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"Someone asked me once what my philosophy of life was, and I said some crazy thing. I should have said, how the hell do I know?"
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"Oh, my dear Kepler, how I wish that we could have one hearty laugh together. Here, at Padua, is the principal professor of philosophy, whom I have repeatedly and urgently requested to look at the moon and planets through my glass, [telescope] which he pertinaciously refuses to do. Why are you not here? what shouts of laughter we should have at this glorious folly! and to hear the professor of philosophy at Pisa laboring before the grand duke with logical arguments, as if with magical incantations, to charm the new planets out of the sky."
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"Have you ever wondered why Republicans are so interested in encouraging people to volunteer in their communities? It’s because volunteers work for no pay. Republicans have been trying to get people to work for no pay for a long time."
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"My life belongs to me, my love belongs to those who can see it."
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"In philosophy, or religion, or ethics, or politics, two and two might make five, but when one was designing a gun or an aeroplane they had to make four."
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"We never know we are beings till we love. And then it is we know the powers and potentialities of human existence."
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"The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next."
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"The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars."
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