Quotes for When You Feel Philosophical

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Poet, Mathematician, Astronomer

“You've seen the world, and all you've seen is nothing; and everything, as well, that you have said and heard is nothing. You've sprinted everywhere between here and the horizon; it is nothing. And all the possessions you've treasured up at home are nothing.”

World Home Horizon

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Franz Kafka

Writer

“The truth is always an abyss. One must — as in a swimming pool — dare to dive from the quivering springboard of trivial everyday experience and sink into the depths, in order to later rise again — laughing and fighting for breath — to the now doubly illuminated surface of things.”

Fighting Order Swimming

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Mary Oliver

Poet

“I don't ask for the sights in front of me to change, only the depth of my seeing.”

Sight Depth

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Blaise Pascal

Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher

“We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything.”

Wisdom Limits

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Samuel Beckett

Playwright, Novelist

“There's never an end for the sea.”

Ends Sea

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Albert Einstein

Physicist

“The more I learn, the more I realize I don't know.”

Knowledge Learning

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Benjamin Franklin

Inventor, Statesman, Author

“It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.”

Leadership Independent

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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Statesman, Founder of Republic

“A man who doesn't think differently from his time and environment can't grow beyond his time and environment.”

Thinking Men Environment

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Mary Oliver

Poet

“Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers. Let me keep company always with those who say “Look!” and laugh in astonishment, and bow their heads. (from “Mysteries, Yes”)”

Thinking Inspirational Distance

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