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We are spirits clad in veils. (Quote by - Christopher P. Cranch)

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. (Quote by - Ludwig Wittgenstein)

Life has the name of life, but in reality it is death. (Quote by - Heraclitus)

The map is not the territory. (Quote by - Alfred Korzybski)

Because they know the name of what I am looking for, they think they know what I am looking for! (Quote by - Antonio Porchia)

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. (Quote by - Francis Bacon)

The philosopher is Nature's pilot. And there you have our difference: to be in hell is to drift: to be in heaven is to steer. (Quote by - George Bernard Shaw)

Among creatures born into chaos, a majority will imagine an order, a minority will question the order, and the rest will be pronounced insane. (Quote by - Robert Brault)

Like stealing the juice out of tomorrow's fruit. (Quote by - Destin Figuier)

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. (Quote by - Andre Gide)

The first step towards philosophy is incredulity. (Quote by - Denis Diderot)

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches. (Quote by - Alice Roosevelt Longworth)

The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing. (Quote by - Eric Berne)

Seeking is not always the way to find. (Quote by - Augustus William)

If I am not pleased with myself, but should wish to be other than I am, why should I think highly of the influences which have made me what I am? (Quote by - John Lancaster Spalding)

It's very strange when the life you never had flashes before your eyes. (Quote by - Terri Minsky)

A man of business may talk of philosophy; a man who has none may practise it. (Quote by - Alexander Pope)

How often one sees people looking far and wide for what they are holding in their hands? Why! I am doing it myself at this very moment. (Quote by - Augustus William)

A thing, until it is everything, is noise, and once it is everything it is silence. (Quote by - Antonio Porchia)

Before I travelled my road I was my road. (Quote by - Antonio Porchia)

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up. (Quote by - Barbara Kingsolver)

I've observed that there are more lines formed than things worth waiting for. (Quote by - Robert Brault)

Man is the only animal who enjoys the consolation of believing in a next life; all other animals enjoy the consolation of not worrying about it. (Quote by - Robert Brault)

Before enlightenment - chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment - chop wood, carry water. (Quote by - Zen Buddhist Proverb)

You never know what is enough, until you know what is more than enough. (Quote by - William Blake, Proverbs of Hell)

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