68 Life Philosophy Quotes (WISDOM & KNOWLEDGE)

Top 21 Philosophical Quotes About Life

The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.”
Seneca

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. — The **purpose** of **life** is not to be **happy**. It is to be useful, to be **honorable**, to be **compassionate**, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. – **Ralph Waldo Emerson**

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. - Lao Tzu — Life is a series of natural and spontaneous **changes**. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. – **Lao Tzu**

The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts. - Marcus Aurelius — The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts. – **Marcus Aurelius**

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man. - Heraclitus — No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man. – **Heraclitus**

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. - Mark Twain — The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. – **Mark Twain**

The unexamined life is not worth living. - Socrates — The unexamined life is not worth living. – **Socrates**

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. - Mahatma Gandhi — Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. – **Mahatma Gandhi**

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. - Lao Tzu — If you realize that all things **change**, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. – **Lao Tzu**

The one who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do. - Steve Jobs — The ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do. – **Steve Jobs**

Life without experience and sufferings is not life. - Socrates — Life without experience and sufferings is not life. – Socrates

Don’t live your life through what-ifs, live it with I knows. - Marco Zuniga — Don’t live your life through *what-ifs*, live it with *I knows*. – Marco Zuniga

Happiness is a state of mind. It's just according to the way you look at things. - Walt Disney Company — **Happiness** is a state of mind. It’s just according to the way you look at things. – **Walt Disney** Company

It is okay to live a life others do not understand.

Someone once asked me "Why do you always insist on taking the hard road?" I replied, "Why do you assume I see two roads?" — Someone once asked me “Why do you always insist on taking the hard road?” I replied, “Why do you assume I see two roads?”

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. - Mae West — You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. – Mae West

When you start looking at people's hearts instead of their faces, life becomes clear. — When you start looking at people’s hearts instead of their faces, life becomes clear.

Never change just to be accepted by others. Stay weird.

It’s strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. - Jim Morrison — It’s strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. – Jim Morrison

The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for. - Bob Marley — The **truth** is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for. – **Bob Marley**

Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own. - Bruce Lee — Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own. – **Bruce Lee**

Don't think too much. Just do what makes you happy. — Don’t think too much. Just do what makes you happy.

21 Most Inspiring Life Philosophy Quotes And Sayings

A hungry stomach, an empty wallet and a broken heart can teach you the best lessons of life. - Robin William — A hungry stomach, an empty wallet and a broken heart can teach you the best lessons of life. – Robin William

When you learn to survive without anyone, you can survive anything. - The Sculptress — When you learn to survive without anyone, you can survive anything. – The Sculptress

Sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives put us directly on the path to the most wonderful things that will ever happen to us. - Nicole Reed — Sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives put us directly on the path to the most wonderful things that will ever happen to us. – Nicole Reed

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. - Lao Tzu — Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. – Lao Tzu

The secret of happiness, you see is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay. - Simone de Beauvoir — Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the **future**, act now, without delay. – **Simone de Beauvoir**

Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced. - Søren Kierkegaard — Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced. – **Søren Kierkegaard**

I make myself rich by making my wants few. - Henry David Thoreau — I make myself rich by making my wants few. – **Henry David Thoreau**

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. - Bertrand Russell — Of all forms of caution, caution in **love** is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. – **Bertrand Russell**

Life is too deep for words, so don't try to describe it, just live it. - C.S. Lewis — Life is too deep for words, so don’t try to describe it, just live it. – **C.S. Lewis**

The more man mediates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large. - Confucius — The more man mediates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large. – **Confucius**

Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly. - Franz Kafka — Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly. – **Franz Kafka**

If you are depressed you are living in the past, if you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present. - Lao Tzu — If you are depressed you are living in the past, if you are anxious you are living in the **future**. If you are at **peace**, you are living in the present. – Lao Tzu

It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop.

If you hate a person, then you’re defeated by them. - Confucius — If you hate a person, then you’re defeated by them. – Confucius

What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others. - Confucius — What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others. – Confucius

If they spit at you behind your back it means you’re ahead of them. - Confucius — If they spit at you behind your back it means you’re ahead of them. – Confucius

There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. - Freya Stark — There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. – Freya Stark

Happiness is the feeling that power increases — that resistance is being overcome. - Friedrich Nietzsche — Happiness is the feeling that power increases — that resistance is being overcome. – Friedrich Nietzsche

Wherever you go, go with all your heart. - Confucius — Wherever you go, go with all your heart. – Confucius

Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder. - Henry David Thoreau — Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder. – Henry David Thoreau

26 Inspiring Life Quotes by Famous Philosophers

The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new. - Socrates — The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new. – Socrates

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. - Aristotle — It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. – **Aristotle**

The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings. - Plato — The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings. – **Plato**

Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. - Dalai Lama — Do not let the behavior of others destroy your **inner peace**. – Dalai Lama

A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it, is committing another mistake.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. - Ralph Waldo Emerson — An ounce of **action** is worth a ton of theory. – **Ralph Waldo Emerson**

If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way. - Martin Luther King Jr. — If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way. – **Martin Luther King Jr.**

There is only one way to avoid criticism - do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. - Aristotle — There is only one way to avoid criticism – do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. – Aristotle

The more you know, the more you know you don’t know. - Aristotle — The more you know, the more you know you don’t know. – Aristotle

It’s strange how simple things become, once you see them clearly. - Ayn Rand — It’s strange how simple things become, once you see them clearly. – **Ayn Rand**

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. - Aristotle — The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. – Aristotle

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. - Aristotle — Educating the mind without educating the heart is no **education** at all. – Aristotle

Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form. - Karl Marx — Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form. – **Karl Marx**

Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good. - Thomas Aquinas — Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good. – **Thomas Aquinas**

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. - Rene Descartes — It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. – **Rene Descartes**

He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance. - David Hume — He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance. – **David Hume**

Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own intelligence. - Immanuel Kant — Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own intelligence. – **Immanuel Kant**

Life is like a piano. What you get out of it depends on how you play it. - Albert Einstein — Life is like a piano. What you get out of it depends on how you play it. – **Albert Einstein**

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious. - Thomas Aquinas — **Friendship** is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious. – **Thomas Aquinas**

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do rather than what they say. - René Descartes — To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do rather than what they say. – **René Descartes**

We do not describe the world we see. We see the world we can describe. - Rene Descartes — We do not describe the world we see. We see the world we can describe. – **Rene Descartes**

You only learn when you give your whole being to something. - J. Krishnamurti — You only learn when you give your whole being to something. – J. Krishnamurti

To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. - Thomas Aquinas — To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. – **Thomas Aquinas**

A ‘no’ uttered from deepest conviction is better than a ‘yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. - Mahatma Gandhi — A ‘no’ uttered from deepest conviction is better than a ‘yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. – Mahatma Gandhi

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them. - John Stuart Mill — I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them. – **John Stuart Mill**

The more sand had escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. - Niccolo Machiavelli — The more sand had escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. – **Niccolo Machiavelli**

Conclusion

Not many people enjoy life philosophy quotes because they are painful to read.

I realized that the few who enjoy life philosophies are the ones who excel in life.

Many of the best philosophical quotes are sort of tough love. They are hard to read but essential if you want to have a clear direction.

Here’s a simple test: Imagine going to an interview and someone asked you, “what is your philosophy of life?”

How easily could you answer that question?

Life philosophy doesn’t always tell you what you want to know. It tells you what you ought and need to know.

Here are some of the best philosophical quotes to help you ponder so you can make the most of the reality of life.

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