Reflective Quotes
This is the largest mood on the site for a reason: self-examination has been philosophy's core exercise since Socrates, and it shows in how much material exists. Expect fewer easy answers here and more good questions.
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.”
“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.”
“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”
“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.”
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
“The wound is the place where the light enters you.”
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”
“It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.”
“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”
“Things do not change; we change.”
“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”
“This above all: to thine own self be true.”
“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.”
“Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.”
“I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness.”
“Forever is composed of nows.”