Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"Remember, I do not command you to do that which I think is right, for is it indeed right?"Walton
"The answer to life, the universe, and everything is 42"The Hitchhiker's Guide itself
"The Guide's famous assertion about Earth's relative unimportance in the cosmos"The Hitchhiker's Guide itself
"Our life is what our thoughts make it."Marcus Aurelius
"The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it."Marcus Aurelius
"Your life is shaped by the thoughts you choose."Marcus Aurelius
"The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts."Marcus Aurelius
"The universe is transformation; life is opinion."Marcus Aurelius
"Everything is temporary, the past is gone, and only the present moment is real."Marcus Aurelius
"Life is neither good nor evil; it simply is, and our judgments about it shape our experience."Marcus Aurelius
"Everything that is good is against nature."O'Brien
"I hate purity, I hate goodness! I don't want any virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones."Julia
"The terrible thing about the Party is not that it is wicked—its sin is that it is hollow."Winston Smith
"Human nature is not constant. It varies from age to age and from society to society."O'Brien
"Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else."O'Brien
"We are the guardians of human rationality."O'Brien
"I hate purity, I hate goodness! I don't want any virtue to exist anywhere."O'Brien
"We control matter because we control the mind. Reality is inside the skull."O'Brien
"Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn't matter: only feelings matter."O'Brien
"The Party exists to provide a framework of understanding by which the world can be made comprehensible."O'Brien
"Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else."O'Brien
"This does not matter. Not even this matters now."Winston Smith
"I hate purity, I hate goodness! I don't want any virtue to exist anywhere."Julia
"Nothing exists except through human consciousness."O'Brien
"The law of the jungle is the law of nature."O'Brien
"I hate purity, I hate goodness! I don't want any virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones."Julia
"The Party wanted to turn the sex instinct into a narrow channelled thing, rather like the sense of ear for music."Winston Smith
"Humanity will be destroyed. Humanity always is destroyed."O'Brien
"Is it conceivable that they could be other colors? Cease to exist?"O'Brien
"Some certain significance lurks in all things, else all things are little worth."Ishmael
