Philosophy Quotes

Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.

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"The law of nature is kill or be killed"
Raskolnikov
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"There is something new in what we are doing, but also something eternal."
Levin
L
"We live in a world of shadows and reflections."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
L
"Every person carries within them an entire world."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"Man in the abstract is free, but in reality he is not free"
Pierre Bezukhov
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"The simplicity of our life often masks profound complexity."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
A
"The heart often betrays the mind."
Alexei Vronsky
E
"I have resolved to penetrate the mystery of human destiny."
Edmond Dantès
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"I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man."
Raskolnikov
R
"Conscience is suffering."
Raskolnikov
R
"What is to be done now?"
Raskolnikov
R
"There is no absolute morality."
Raskolnikov
R
"The mind is a prison of its own making."
Raskolnikov
R
"Mankind cannot live without meaning."
Raskolnikov
A
"Philosophy teaches us how to live."
Abbé Faria
L
"Each soul is accountable for its own actions."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
D
"Let the dead bury their dead."
Don Quixote
D
"It is the nature of the world to turn to extremes."
Don Quixote
D
"The will of man is the measure of all things."
Don Quixote
R
"I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man."
Raskolnikov
R
"What is abnormal? Everything that is unusual, that does not conform to the average."
Raskolnikov
R
"The law of nature allows the strong to devour the weak."
Raskolnikov
E
"The world judges by appearance; the wise judge by character."
Edmond Dantès
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"Every man is as Heaven made him, and sometimes a good deal worse."
Sancho Panza
D
"Magic and miracles are the refuge of those who cannot understand reason."
Don Quixote
S
"The world judges by appearances, but God judges by the heart."
Sancho Panza
D
"In the battle between heart and mind, the heart often wins, though the mind thinks it should."
Don Quixote
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"I am not mad; I am perfectly sane. It is society that is mad."
Raskolnikov
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"Conscience is an illusion created by society."
Raskolnikov
R
"I have been tormented by a great question."
Raskolnikov