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