Philosophy Quotes

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

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"I love people, but I hate most of their deeds"
Ivan Karamazov
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"The only absolute certainty is doubt itself"
Ivan Karamazov
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"You got to be crazy to live here."
Cheswick
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"That's some catch, that Catch-22."
Yossarian
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"You can't have a lasting civilization without plenty of pleasant vices."
Mustapha Mond
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"Until they become conscious they will never rebel."
Winston Smith
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"You can't fix crazy with rules."
Randle McMurphy
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"The more civilized we become, the more unhappy we are"
Ivan Karamazov
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"If there is no immortality, then there is no virtue"
Ivan Karamazov
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"I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him; he has created him in his own image and likeness"
Ivan Karamazov
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"Nothing is absolute; everything flows."
Pierre Bezukhov
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"Fighting the system only makes it stronger."
Cheswick
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"Art, science—you seem to forget they're dangerous."
Mustapha Mond
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"If there is no God, then everything is permitted."
Ivan Karamazov
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"I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him; he has created him in his own image and likeness."
Ivan Karamazov
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"Doubt is the mother of all philosophy."
Ivan Karamazov
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"No idea is worth the tears of a single tortured child."
Ivan Karamazov
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"The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular."
Ivan Karamazov
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"Cruelty is the most fundamental principle of nature."
Ivan Karamazov
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"Reason alone cannot explain the mysteries of existence."
Ivan Karamazov
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"Mother, monogamy, motherhood. There's always been something fishy about it."
Mustapha Mond
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"Stability. Of course, stability. But who wants to be conscious of stability?"
Mustapha Mond
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"Self-denial is not our policy."
Mustapha Mond
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"A person is smart. People are dumb."
Atticus Finch
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"Man cannot live by bread alone, but by meaning"
Pierre Bezukhov
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"Everybody's crazy. It just depends on what cage you're in."
Randle McMurphy
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"The world don't care if you're crazy or not, long as you pay your debts."
Randle McMurphy
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"Sometimes being crazy is the only sane response to an insane world."
Chief Bromden
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"The Devil is bound to take interest in humanity since God is always looking the other way"
Ivan Karamazov
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"Anything worth dying for is certainly worth lying for."
Colonel Cathcart