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