Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"What does it mean to exist when no one acknowledges your existence?"The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"We are all connected in this life."Nettie
"Whatever exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."Judge Holden
"What evil exists is not in the world but in the hearts of men."Judge Holden
"I wonder whether they enjoy it. I think about that sometimes."Offred
"We were a society dying, said Moira, of too much choice."Moira
"The distance between here and there is also a distance in time."Offred
"That's the way it always is with a raft."Huckleberry Finn
"Human nature is wicked."The King
"Surely it is not improper for a butler to indulge in a little conjecture."Stevens
"I have long considered myself to have little interest in such matters."Stevens
"One must not become sentimental about the past."Stevens
"Whatever exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."Judge Holden
"All things of this world are subject to corruption and decay."Judge Holden
"All order is the order of chaos."Judge Holden
"All things are appointed and nothing is random."Judge Holden
"A man is just a woman who has gone to seed."Janine
"What it mean to be joyful?"Celie
"Language itself can be a form of imprisonment."The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"The distance between intention and consequence is often immeasurable."The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"The world moves on, indifferent to individual suffering."The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"Light and darkness are not absolute, but relative."The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"It is a curious thing to contemplate one's life in retrospect."Stevens
"I find myself contemplating paths not taken."Stevens
"Men are made in the image of God. But a man is something other than an image."Judge Holden
"The world is everything that is the case and nothing more."Judge Holden
"What did they think I was, a machine?"The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"The mind that believes absurdities will commit atrocities."The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"Society was a machine."The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"I don't take no stock in dead people."Huckleberry Finn