Philosophy Quotes

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

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"Expectation is the root of heartache."
Syl
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"The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"One cannot be wounded by dead things."
Albus Dumbledore
D
"Magic is a fading thing"
Davos Seaworth
D
"Evil is easy."
Dalinar Kholin
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"The future is unwritten, but the past is set."
Shallan Davar
D
"A man's worth is not measured by his gold."
Davos Seaworth
A
"This is not magic, Harry. This is human nature"
Albus Dumbledore
A
"One cannot be half a Death Eater."
Albus Dumbledore
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"We are not defined by our circumstances, but by how we respond to them."
Syl
K
"We are all broken in some way."
Kaladin Stormblessed
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"Philosophy helps us understand ourselves."
Jasnah Kholin
D
"Philosophy begins with asking better questions."
Dalinar Kholin
A
"Prophecy is a tricky thing."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"The mind is capable of both wonder and darkness."
Albus Dumbledore
D
"A man must have a code"
Davos Seaworth
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"The greatest journey is the one within ourselves."
Wit (Hoid)
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"The gods give with one hand and take with the other."
Theon Greyjoy
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"The world is what we make it."
Shadow Moon
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"We are slaves to our desires."
Anansi
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"A man may prefer his chains, if he has worn them long enough"
Tyrion Lannister
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"We've all got both light and dark inside us"
Sirius Black
M
"We are the dreams of the dead."
Mr. Wednesday
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"What is dead may never die"
Theon Greyjoy
M
"America is a hard place to be a god."
Mr. Wednesday
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"The world we make for ourselves."
Ned Stark
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"The world didn't need an Apocalypse. It was doing fine destroying itself."
Crowley
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"War is Hell. Which is why Hell likes it so much."
The Narrator
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"Good and evil are not opposites. They're just different ways of doing things."
The Narrator
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"The country is full of people who believe in nothing."
Mr. Wednesday