Philosophy Quotes

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

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"What is life without a little chaos?"
Anansi
M
"Everything has a price, and the price is always paid."
Mr. Wednesday
C
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions"
Catelyn Stark
T
"Humans are the only things that think they're thinking."
The Narrator
S
"The only thing that makes sense is that nothing makes sense."
Shadow Moon
T
"What is dead may never die."
Theon Greyjoy
T
"What use is a crown to a corpse?"
Tyrion Lannister
M
"The world is equally strange to all of us."
Mr. Wednesday
S
"We are all pilgrims on someone else's road."
Shadow Moon
T
"Heaven has a lot in common with a very well-organized, fully-functional, and completely humorless bureaucracy."
The Narrator
T
"There is a thin line between genius and madness, and it is guarded by a very tired angel."
The Narrator
T
"The human capacity for self-deception is truly remarkable and entirely necessary."
The Narrator
D
"Philosophy without practice is merely empty words."
Dalinar Kholin
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"There are no heroes or villains in the world"
Petyr Baelish
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"It is said that the gods play jokes with the lives of men. This is probably true."
The Narrator
T
"The trouble with being a god is that if you're any good at it, you're too busy to enjoy it."
The Narrator
T
"The remarkable thing about people is that they are remarkable."
The Narrator
D
"Kings rise and fall like the tides"
Davos Seaworth
C
"I've been on Earth for six thousand years, and I still don't understand humans"
Crowley
T
"The universe doesn't care about the Apocalypse"
The Narrator
T
"They're all going to end up in the same place anyway"
The Narrator
T
"The universe is big. Humans are very small. That's the main thing to remember"
The Narrator
D
"Every action shapes who we become."
Dalinar Kholin
S
"You're on a road. It's a good road, it goes to good places, it still probably goes where you came from."
Shadow Moon
M
"This country is not a good country. It's not an evil country either. It's just a country."
Mr. Wednesday
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"In the end, we are all frauds."
Mr. Wednesday
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"In the beginning, there was nothing, which exploded."
The Narrator
T
"The universe doesn't care about your plans."
The Narrator
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"Philosophy is the pursuit of understanding oneself."
Jasnah Kholin
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"People believe in all sorts of things that aren't true."
Shadow Moon