Philosophy Quotes

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

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"A wolf does not concern himself with the sheep"
Theon Greyjoy
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"We are all slaves to something"
Theon Greyjoy
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"People, I have come to think, are not born evil. They have evil thrust upon them."
Tris Prior
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"Chaos is a ladder. So is order."
Jeanine Matthews
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"I think he means that we're all traitors to something."
Tris Prior
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"We're all going to die eventually. Does it really matter when?"
Minho
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"Without annoyances, there would be no challenges."
Tyrion Lannister
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"When you can live forever, what do you live for"
Edward Cullen
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"Nothing is ever truly black and white."
Percy Jackson
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"It's just biology. Physics. We're similar creatures, Bella"
Edward Cullen
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"Being human is a choice I've made"
Edward Cullen
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"A person is smart. People are dumb."
Tyrion Lannister
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"The universe operates on a basic principle of economics: everything has its price."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"The gods laugh at us all"
Tyrion Lannister
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"The past doesn't define us. Our actions do."
Thomas
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"The test of any religion is whether it aspires to explain the universe or merely to control behavior."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"The human mind is capable of both creation and destruction."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"They put us in here to test us."
Thomas
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"The cycle of civilization is predictable yet inevitable"
Hari Seldon
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"The test of any philosophy is its applicability to human affairs."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"Complexity is just a lot of simplicity"
Hari Seldon
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"Barbarism is the natural state of mankind"
Salvor Hardin
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"Destiny is not predetermined but probabilistic"
Hari Seldon
S
"A person is smart. People are dumb."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"One man's vision is another man's cruelty."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"The universe has a way of humbling those who think themselves invincible."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"Politics is your greatest teacher."
Peter Wiggin
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"I understand why they created the factions. Humans need divisions."
Tris Prior
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"The life I've lived wasn't supposed to matter."
Tris Prior
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"Everything is going to end badly anyway."
Four/Tobias Eaton