Philosophy Quotes

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

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"Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense."
Gaius Helen Mohiam
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"The universe does not allow exceptions."
Paul Atreides
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"The mind of man is a sacred battlefield where all forces of nature contend."
Gaius Helen Mohiam
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"We are experiments, but we are also human."
Teresa
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"Every choice has consequences we cannot foresee."
Teresa
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"The cure is worthless without humanity."
Thomas
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"The struggle makes us human."
Newt
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"The future is not written, only predicted"
Hari Seldon
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"We are not Divergent. We are human"
Tris Prior
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"We are broken. That is what makes us human"
Four/Tobias Eaton
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"Philosophy teaches us to question everything."
Thomas
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"I have come to believe that this is a very likely world we live in"
Hari Seldon
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"The edge of the universe curves back on itself"
Hari Seldon
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"The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"Questions are a burden to others, answers a prison for oneself."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"The human animal is a strange thing."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"We are all servants of something."
Liet-Kynes
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"The difference between us and the Buggers is that we can afford individual variation."
Mazer Rackham
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"We've known for centuries now that there's no such thing as free will."
Graff
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"The Total Perspective Vortex shows you your place in the universe."
Zarniwoop
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"The world is fundamentally strange."
Arthur Dent
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"I wonder what the question is."
Arthur Dent
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"The Restaurant at the End of the Universe exists for a reason."
Zarniwoop
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"The universe is vast, and we are small."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"In the end, we are all servants of something."
Stilgar
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"I think the answer is that we haven't evolved very far from the apes. We still think like pack animals, where the highest value is placed on our tribal loyalty. Civilization is just a thin veneer over our animal instincts."
Mazer Rackham
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"A person is smart; people are dumb."
Thufir Hawat
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"What is done is done; tomorrow is unwritten."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"A person is smart. People are dumb"
Salvor Hardin