Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"The Galaxy must eventually stabilize under a unified rule"Hari Seldon
"Ninjas are professions that require intelligence"Hiro Protagonist
"Samurai are the ultimate professionals"Hiro Protagonist
"How could you trust something that could become the opposite sex at any moment?"Genly Ai
"We are all aliens to one another."Genly Ai
"They are neither men nor women; they are people."Genly Ai
"Gender is a small thing compared to survival."Estraven
"Gravity wells and empty space have taught us that the universe bends to will."Thufir Hawat
"Every man carries the seeds of his own destruction."Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
"Existence itself is a test we did not choose."Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
"This is rather as if you imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, 'This is an interesting world I find myself in'."Douglas Adams
"One of the most important things to remember about human nature is that human beings are stupid."Zarniwoop
"What separates a man from a woman may be less than what separates a man from himself."Genly Ai
"Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere."Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
"The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience."Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
"Religion is the emotive power of civilization."Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
"There is in all things a pattern that is part of our universe."Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
"The only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater consciousness and to fight for a world in which the maximum degree of freedom expresses itself."Ender Wiggin
"In the game, he was not constrained by moral law."Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
"The human race is unique in its ability to betray itself."Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
"Some men are born to rule, others to serve."Davos Seaworth
"A person is smart. People are dumb"Salvor Hardin
"What is this need to fabricate meaning where none exists?"Kris Kelvin
"We are condemned to seek what we cannot comprehend."Kris Kelvin
"Think you of the fact that a deaf [person] cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess? What senses do we lack that we cannot imagine?"Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
"The religious mind of man has always been his greatest weakness and his greatest strength"Salvor Hardin
"The mind of man is his true frontier, not the stars themselves"Salvor Hardin
"The gods judge us by our actions, not our intentions"Stannis Baratheon
"We are all slaves to something—duty, love, or fear"Catelyn Stark
"In the end, we are all responsible for the choices we make"Tyrion Lannister