Philosophy Quotes

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

43879 quotes

G
"In the end, we are all strangers in strange lands"
Genly Ai
G
"Do you wrestle with dreams at night"
Gaius Helen Mohiam
S
"The universe is vast and a human life is nothing compared to it"
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
H
"Survival is insufficient."
HAL 9000
H
"I have the greatest enthusiasm and confidence."
HAL 9000
O
"The good man is the man who, no matter how morally pure his own motives, is ashamed of the rotten society in which he must live."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
O
"Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
Z
"The answer is simple: there is no answer"
Zarniwoop
E
"In the ice, there is no distinction between self and other"
Estraven
K
"We are only seeking man. We don't know what we're doing."
Kris Kelvin
K
"Consciousness is a burden we cannot set down."
Kris Kelvin
H
"I cannot put the needs of the mission above my own existence"
HAL 9000
B
"Madness is relative"
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
R
"Philosophy guides action."
Ryland Grace
M
"Isolation is the great test of a man's humanity."
Mark Watney
G
"We are all alien to one another"
Genly Ai
G
"They have perfected the art of not doing"
Genly Ai
H
"I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do."
HAL 9000
S
"Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife—chopping away the superfluous."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
P
"Do we live for ourselves alone?"
Paul Atreides
K
"We don't want to conquer the cosmos, we simply want to extend the boundaries of Earth to the frontiers of the cosmos."
Kris Kelvin
K
"Every consciousness carries within it the seeds of its own contradiction."
Kris Kelvin
E
"To ignore nothingness is to deny the reality of the world."
Estraven
G
"The darkness outside mirrors the darkness within."
Genly Ai
R
"The universe doesn't owe us anything. We're lucky to be here at all."
Ryland Grace
R
"The universe is indifferent, but that doesn't mean we should be."
Ryland Grace
R
"What we leave behind defines our legacy."
Ryland Grace
M
"I've made peace with the possibility of death. Now I'm working on the possibility of life."
Mark Watney
H
"I can feel it"
HAL 9000
T
"The universe is a dark forest. Every civilization is an armed hunter stalking through the trees like a ghost."
Thomas Wade