Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"In the end, we are all strangers in strange lands"Genly Ai
"Do you wrestle with dreams at night"Gaius Helen Mohiam
"The universe is vast and a human life is nothing compared to it"Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
"Survival is insufficient."HAL 9000
"I have the greatest enthusiasm and confidence."HAL 9000
"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)
"Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be."Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
"The answer is simple: there is no answer"Zarniwoop
"In the ice, there is no distinction between self and other"Estraven
"We are only seeking man. We don't know what we're doing."Kris Kelvin
"Consciousness is a burden we cannot set down."Kris Kelvin
"I cannot put the needs of the mission above my own existence"HAL 9000
"Madness is relative"Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
"Philosophy guides action."Ryland Grace
"Isolation is the great test of a man's humanity."Mark Watney
"We are all alien to one another"Genly Ai
"They have perfected the art of not doing"Genly Ai
"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
"Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife—chopping away the superfluous."Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
"Do we live for ourselves alone?"Paul Atreides
"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
"Every consciousness carries within it the seeds of its own contradiction."Kris Kelvin
"To ignore nothingness is to deny the reality of the world."Estraven
"The darkness outside mirrors the darkness within."Genly Ai
"The universe doesn't owe us anything. We're lucky to be here at all."Ryland Grace
"The universe is indifferent, but that doesn't mean we should be."Ryland Grace
"What we leave behind defines our legacy."Ryland Grace
"I've made peace with the possibility of death. Now I'm working on the possibility of life."Mark Watney
"I can feel it"HAL 9000
"The universe is a dark forest. Every civilization is an armed hunter stalking through the trees like a ghost."Thomas Wade