Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"Suffering is the condition of life."Shevek
"We are all ghosts haunting our own lives."Kris Kelvin
"Consciousness is both our salvation and our curse."Kris Kelvin
"We are all strangers to ourselves."Kris Kelvin
"The universe is a dark forest, every civilization is a hunter or prey"Thomas Wade
"The stars are watching, judging, waiting"Ye Wenjie
"The universe cares nothing for our morality"Thomas Wade
"It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside."Sherlock Holmes
"The press, Watson, is a most valuable institution."Sherlock Holmes
"The criminal is the creation of the social conditions."Sherlock Holmes
"I have nothing to do today except to reflect upon the nature of evidence."Sherlock Holmes
"I understand now that intelligence is not a measure of worth."Charlie Gordon
"Every action has a consequence that echoes through time."Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
"The universe revolves not around individuals but around the forces that drive them."Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
"True journey is return to the actual present moment."Shevek
"The difference between the Actual and the Real"Zarniwoop
"I ache, therefore I am"Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Even robots have their moments of existential crisis"Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Every person has a motive if you look deep enough."Hercule Poirot
"To see beyond the veil of human limitation is both gift and curse."Charlie Gordon
"In the end, I had everything to understand and nothing to show for it."Charlie Gordon
"I existed in three states: ignorance, enlightenment, and loss."Charlie Gordon
"Ignorance would have been a mercy I was never offered."Charlie Gordon
"Humans are machines, yes, but machines created in the image of other machines—and the process was repeating."Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
"The test of any man's character is what he does when power lies within his grasp."Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
"Melange is life; without it, the universe would collapse."Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
"The wall that separates us divides not land but consciousness."Shevek
"What is the meaning of it all, Watson?"Sherlock Holmes
"I need hardly say that this is a most serious and delicate matter."Dr. John Watson
"When you have bred cattle for generations, you make a great bull. Not so with humans."Baron Vladimir Harkonnen