Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"I've been both god and fool."Charlie Gordon
"We are the same, you and I."Hannibal Lecter
"The world's more full of weeping than you can understand."Hannibal Lecter
"Most of us steal the fire of the gods."Hannibal Lecter
"We enjoy earning what we want."Hannibal Lecter
"Precedent rather than mercy."Hannibal Lecter
"The rest of us are only trying to live."Hannibal Lecter
"The world is full of commonplace occurrences."Sherlock Holmes
"It is one of the curses of a mind with a turn like mine."Sherlock Holmes
"Every man has his secrets."Dr. John Watson
"In the end, the individual and the society are one."Shevek
"We live in time as fishes live in water."Shevek
"This island is a stage, and we are all players in a morality play."Justice Wargrave
"Morality is but a convenience."Lombard
"The world is only one thing and when you realize this, you understand miracles."The Alchemist
"When you own something, there is always the fear of losing it."The Alchemist
"I can think, therefore I am more than the animals."Siddhartha
"It was a really good eating experience."Hannibal Lecter
"A person is smart; people are dumb."Hannibal Lecter
"There is no man who is not part of society"Shevek
"Philosophy questions what others accept"Shevek
"Civilization is merely a veneer."Justice Wargrave
"What lies on the other side of surrender?"Hannibal Lecter
"What else is there?"Hannibal Lecter
"People have stars, but they aren't the same."The Little Prince
"The things you own end up owning you."The Little Prince
"My life is monotonous. I hunt chickens, men hunt me. All the chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike."The Fox
"Vanity is the reason for the conceited man's actions."The Narrator (Pilot)
"You don't need a remedy for the disease of living."The Little Prince
"The world, friend Govinda, is not imperfect or slowly evolving towards perfection."Siddhartha