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