Philosophy Quotes

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

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"Become who you are."
Zarathustra
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"The overman will be the meaning of the earth."
Zarathustra
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"In the end one experiences only oneself."
Zarathustra
C
"If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there."
Cheshire Cat
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"I'm afraid I can't explain myself because I'm not myself."
Alice
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"What is the difference between a lot and a little? Everything, usually."
Owl
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"The poor should not expect the rich to solve their problems."
Willy Wonka
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"I teach you the Overman. Man is something that shall be overcome."
Zarathustra
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"Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the Overman."
Zarathustra
Z
"Let life be your name for God."
Zarathustra
Z
"The earth became small, and on it hopped the last man."
Zarathustra
Z
"The ascetic ideal expresses a will; what does it will?"
Zarathustra
Z
"All things give all things to one another, and nothing keeps itself back."
Zarathustra
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"Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it."
Duchess
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"Some might call it candy, but I call it life."
Willy Wonka
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"Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog."
Harry Wormwood
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"Why must people grow up and have to pay bills and have such a lot of bother?"
Anne Shirley
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"What's in a name?"
Caterpillar
C
"Life is what you make it"
Charlie Bucket
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"We are all part of an enormous pattern"
Mrs. Whatsit
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"Perhaps there is more to life than just honey."
Winnie-the-Pooh
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"I'm not lost for I know who I am."
Winnie-the-Pooh
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"Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle."
Alice
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"I am a Duchess here, I am not here, but I am."
Duchess
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"I belonged to the system."
Ponyboy Curtis
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"One can't believe impossible things."
Alice
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"Whether or not you find your own way, you're bound to find some way."
King Azaz
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"We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
Cheshire Cat
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"I'm mad, you're mad, we're all mad here."
Cheshire Cat
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"Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle."
Alice