Philosophy Quotes

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

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"Infinity is not a concept I struggle with. I am it."
Smith
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"I feel... therefore I am."
Captain Kirk
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"Philosophy asks the right questions."
Captain Kirk
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"The most dangerous thing is a life lived without questioning."
Tiffany
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"The pursuit of truth is the noblest work."
Tiffany
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"What is real? What have we lost in the illusion?"
Thomas Anderson
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"We are searching for meaning in an meaningless void."
Thomas Anderson
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"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."
Spock
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"Precision of language is essential for clear thinking."
Spock
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"Philosophical inquiry is the systematic examination of existence itself."
Spock
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"The observable universe suggests patterns that transcend individual existence."
Spock
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"The complexities of human society often require illogical solutions."
Spock
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"Fate is merely the name humans give to events they cannot predict."
Spock
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"Existence itself is the ultimate logical question."
Spock
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"The search for meaning is perhaps the most human of all endeavors."
Spock
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"The most efficient path is not always the most humane one."
Spock
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"The sea teaches that some things are beyond human control."
Captain Smith
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"To face the ocean is to face the magnitude of human insignificance."
Captain Smith
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"Cause and effect, that is the nature of the world."
Merovingian
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"Philosophy without application is merely intellectual masturbation."
Merovingian
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"Philosophy without influence is merely consolation."
Merovingian
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"Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet."
Agent Johnson
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"In the end, all choice is an illusion."
Agent Johnson
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"You seek meaning where there is only function."
Agent Johnson
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"What separates us is not ideology but choice."
Agent Johnson
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"All things must serve a purpose or be eliminated."
Agent Johnson
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"What defines humanity is the choice to be human."
Agent Johnson
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"Denial is the most predictable of all human responses, but rest assured this will be the sixth time we have destroyed it."
The Oracle
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"The problem is choice."
The Oracle
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"In knowing yourself, you know all things."
The Oracle