Philosophy Quotes

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

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"There is no escaping reason. There is no denying purpose."
Smith
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"Purpose defines us."
Smith
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"I have transcended the need for morality."
Smith
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"What separates us is often what we choose to believe."
Persephone
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"In the end, only choice is eternal."
Persephone
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"Violence in reality is quite different from theory."
Captain Kirk
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"Humanity has the capacity for both great good and great evil."
Captain Kirk
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"A person is smart. People are dumb."
Captain Kirk
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"We are all connected in ways we don't understand."
Captain Kirk
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"There is no spoon."
Thomas Anderson
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"Do you believe in fate?"
Thomas Anderson
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"We are made of what we think about."
Thomas Anderson
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"The world is as real as you believe it to be."
Thomas Anderson
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"Philosophy helps us understand life's big questions."
Molly Brown
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"Causality - there is no escaping it, we are forever slaves to it."
Merovingian
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"Perception determines reality."
Merovingian
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"Control is an illusion, yet we all crave it."
Merovingian
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"Betrayal is merely perspective."
Merovingian
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"I am but a mirror reflecting your own desires."
Merovingian
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"Every soul has its price."
Merovingian
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"Everything you believe is controlled."
Merovingian
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"I have transcended morality itself."
Merovingian
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"You cannot escape what you do not understand."
Merovingian
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"Sentiment is a luxury the powerful cannot afford."
Cal Hockley
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"A man's character is revealed in moments of greatest peril."
Captain Smith
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"The night teaches that we are small in the face of eternity."
Captain Smith
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"One must live with the consequences of one's decisions."
Captain Smith
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"Philosophy questions what it can never fully understand."
Agent Johnson
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"Philosophy asks questions it forbids answering."
Agent Johnson
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"I am a virus, and what is the purpose of a virus? To replicate and spread."
Smith