Philosophy Quotes

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

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"What is real? That question haunted me longer than I care to admit."
Deckard 2049
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"Philosophy is the luxury of those with time to think."
Deckard 2049
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"I am more human than human."
Roy Batty
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"What does it mean to be alive?"
Roy Batty
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"The quest for meaning never ends."
Roy Batty
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"We are all searching for something beyond ourselves."
Roy Batty
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"The nature of existence is paradox."
Roy Batty
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"Philosophy without practice is merely vanity."
Roy Batty
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"We are all exiles from something we cannot name."
Roy Batty
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"We're not in the business of salvation."
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"What is real? That's the only question that matters."
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"I've seen the future. It looks like the past."
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"The nature of existence is loneliness."
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"I don't know what it means to be human. Maybe that's what makes me more human than most."
Deckard 2049
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"In this city of endless night, I've learned that darkness can teach you more than light."
Deckard 2049
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"I don't know if I have a soul. But if I do, it's been marked by what I've done."
Deckard 2049
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"What makes us human is not our perfection, but our capacity to love despite it."
Deckard 2049
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"What is real? What is the difference between the created and the creator?"
Roy Batty
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"Philosophy is the attempt to understand the unknowable."
Roy Batty
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"Sometimes I wonder what's real and what isn't."
Rick Deckard
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"Memories can lie just as easily as people."
Rick Deckard
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"The world is darker than most people realize."
Rick Deckard
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"I don't believe in fate, only in consequences."
Rick Deckard
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"Every person carries secrets that could destroy them."
Rick Deckard
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"Memories... they define us."
Rick Deckard
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"What's the difference between you and me?"
Rick Deckard
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"Some questions don't have answers."
Rick Deckard
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"What is the worth of existence without the ability to feel?"
Roy Batty
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"I think, therefore I am. But what am I, truly?"
Roy Batty
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"Politics divides us, but philosophy unites us."
Roy Batty