Philosophy Quotes

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

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M
"Perhaps we're asking the wrong questions."
Morpheus
M
"Some believe we never left the Matrix."
Morpheus
M
"What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?"
Morpheus
M
"The difference between a dream and reality is merely a matter of perspective."
Morpheus
M
"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides."
Morpheus
M
"To live is to choose. To choose is to accept responsibility."
Morpheus
A
"What is the Matrix? Control. The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is us. That system is the life we are given."
Agent Smith
A
"What is real? If you can see it, touch it, taste it, smell it, then real is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain."
Agent Smith
A
"I see the world as it truly is: chaotic, violent, and without meaning."
Agent Smith
A
"There is no god. There is only the power of human consciousness."
Agent Smith
T
"Philosophy asks the right questions."
Terminator T-800
M
"A gladiator's code is the only law that matters to me."
Maximus Decimus Meridius
M
"The greatest paradox is that a slave may be more free than a king."
Maximus Decimus Meridius
M
"The universe balances itself through justice and vengeance."
Maximus Decimus Meridius
T
"You must decide what you believe in."
Trinity
J
"The T-800 taught me that machines can learn, can feel."
John Connor
J
"Philosophy teaches us to question everything."
John Connor
S
"The world has taught me that nothing is certain."
Sarah Connor
N
"The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is us."
Neo
N
"I have to understand why. Why is it so important to you?"
Neo
N
"You have to understand something. The system is perfect."
Neo
M
"I can only show you the door. You're the one that has to walk through it."
Morpheus
M
"Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony."
Morpheus
M
"A human being is a part of the whole, called by us the Universe."
Morpheus
M
"Do you believe in fate, Neo?"
Morpheus
M
"Everything that has a beginning has an end, Neo."
Morpheus
M
"In the end, there is only one choice that matters."
Morpheus
M
"All beings are interconnected in the fabric of existence."
Morpheus
M
"There is no destiny, only choice and consequence."
Morpheus
M
"In the end, it is not about the destination. It is about the journey."
Morpheus