Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"The idea of eating someone for the sake of eating is rather different from cannibalism."Hannibal Lecter
"I don't combine the two. That's the difference between us."Hannibal Lecter
"A person is smart. People are dumb."Hannibal Lecter
"You must accept certain truths about human nature."Hannibal Lecter
"Some desires transcend morality. They simply are."Hannibal Lecter
"I find that most people are not nearly interesting enough to kill."Hannibal Lecter
"I don't eat animals. I'm more selective."Hannibal Lecter
"The past shapes who we are, but it doesn't define our future."Clarice Starling
"The only way to escape your nature is to understand it completely."Keyser Söze
"The secret to disappearing is understanding what people choose to see."Keyser Söze
"A man's true nature only emerges under pressure."Keyser Söze
"The mind is the only battleground that matters."Keyser Söze
"The one is just a man."Trinity
"What is real? If you can see it, touch it, taste it, smell it, then real it is."Trinity
"The line between dream and reality is thinner than we think."Trinity
"We choose what to believe, and that choice defines us."Trinity
"There is no spoon."Morpheus
"What is death but a return to the source from which all things come?"Morpheus
"What is real? If you're talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then real is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain."Neo
"It's the questions that drive us."Neo
"A person is smart. People are dumb."Verbal Kint
"Philosophy without action is meaningless."Verbal Kint
"A person is smart. People are dumb."Hannibal Lecter
"Consciousness is a terrible burden."Hannibal Lecter
"Reality is what we perceive it to be."Hannibal Lecter
"Every person has a darkness inside them. The question is what they do with it."Clarice Starling
"The human mind is the ultimate mystery."Clarice Starling
"Every person has a story worth understanding."Clarice Starling
"The human condition is both beautiful and terrible."Clarice Starling
"Reject the basic assumptions of civilization."The Narrator