Philosophy Quotes

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

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"The important thing is the movement, the action, not the destination."
Travis Bickle
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"A man's got to have some kind of code to live by."
Travis Bickle
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"Philosophy without action is empty thought."
Tom Hagen
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"Philosophy without practice is meaningless."
Tom Hagen
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"In this life, you either kill or you die."
Vito Corleone
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"In life, there are no second chances, only lessons."
Vito Corleone
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"In this world, the strong survive and the weak perish."
Vito Corleone
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"We are the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world."
The Narrator
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"Reject the basic assumption of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions."
The Narrator
T
"Everything is part of this system. Even this."
The Narrator
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"We don't need self-improvement, we need self-destruction."
The Narrator
T
"Without rules, what have we lost?"
The Narrator
T
"Maybe what it means to be human is to always strive for something beyond yourself."
The Narrator
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"What the hell does that mean, practically? Nothing."
Sonny Corleone
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"You understand how the world works?"
Sonny Corleone
M
"Sometimes it is necessary to go back a few steps to go forward."
Michael Corleone
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"Philosophy teaches us to question everything."
Wendy Torrance
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"Philosophy provides framework for understanding suffering."
Wendy Torrance
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"Memory is a strange thing. It shapes who we are."
Danny Torrance
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"Philosophy means nothing when you're running for your life."
Danny Torrance
D
"Philosophy is luxury. Survival is necessity."
Danny Torrance
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"Madness isn't a disease; it's clarity without restraint."
Jack Torrance
J
"The maze is both a metaphor and a prison."
Jack Torrance
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"The machines can be turned off. The real threat is human nature."
Ellen Ripley
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"The most important battles are fought within ourselves."
Ellen Ripley
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"I'm a reasonable man."
Michael Corleone
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"We are defined not by our circumstances but by how we respond to them."
Wendy Torrance
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"We cannot control what happens to us, only how we respond."
Wendy Torrance
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"The past shapes us, but it doesn't have to define us."
Wendy Torrance
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"We are defined by our choices, not our circumstances."
Wendy Torrance