Philosophy Quotes

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

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"I understood that isolation amplifies everything."
Danny Torrance
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"I'm searching for meaning in this life."
Jenny Curran
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"Philosophy teaches us that nothing is certain."
Jack Torrance
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"Philosophy asks the questions we fear to answer."
Jack Torrance
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"I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze."
Forrest Gump
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"The world is full of temptation."
Norman Bates
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"The world has become a terrible place."
Norman Bates
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"Evil has a thousand disguises."
Norman Bates
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"Life is a series of choices."
Norman Bates
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"Temporal mechanics suggests that time is not a straight line but rather a series of possibilities."
Doc Brown
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"Time is a river, and we are but drops within it."
Doc Brown
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"Good people can do terrible things under the right circumstances."
Danny Torrance
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"Philosophy teaches that reality is stranger than fiction."
Danny Torrance
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"I was searching for completeness outside myself."
Jenny Curran
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"You know what I think? I think that we're all in our private traps."
Norman Bates
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"I think perhaps we're all mad."
Norman Bates
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"I think everyone is capable of something terrible."
Norman Bates
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"We're all monsters in some way."
Norman Bates
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"The darkness within us all."
Norman Bates
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"Control is an illusion we create to feel safe."
Jack Torrance
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"I've transcended the boundaries of ordinary thought."
Jack Torrance
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"The logic of madness is perfect logic."
Jack Torrance
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"A man doesn't need redemption if he's never been wrong."
Jack Torrance
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"The most important thing is that you've got to find yourself."
Forrest Gump
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"Mama, what does normal mean?"
Forrest Gump
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"Nothing just happens, it's all part of a plan."
Forrest Gump
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"We are all playing a role in a much larger story."
Ilsa Lund
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"Philosophy helps us understand the incomprehensible."
Ilsa Lund
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"The real adventure is in the journey, not the destination."
Marty McFly
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"I didn't invent time travel for profit. I invented it to benefit mankind."
Doc Brown