Philosophy Quotes

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

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"Philosophy helps us understand the big questions in life!"
Foghorn Leghorn
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"Philosophy is asking 'why run?' when the answer is already in motion."
Road Runner
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"The pursuit itself is more noble than the capture."
Wile E. Coyote
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"Philosophy teaches that the mind must triumph over circumstance."
Wile E. Coyote
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"All we have to do is decide what to do with the time."
Bilbo Baggins
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"Aw, gee! Philosophy helps us understand why we exist."
Mickey Mouse
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"Gosh darn! Philosophy questions everything."
Mickey Mouse
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"I cannot be bargained with. I cannot be reasoned with. I simply am."
Smaug
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"I am the philosophy of absolute power made manifest in flesh."
Smaug
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"Philosophy teaches us to question what we think we know."
Legolas Greenleaf
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"Philosophy questions the very ground upon which we stand."
Legolas Greenleaf
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"Philosophy asks the questions that living demands we answer."
Tauriel
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"In the end, all things must serve a greater purpose."
Saruman
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"The mind of a sage is like a still pool, reflecting all truth."
Saruman
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"My philosophy embraces the eternal truths that govern all being."
Saruman
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"Every shadow tells a story to those who can read it."
Galadriel
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"Philosophy is the search for truth in all its forms."
Galadriel
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"Meep meep is a philosophy, not just a sound."
Road Runner
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"Philosophy answers why; action answers everything."
Road Runner
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"The strength of a mountain lies in its foundations."
Thorin Oakenshield
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"A warrior's greatest victory is knowing when to stand firm."
Thorin Oakenshield
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"A dwarf who forgets his origins is lost indeed."
Thorin Oakenshield
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"Philosophy's about askin' the big questions that really matter."
Mickey Mouse
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"To be alive is to desire, to desire is to accumulate, to accumulate is to rule."
Smaug
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"Every creature serves a purpose—usually to amuse or feed me."
Smaug
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"Philosophy without action is merely empty words."
Legolas Greenleaf
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"Philosophy asks the questions that matter most."
Tauriel
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"Philosophy without application is mere academic exercise."
Saruman
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"Philosophy without action remains forever incomplete."
Saruman
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"The Elves have their faults, and immortality brings us to see them."
Galadriel