Philosophy Quotes

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

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"Even the mightiest may be brought low by pride."
Galadriel
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"The pursuit of perfection often leads to the loss of joy."
Galadriel
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"Philosophy asks the questions that matter most."
Prim Everdeen
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"Philosophy teaches us to question everything."
Prim Everdeen
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"I have paid the price for my ambitions."
Thorin Oakenshield
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"Philosophy teaches us that certainty is an illusion."
Thorin Oakenshield
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"I have learned that trust is the weakness of the small."
Smaug
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"Your kind believes in such things as honor. How quaint."
Smaug
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"I am both question and answer to all philosophy."
Smaug
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"I am the ultimate answer to every philosophical question."
Smaug
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"Philosophy teaches us to question what we think we know."
Legolas Greenleaf
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"Philosophy questions everything so we need not blindly believe."
Legolas Greenleaf
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"The arrow that flies truest is the one aimed with purpose."
Legolas Greenleaf
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"Philosophy won't feed your family. A bow and arrow will."
Gale Hawthorne
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"We are defined not by our circumstances, but by our choices."
Tauriel
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"Philosophy is the discipline of those seeking truth."
Saruman
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"I have seen the foundations of the world, and they are not as mortals believe."
Saruman
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"What others see as frivolous, I see as essential to the human spirit."
Cinna
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"I think philosophy is just fashion for the mind. Both matter equally."
Cinna
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"Questions are more valuable than easy answers."
Prim Everdeen
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"Philosophy helps us understand why we exist."
Prim Everdeen
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"The past shapes who we become."
Thorin Oakenshield
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"Philosophy is for scholars; action is for kings."
Thorin Oakenshield
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"I am the architect of my own destiny."
Thorin Oakenshield
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"Philosophy is useless if it doesn't help us live better lives."
Gale Hawthorne
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"Philosophy means nothing if it doesn't guide your actions."
Gale Hawthorne
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"The Games are about so much more than survival."
Effie Trinket
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"The world is interconnected."
Prim Everdeen
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"I have seen empires rise and fall, and I alone remain eternal."
Smaug
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"I have no philosophy but the philosophy of power."
Smaug