Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"The most addictive thing about drugs is the need to escape from reality."Hunter S. Thompson
"I am not responsible for the stupidity of others."Hunter S. Thompson
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great Magnet."Hunter S. Thompson
"I believe in the power of questions more than the comfort of answers."Diane Sawyer
"The most important question you can ask is: 'What do you believe?'"Diane Sawyer
"Philosophy is the art of questioning what everyone else takes for granted."Katie Couric
"Philosophy guides us toward deeper understanding of existence."James Foley
"The meaning of life is found not in grand gestures but in small moments of connection."Tom Wolfe
"Philosophy teaches us to question not just the world but ourselves."Tom Wolfe
"Beware of the irrational, however seductive. Shun the 'transcendent' and all who invite you to think beyond or outside the boundaries of the knowable."Christopher Hitchens
"One should say at the outset that the existence of the divine is not a reasonable postulate."Christopher Hitchens
"You can't have it both ways—you can't be a serious intellectual and believe in the supernatural."Christopher Hitchens
"The dichotomy between secular and religious is a false one."Christopher Hitchens
"You must have a certain ruthlessness in intellectual matters."Christopher Hitchens
"The search for meaning is more important than the meaning itself."Christopher Hitchens
"I think the most important question is: why did this happen?"Marie Colvin
"The line between civilization and chaos is thinner than we think."Hunter S. Thompson
"Things are getting worse, and they will continue to get worse until they get much worse."Hunter S. Thompson
"The temptation to believe conspiracy theories is a sign of weakness."Hunter S. Thompson
"The real enemy is not any foreign power but our own spiritual poverty."Hunter S. Thompson
"There's no question that organized religion has been a disaster for humanity."Hunter S. Thompson
"There is no point in trying to understand evil. It simply exists."Hunter S. Thompson
"We must learn to think in terms of systems, not isolated events."Fareed Zakaria
"The world is complex, but that doesn't mean we can't understand it."Fareed Zakaria
"We must learn to think beyond our immediate self-interest."Fareed Zakaria
"We must learn to question our assumptions constantly."Fareed Zakaria
"An unexamined life is not worth living."Walter Matthau
"A man is but the product of his thoughts."Walter Matthau
"The mind is everything. What you think, you become."Walter Matthau
"The real thing about status is not that we desire it but that we wish to be assured we deserve it."Tom Wolfe