Philosophy Quotes

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

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"Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?"
Jack Kerouac
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"It's always the same struggle within the souls of men that is the drama."
Jack Kerouac
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"I was a Dharma Bum."
Jack Kerouac
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"Destiny is what we make it, or what we fail to make it."
Joseph Heller
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"Every person is a universe unto themselves."
Joseph Heller
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"Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise."
William S. Burroughs
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"Consciousness is a disease."
William S. Burroughs
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"Morality is the most dangerous word in any language."
William S. Burroughs
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"Nothing is true; everything is permitted."
William S. Burroughs
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"Chaos is a real force of nature."
William S. Burroughs
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"Existentialism is the only philosophy which takes seriously the fact that man exists and is free."
Norman Mailer
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"Philosophy is the art of asking the right questions, not finding easy answers."
Norman Mailer
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"I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it."
J.D. Salinger
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"You cannot live in the world with such an approach."
J.D. Salinger
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"Everybody's got all these vices."
J.D. Salinger
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"What if someone died before they were born"
Allen Ginsberg
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"There's no way to measure the private anguish of the soul"
Allen Ginsberg
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"The first noble truth is that suffering exists"
Allen Ginsberg
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"Language is a virus from outer space."
William S. Burroughs
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"Consciousness is a disease that leads to suffering."
William S. Burroughs
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"The real revolution is in the mind."
William S. Burroughs
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"The human condition is fundamentally absurd."
William S. Burroughs
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"The power of the word is absolute."
William S. Burroughs
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"A man's character is his destiny."
William S. Burroughs
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"The pure products of America go crazy."
William Carlos Williams
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"A man is not just what he eats but what he thinks about."
William Carlos Williams
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"Philosophy is the art of asking the right questions."
William Carlos Williams
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"Pay attention to the moment and it will teach you everything you need to know."
Jack Kerouac
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"I've been searching and searching but I haven't found myself."
Jack Kerouac
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"Being human is like being a lampshade"
e.e. cummings