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Lancelot
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"Lancelot" Quotes

A psychiatrist investigates the mind of a troubled lawyer turned religious zealot, revealing the dark depths of human nature.

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We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or consume them.

Walker Percy

materialismconsumerism

The past is not simply the past, but a prism through which the subject filters his own changing self-image.

Walker Percy

identityself-reflection

A man can't look at the sea without wishing for wings.

Walker Percy

desirefreedom

The present is the only reality and the only certainty.

Walker Percy

living in the momentreality

The human being is not a thing but a drama.

Walker Percy

existentialismhumanity

To be a saint is to be an exception; to be a true man is the rule.

Walker Percy

moralitycharacter

We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love.

Walker Percy

loveemotions

Man is a creature of habit, and the best habits are those which enable him to live in the present.

Walker Percy

habitspresent

The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you.

Walker Percy

sufferingacceptance

What is the nature of the search? you ask. The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life.

Walker Percy

existentialismsearch for meaning