It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“What's the point? There is no point. That's the point!" On the joys of existentialism.” — John Tarttelin Copy Share Image
All gradients of reality, all existential distinctions, have finally been annihilated. — Margaret Wertheim Copy Share Image
There are many options for how images can aggregate not to nihilism, but to significance, or to meaning. — Cynthia Daignault Copy Share Image
Man cannot endure his own littleness unless he can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level. — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
“The sweetness of the past? Our memory of it, since to remember it is to make it present, and it isn't present… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Absurdity is one of the most human things about us: a manifestation of our most advanced and interesting characteristics. — Thomas Nagel Copy Share Image
It is a glorious destiny to be a member of the human race, though it is a race dedicated to many absurdities… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Oh threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise! One thing at least is certain - This Life flies; One thing is certain… — Omar Khayyam Copy Share Image
Thus I draw from the absurd three consequences, which are my revolt, my freedom, and my passion. By the mere activity of… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“Ultimately, beyond the primordial, brutish labels of man-made institutions, true practical religion of the civilized society must bring oneness. This very process… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Of course, [Albert Camus] wasn't an existentialist, but he was a committed man. He was a man of combat. It wasn't for… — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
Why does man create? Is it man's purpose on earth to express himself, to bring form to thought, and to discover meaning… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
It's one of the saving graces in a life, to be able to perceive one's own and others' absurdity, to notice our… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
[Jean-Paul] Sartre was a throwback to the existential period. I'm not really so much into that these days. I went through a… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
“The true basis and propaedeutic for all knowledge of human nature is the persuasion that a man's actions are, essentially and as… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“I want to end my life like a human being: in Intensive Care, high on morphine, surrounded by cripplingly expensive doctors and… — Greg Egan Copy Share Image
“The Idiot. I have read it once, and find that I don't remember the events of the book very well--or even all… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“The hocus-pocus phantasm of a God like another Cerberus, with one body and three heads, had its birth and growth in the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“It took a couple of months before we were both convinced there were no rules about sexual activities in Hell and our… — Steven L. Peck Copy Share Image
“If we are unable to tolerate ourselves when we are alone, how can we expect anyone else to be enriched by our… — Gerald Corey Copy Share Image
“A pleasant morning. Saw my classmates Gardner, and Wheeler. Wheeler dined, spent the afternoon, and drank Tea with me. Supped at Major… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“Casting aside other things, hold to the precious few; and besides bear in mind that every man lives only the present, which… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
We are all hunting for rational reasons for believing in the absurd. — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
“My priority is not to be called an atheist or believer, but to be human.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Did not the statement, "You do not exist," contain a logical absurdity?” — George Orwell Copy Share Image
When people conclude that all is futile, then the absurd becomes the norm. — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
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