We no longer believe because it is absurd: it is absurd because we must believe. — Julio Cortazar Copy Share Image
For an idea which, at first, does not seem absurd, there is no hope. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The existential vacuum manifests itself mainly in a state of boredom. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Once you believe that god is not a private property of anybody, you are on your way to becoming a new messiah.… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Wandering" What’s the point of wandering? to find a better place? a home? The loneliness will always capture me in its claws… — Annette Dabrowska Copy Share Image
“Solitude, the joy of being alone, stems from, as well as promotes, a state of maturity and inner richness.” — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
I know in an existential sense that life can change on a dime ... something has instantly and inexorably changed in American life. — John Lahr Copy Share Image
“We built machines to answer every question, but forgot to ask what it means to be human.” — Lawrence Nault Copy Share Image
This characteristic of Dasein's being this "that it is" is veiled in its "whence" and "whither. — Martin Heidegger Copy Share Image
“...just because someone is a loner, it doesn't mean they’re alone. And just because someone is alone, it doesn't mean they’re lonely.” — Jason Daniel Chaplin Copy Share Image
“You're sitting there vibrating with 'talent' while the swine are out there eating the crop! Potential is for weaklings and politicians! It… — Lokesh Tuli Copy Share Image
Production for the sake of production - the obsession with the rate of growth, whether in the capitalist market or in planned… — Felix Guattari Copy Share Image
Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Dasein is a being that does not simply occur among other beings. Rather it is ontically distinguished by the fact that in… — Martin Heidegger Copy Share Image
“the problem is not suffering itself or oblivion itself but the depraved meaninglessness of these things, the absolutely inhuman nihilism of suffering..… — John Green Copy Share Image
In the end, the art of hunger can be described as an existential art. It is a way of looking death in… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I was writing this really long joke about the smell of poop, and I was like, 'What am I doing with my… — Kurt Braunohler Copy Share Image
It seems pretentious to assume that we are not creatures of action. I think often it takes a situation of extreme absurdity,… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
Existential psychotherapy is the movement which, although standing on one side on the scientific analysis owed chiefly to the genius of Freud… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
“Positivist man is a curious creature who dwells in the tiny island of light composed of what he finds scientifically "meaningful," while… — William Barrett Copy Share Image
“We stand on a mountain pass in the midst of whirling snow and blinding mist, through which we get glimpses now and… — Fitzjames Stephen Copy Share Image
“Where is the absurdity of the world? Is it this resplendent glow or the memory of its absence? With so much sun… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“As if this great outburst of anger had purged all my ills, killed all my hopes, I looked up at the mass… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“Can it be, I thought, can it actually be? …could he be all of them: Rine the runner and Rine the gambler… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
“The absurdity of it, she thought, this quest for the love of a man who was her equal. She loathed herself for… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
“Why doesn't the pope convert to Calvinism? Why doesn't the Dalai Lama, convert to Christianity, why doesn't Billy Graham convert to Islam,… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
