That's what kept us going - a sense of absurdity, rather than humor. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
Existentialism is the kind of philosophy that makes for legendary children. — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
“There are two ways to go to the gas chamber, free and not free.” — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
The single biggest existential threat that's out there, I think, is cyber. — Michael Mullen Copy Share Image
Opportunity is infinite; once you know that, opportunity is omni-existent. — Mark Victor Hansen Copy Share Image
“We’re all locked in the self-imposed sentence of our omnipotent, omnipresent digital cells now, with our PINs and biometric passwords as the… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“What I see, what I see. What I see is the day in all its absurdity and triviality.” — Joseph Roth Copy Share Image
It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“I could blame my existential sadness on a lot of issues, but the truth is, it’s been a part of me since… — Tiffanie DeBartolo Copy Share Image
Knowledge of that which concerns us infinitely is possible only in an attitude of infinite concern. — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
“know very well that I don’t want to do anything: to do something is to create existence—and there’s quite enough existence as… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
Famously, there's not really anywhere to go after nihilism. It's not progressing toward anything, it's a statement of outrage, however brilliant. — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
“With nihilism, no discussion is possible; for the nihilist logic doubts the existence of its interlocutor, and is not quite sure that… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“We are the Gods, who create Gods, and then we turn into worshipers seeking comfort and solace from those Gods that we… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
There are those who will find [Albert Camus] notions about absurdity appealing, and others who will be drawn by the solar side… — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
“At least when I bleed, it’s my own blood. At least when I fuck up, it’s my own fault. I own my… — Lokesh Tuli Copy Share Image
The middle way is a view of life that avoids the extreme of misguided grasping born of believing there is something we… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Yes, there is an outside world, and yes, there is an objective reality, but in moving through this world, we constantly apply… — Thomas Metzinger Copy Share Image
I've always been literally a lover of the absurd. I think the absurd gives a new dimension to reality and even to… — Tomi Ungerer Copy Share Image
The laughter that happens when people are truth-telling and showing up and being real - I call that "knowing laughter." That's what… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I think it's always interesting to make sensational stories where, if these people don't make the right choice, it actually puts marks… — Daniel Espinosa Copy Share Image
“But how can we venture to reprove or praise the universe! Let us beware of attributing to it heartlessness and unreason or… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“My thought is me: that's why I can't stop. I exist because I think...and I can't stop myself from thinking. At this… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
Philosophy would do well to desist from issuing any further injunctions about the need to re-establish the meaningfulness of existence, the purposefulness… — Ray Brassier Copy Share Image
Perhaps - and this goes for the Kyoto School too - one of these insights is that nothingness and unknowing don't have… — George Pattison Copy Share Image
“It seemed a ruse that fear of death should be the sole motivation for living and, yet, to quell this fear made… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
“Nietzsche says very clearly all the way through his career that if you want to define human nature the first thing you… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
We fear death, we shudder at life's instability, we grieve to see the flowers wilt again and again, and the leaves fall,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Though violent action is sometimes associated with nihilism, what makes such activity nihilistic, it seems, is the belief that ultimately nothing will… — John Marmysz Copy Share Image
“My existence began to worry me seriously. Was I not a simple spectre?” — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“To be a man, to live here in this world, is to be put on trial” — Søren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“Deeds are divine, not doctrines. Actions are religious, not creeds.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Sure, people can make you happy, but no one can stop you from being happy.” — Jason Daniel Chaplin Copy Share Image
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