The mind, placed before any kind of difficulty, can find an ideal outlet in the absurd. Accommodation to the absurd readmits adults… — Andre Breton Copy Share Image
“Where men are heated by zeal and enthusiasm, there is no degree of human testimony so strong as may not be procured… — David Hume 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
All modern philosophizing is political, policed by governments, churches, academics, custom, fashion, and human cowardice, all off which limit it to a… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I always had an existential crisis, trying to figure out ‘what does it all mean?’ I came to the conclusion that if… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
"To be is to do," says the existentialist. "One only becomes real (human) at the point of action." — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
Science, Nietzsche had warned, is becoming a factory, and the result will be ethical nihilism. — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Life is full of strange absurdities, which, strangely enough, do not even need to appear plausible, since they are true. — Luigi Pirandello Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the Creator of this strange place knows us better than we know ourselves. Perhaps humanity was meant to eternally ponder the… — Tiffany Madison Copy Share Image
“So we must run back and forth between these two suns in our firmament—the presentiment of death and awareness of life—and avoid… — Roberto Mangabeira Unger Copy Share Image
“I don't complain about the horror of life; I complain about the horror of my life. The only fact I worry about… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“What is the point of our lives? There isn't any. I can't seem to decide how much horror and how much joy… — Ashly Lorenzana Copy Share Image
“In the digital age, we may become self-important enough to be recognised, but never truly important enough to be known or valued.” — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
I look at the world and I see absurdity all around me. People do strange things constantly, to the point that, for… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence and… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Our responsibility is much greater than we might have supposed, because it involves all mankind. — Jean-Paul Sartre 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
“This evening, which I have tried to spirit away, is a strange burden to me. While time moves on, while the day… — Henri Alain-Fournier Copy Share Image
Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Except in extreme cases of biochemical imbalance, giving over your brain to chemical tinkering is the ultimate act of nihilism. It amounts… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image