“Each one of us has to save his own soul, and has to do God's work himself, but instead of that we… — Leo Tolstoy 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
A man who has become conscious of the absurd is for ever bound to it. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The existential split in man would be unbearable could he not establish a sense of unity within himself and with the natural… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Setting up absurd worlds with rules to violate - it's one of the things I hope to achieve with my work. — Jimenez Lai Copy Share Image
Christianity - An old metaphysical romance, filled with marvels, contradictions, and absurdity, born in the ardent imagination of Orientals, has spread into… — Frederick The Great Copy Share Image
“Only when we have seen and foreseen what we dread shall we be rewarded by that dazzling, unforeseen wing-footed wanderer. We could… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
“I hadn't known Chancel very well, but ten days earlier I had seen him laughing with the others around the Christmas tree.… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nietzsche saw that ultimately the problem of nihilism is the problem of what to do with time: Why keep investing in the… — Ray Brassier Copy Share Image
“Man, you see, swings between nihilism and spirituality. Man, you see, swings between utmost bliss and the feelings of utter despair. It’s… — Abhaidev Copy Share Image
The proof that the little prince existed is that he was charming, that he laughed, and that he was looking for a… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
The great thing about 'The Office' and it being single-camera and the documentary style is that it's mostly a comedy, but 10… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
“A conscious being without free will is simply a metaphysical absurdity.” — Raymond M. Smullyan Copy Share Image
“As Socrates so philosophically put it, since we don't know what death is, it is illogical to fear it.” — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
This is what it is to be human: to see the essential existential futility of all action, all striving -- and to… — Spider Robinson Copy Share Image
“What helped me survive was realizing that an antidote to nihilism is to create meaning in all aspects of our lives. Making… — Lee Lipsenthal Copy Share Image
“Youth's longing misconceived inconsistency. Those whom I deemed Changed to my kin, the friends of whom I dreamed, Have aged and lost… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“The Patrician took a sip of his beer. “I have told this to few people, gentlemen, and I suspect I never will… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I have an existential map. It has 'You are here' written all over it. — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
“Thus we can regard the phenomenon of reproduction as founded in the very nature of being. But we must stop there. The… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
The contemporary rejection of natural right leads to nihilism — nay, it is identical with nihilism, — Leo Strauss Copy Share Image
“Mma Ramotswe had listened to a World Service broadcast on her radio one day which had simply taken her breath away. It… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
