--- title: "14 Life Quotes By Peter Wessel Zapffe" description: "14 Life quotes by Peter Wessel Zapffe. Plus more from Peter Wessel Zapffe and more Life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38e/peter-wessel-zapffe-13517_doe_why-does-man-need-a-meaning-to-life-1226_1226650.jpg" --- > [Why does man need a meaning to life?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/why-does-man-need-a-meaning-to-life/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38e/peter-wessel-zapffe-13517_doe_why-does-man-need-a-meaning-to-life-1226_1226650.jpg) > [Mankind ought to end its existence of its own will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/mankind-ought-to-end-its-existence-of-its-own-will/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21f/peter-wessel-zapffe-13517_ends_mankind-ought-to-end-its-existence-of-it_1650004.jpg) > [If one regards life and death as natural processes, the metaphysical dread vanishes, and one obtains peace of mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/if-one-regards-life-and-death-as-natural-processes-the-metaphysical/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/peter-wessel-zapffe-13517_death_if-one-regards-life-and-death-as-natural_2346482.jpg) > [Each new generation asks – What is the meaning of life? A more fertile way of putting the question would be –…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/each-new-generation-asks-what-is-the-meaning-of-life-a-more-fertile/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbc/peter-wessel-zapffe-13517_asks_each-new-generation-asks-what-is-the-mea_89546.jpg) > [We come from an inconceivable nothingness. We stay a while in something which seems equally inconceivable, only to vanish again into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/we-come-from-an-inconceivable-nothingness-we-stay-a-while-in/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/900/peter-wessel-zapffe-13517_funny_we-come-from-an-inconceivable-nothingnes_507725.jpg) > [Man beholds the earth, and it is breathing like a great lung; whenever it exhales, delightful life swarms from all its pores…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/man-beholds-the-earth-and-it-is-breathing-like-a-great-lung-whenever/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09c/peter-wessel-zapffe-13517_breathing_man-beholds-the-earth-and-it-is-breathin_1713926.jpg) > [“Som skodden skapes, ændres og forsvinder - slik skummer også livsformerne for fjeldets fot. Det er ikke menneskealdre Stetinden har skuet ned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/som-skodden-skapes-ndres-og-forsvinder-slik-skummer-ogs-livsformerne/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da8/peter-wessel-zapffe-13517_eternity_som-skodden-skapes-ndres-og-forsvinder-s_2999238.jpg) > [When a human being takes his life in depression, this is a natural death of spiritual causes. The modern barbarity of 'saving'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/when-a-human-being-takes-his-life-in-depression-this-is-a-natural/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86a/peter-wessel-zapffe-13517_barbarity_when-a-human-being-takes-his-life-in-dep_495162.jpg) > [“Her er rummelig og bredt, her slår vi oss ned i en grushaug og spiser mat og drikker saft og ligger på…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/her-er-rummelig-og-bredt-her-sl-r-vi-oss-ned-i-en-grushaug-og-spiser/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6b/peter-wessel-zapffe-13517_gang_her-er-rummelig-og-bredt-her-sl-r-vi-oss_364329.jpg) > [In accordance with my conception of life, I have chosen not to bring children into the world. A coin is examined, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/in-accordance-with-my-conception-of-life-i-have-chosen-not-to-bring/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/819/peter-wessel-zapffe-13517_beggar_in-accordance-with-my-conception-of-life_1269044.jpg) > [“Life had overshot its target, blowing itself apart. A species had been armed too heavily – by spirit made almighty without, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/life-had-overshot-its-target-blowing-itself-apart-a-species-had-been/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/peter-wessel-zapffe-13517_goals_life-had-overshot-its-target-blowing-its_943208.jpg) > [“Hans andakt er undringen ved det å være til, taknemmelighet over kroppens og sansernes og sindets virkelighet i en verden av fabler.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/hans-andakt-er-undringen-ved-det-v-re-til-taknemmelighet-over/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d9/peter-wessel-zapffe-13517_life_hans-andakt-er-undringen-ved-det-v-re-ti_1708193.jpg) > [The tragedy of a species becoming unfit for life by over-evolving one ability is not confined to humankind. Thus it is thought,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/the-tragedy-of-a-species-becoming-unfit-for-life-by-over-evolving-one/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/peter-wessel-zapffe-13517_ability_the-tragedy-of-a-species-becoming-unfit_2152016.jpg) > [“Og når så denne fare for et godt ord, ja endog i fulstændig taushet, har utladet sig i et normalt avviklet fald…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/og-n-r-s-denne-fare-for-et-godt-ord-ja-endog-i-fulst-ndig-taushet-har/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/peter-wessel-zapffe-13517_life_og-n-r-s-denne-fare-for-et-godt-ord-ja-e_2575135.jpg) ## Other authors on Life - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 2,086 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/sunday-adelaja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 1,901 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 1,045 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 893 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/ritu-ghatourey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 659 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/frederick-lenz/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 630 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-anurag-prakash-ray-38.jpg) Anurag Prakash Ray 621 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/anurag-prakash-ray/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steve-maraboli-87325.jpg) Steve Maraboli 550 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/steve-maraboli/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-melchor-lim-61.jpg) Melchor Lim 538 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/melchor-lim/) - [Mehmet Murat ildan 452 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 432 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/henry-david-thoreau/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 430 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ## More by Peter Wessel Zapffe > [“Og er ikke klippen sin tilbedelse værd? Prøver den ikke hjerte og nyrer før den gir plas for de utvalgte?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/og-er-ikke-klippen-sin-tilbedelse-v-rd-pr-ver-den-ikke-hjerte-og/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) > [Each new generation asks – What is the meaning of life? A more fertile way of putting the question would be – Why does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/each-new-generation-asks-what-is-the-meaning-of-life-a-more-fertile/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) > [“A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung out into the cosmic brutality without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/a-coin-is-examined-and-only-after-careful-deliberation-given-to-a/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) > [“The dread of being stares us in the eye, and in a deadly gush we perceive how the minds are dangling in threads of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/the-dread-of-being-stares-us-in-the-eye-and-in-a-deadly-gush-we/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) > [“But as he stands before imminent death, he grasps its nature also, and the cosmic import of the step to come. His creative imagination…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/but-as-he-stands-before-imminent-death-he-grasps-its-nature-also-and/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) > [“Her er rummelig og bredt, her slår vi oss ned i en grushaug og spiser mat og drikker saft og ligger på ryggen med…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/her-er-rummelig-og-bredt-her-sl-r-vi-oss-ned-i-en-grushaug-og-spiser/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) > [When a human being takes his life in depression, this is a natural death of spiritual causes. The modern barbarity of 'saving' the suicidal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/when-a-human-being-takes-his-life-in-depression-this-is-a-natural/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) > [We come from an inconceivable nothingness. We stay a while in something which seems equally inconceivable, only to vanish again into the inconceivable nothingness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/we-come-from-an-inconceivable-nothingness-we-stay-a-while-in/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) > [“Se i mig en 96 graders venn.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/se-i-mig-en-96-graders-venn/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) > [“Life had overshot its target, blowing itself apart. A species had been armed too heavily – by spirit made almighty without, but equally a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/life-had-overshot-its-target-blowing-itself-apart-a-species-had-been/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) > [“Jeg ligger og kjender at jeg hader dette forbandede fjeld, fordi det har makt over mitt sind. Hvad vil du mig - at jeg…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/jeg-ligger-og-kjender-at-jeg-hader-dette-forbandede-fjeld-fordi-det/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) > [To bear children into this world is like carrying wood to a burning house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/to-bear-children-into-this-world-is-like-carrying-wood-to-a-burning/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) > [“Aftenen endte med idyll. Håkon kaldte mig genial, og jeg svarte at han var en stor menneskekjender.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/aftenen-endte-med-idyll-h-kon-kaldte-mig-genial-og-jeg-svarte-at-han/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) > [Why does man need a meaning to life?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/why-does-man-need-a-meaning-to-life/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) > [“Vi samles på Fortroppens hjørne mot vest og ser over mot tinden. Fra blokken vi står på har Pan eller Jordånden eller Djævelen selv…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/vi-samles-p-fortroppens-hj-rne-mot-vest-og-ser-over-mot-tinden-fra/) [Peter Wessel Zapffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-wessel-zapffe/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/peter-wessel-zapffe/#itemlist", "name": "14 Life Quotes By Peter Wessel Zapffe", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Why does man need a meaning to life?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peter Wessel Zapffe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/why-does-man-need-a-meaning-to-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38e/peter-wessel-zapffe-13517_doe_why-does-man-need-a-meaning-to-life-1226_1226650.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38e/peter-wessel-zapffe-13517_doe_why-does-man-need-a-meaning-to-life-1226_1226650.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38e/peter-wessel-zapffe-13517_doe_why-does-man-need-a-meaning-to-life-1226_1226650.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Why does man need a meaning to life?”” — Peter Wessel Zapffe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Mankind ought to end its existence of its own will.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peter Wessel Zapffe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/mankind-ought-to-end-its-existence-of-its-own-will/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21f/peter-wessel-zapffe-13517_ends_mankind-ought-to-end-its-existence-of-it_1650004.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21f/peter-wessel-zapffe-13517_ends_mankind-ought-to-end-its-existence-of-it_1650004.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21f/peter-wessel-zapffe-13517_ends_mankind-ought-to-end-its-existence-of-it_1650004.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Mankind ought to end its existence of its own will.” — Peter Wessel Zapffe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If one regards life and death as natural processes, the metaphysical dread vanishes, and one obtains peace of mind.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peter Wessel Zapffe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-wessel-zapffe/if-one-regards-life-and-death-as-natural-processes-the-metaphysical/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/peter-wessel-zapffe-13517_death_if-one-regards-life-and-death-as-natural_2346482.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/peter-wessel-zapffe-13517_death_if-one-regards-life-and-death-as-natural_2346482.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/peter-wessel-zapffe-13517_death_if-one-regards-life-and-death-as-natural_2346482.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If one regards life and death as natural processes, the metaphysical dread vanishes, and one obtains peace…” — Peter Wessel Zapffe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Each new generation asks – What is the meaning of life? 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