Quote by Ayn Rand

“The irrational is the impossible; it is that which contradicts the facts of reality; facts cannot be altered by a wish, but they can…

— Ayn Rand

Man stands face to face with the irrational. He feels within him his longing for happiness and for reason. The absurd is born of…

— Albert Camus

“The feeling of absurdity does not spring from the mere scrutiny of a fact or an impression, but that it bursts from the comparison…

— Albert Camus

“The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world. This must not be forgotten. This…

— Albert camus

“Let me tell you, novice, that the absurd is only too necessary on earth. The world stands on absurdities, and perhaps nothing would have…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“All that rational thinking had to be thrown out the window. This was why he liked irrational thinking so much better. It took less…

— Abigail Roux

“the irrational invalidates any meaning attached to it.”

— Hermann Broch

“There is nothing how-so-ever absurd which is not defended by some theologian.”

— Anonymous

“What I was thinking, in that strange way you can think without words while you are dancing, think in glyphs, think in numbers, was…

— Meg Howrey

“The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world.”

— Albert Camus

“From any rational point of view I am absurd; but there are no longer any rational points of view.”

— Margaret Atwood

“Reason quite properly rejects contradiction, but rationalism abhors mystery, which every heresy attempts in its own way to resolve.”

— Michael S. Horton