Existentialism Quote by Bertrand Russell

Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.

— Bertrand Russell

“I had become aware, as early as my college days, that no opinion, however absurd and incredible can be imagined, that has not been…

— René Descartes

“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

“There is no way back to certainty, simplicity and innocence, only the way forward into confusion, uncertainty and knowingness. The gasps of wonder become…

— Oliver James

There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.”

— Albert Einstein

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

— Anonymous

“literature can very well describe the absurd, but it should never become absurd itself”

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

“To recognize what is absurd and to accept it need not dim the eye for the tragic side of existence; quite on the contrary,…

— Gregor von Rezzori

“It is with philosophy as with religion : men marvel at the absurdity of other people's tenets, while exactly parallel absurdities remain in their own.”

— John Stuart Mill

“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