Existential Quotes

227 quotes by 151 authors

Obviously, all religions fall far short of their own ideals. — Ernest Becker
We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us. — Charles Bukowski
That is the simple secret of happiness. Whatever you are doing, donâ€™t let past move your mind; donâ€™t let future disturb you. Because the past… — Rajneesh
I thought I was having an existential crisis, but it was nothing. Please don't tailgate: body in trunk. — Libba Bray
(although anyone with half a brain must surely be mired in existential gloom all the time) — Kate Atkinson
As women glide from their twenties to thirties, Shazzer argues, the balance of power subtly shifts. Even the most outrageous minxes lose their nerve, wrestling… — Helen Fielding
there's no forsaking what you love no existential leap as witnessed here in time and blood a thousand kisses deep — Leonard Cohen
The brief relief of seeing other people when I leave my room turns into a desperate need to be alone, and then being alone turns… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
Did television execs have souls? Now, that was an existential question and a half. — J R Ward
Because of social pressure, individualism is rejected by most people in favor of conformity. Thus the individual relies mainly upon the actions of others and… — Viktor E. Frankl
As history confirms, people will change their minds about almost anything, from which god they worship to how they style their hair. But when it… — Thomas Ligotti
We're stronger in the places that we've been broken. — Ernest Hemingway
When I first heard the word existential, I didn't know what it meant. But then I found out that no one knows what it means,… — Francine Pascal
For existential mathematics, which does not exist, would probably propose this equation: the value of coincidence equals the degree of its improbability. — Milan Kundera
I am gripped by an existential panic. — Bret Easton Ellis
Fiction is a solution, the best solution, to the problem of existential solitude. — Jonathan Franzen
There is a vast difference between positive thinking and existential courage. — Barbara Ehrenreich
Existential depression has always annoyed me; it is one of the world's most pointless forms of suffering. — Eliezer Yudkowsky
Like great works, deep feelings always mean more than they are conscious of saying. — Albert Camus
The arrogant elimination of the Djaouts of our world must nerve us to pursue our own combative doctrine, namely: that peaceful cohabitation on this planet… — Wole Soyinka

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