Existential Quotes

227 quotes by 151 authors

...history has shown that the most terrible crimes against love have been committed in the name of fanatically defended doctrines. — Paul Tillich
Few understand that procrastination is our natural defense, letting things take care of themselves and exercise their antifragility; it results from some ecological or naturalistic… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I came to the conclusion that there is an existential moment in your life when you must decide to speak for yourself; nobody else can… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
...Erich Fromm wondered why most people did not become insane in the face of the existential contradiction between a symbolic self, that seems to give… — Ernest Becker
Denial is a critical part of the human coping mechanism. Without it, we would all wake up terrified every morning about all the ways we… — Dan Brown
Yoga is existential, experiential, experimental. No belief is required, no faith is needed - only courage to experience. And that's what's lacking. You can believe… — Rajneesh
At a certain point in their existential experience, the oppressed feel an irresistible attraction toward the oppressor and his way of life. Sharing this way… — Paulo Freire
I never had an existential moment when I asked myself what I was going to do. I always wanted to be a lawyer, and I… — Alan Dershowitz
Human beings are remarkably resilient. When you think about it, our species has been teetering upon the edge of the existential cliff since Hiroshima. In… — Rick Yancey
There was a time when people had the decency to wait until they were approaching 50 to have a mid-life crisis. Now it seems many… — Mark Barrowcliffe
When the Negro musician or dancer swings the blues, he is fulfilling the same fundamental existential requirement that determines the mission of the poet, the… — Albert Murray
I always tell people that revelling in big ideas for me is kind of like an antidote to existential angst. — Jason Silva
The Air Force has it far worse than the Navy in terms of existential fears, primarily due to the rapid rise and unbelievable dissemination of… — Thomas P.M. Barnett
Around the world, climate change is an existential threat - but if we harness the opportunities inherent in addressing climate change, we can reap enormous… — Ban Ki-moon
Existential philosophy, poetry and art - just like sadness - were all unavoidable to a tender young man in the meat works. — Michael Leunig
Try as I do to comprehend the human project and my part in it, I am further than ever from understanding the monstrous everyday things… — Michael Leunig
I walk around feeling a sort of existential guilt all the time; and honestly for me this house is a way of feeling less guilty… — Julia Louis-Dreyfus
You can win any argument if you just keep replying with so? to everything they say until they have an existential crisis.!!! — Tufail Mehraj
My soul is connected to the energy that created the universe when I die I shall go back to the source of my existence. Thinking… — Jeremy Limn
The capacity to be alone is the capacity to love. It may look paradoxical to you, but it's not. It is an existential truth: only… — Osho

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