Existentialist Quotes

13 quotes by 9 authors

There are two kinds of existentialist; first, those who are Christian...and on the other hand the atheistic existentialists, among whom...I class myself. What they have… — Jean-Paul Sartre
"To be is to do," says the existentialist. "One only becomes real (human) at the point of action." — Leo Buscaglia
A minimal level of sportsman ethics afield is mandated by written law. Beyond that, say, when an action is legal but ethically questionable, or when… — David Petersen
Spirit and soul is horseshit of the worst sort. Obviously there are no fairies, no Santa Clauses, no spirits. What there is, is human goals… — Albert Ellis
I think that in the past, in the '50s and '60s, after the existentialists and beatniks and hippie movements, the big deal was, Don't sell… — Guillermo del Toro
Albert Camus, a great humanist and existentialist voice, pointed out that to commit to a just cause with no hope of success is absurd. But… — David Simon
I am not a logician. I am an existentialist. I believe in this meaningless, beautiful chaos of existence, and I am ready to go with… — Rajneesh
The existentialist says at once that man is anguish. — Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre, the existentialist philosopher who celebrated the anguish of decision as a hallmark of responsibility, has no place in Silicon Valley. — Evgeny Morozov
Give me lust, baby. Flash. Give me malice. Flash. Give me detached existentialist ennui. Flash. Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism. Flash. — Chuck Palahniuk
[M]an is condemned to be free. Condemned, because he did not create himself, in other respect is free; because, once thrown into the world, he… — Jean-Paul Sartre
I have crossed the seas, I have left cities behind me, and I have followed the source of rivers towards their source or plunged into… — Jean-Paul Sartre
What is meant here by saying that existence precedes essence? It means first of all, man exists, turns up, appears on the scene, and, only… — Jean-Paul Sartre

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