Meaninglessness Quotes

41 Meaninglessness quotes by 38 unique authors

What is demanded of man is not, as some existential philosophers teach, to endure the meaninglessness of life, but rather to bear his incapacity to… — Viktor E. Frankl
There was an enjoyment to being alive, he felt, that because of an underlying meaninglessness–like how a person alone for too long cannot feel comfortable… — Tao Lin
I took to writing at an early age to escape from meaninglessness, uselessness, unimportance, insignificance, poverty, enslavement, ill health, despair, madness, and all manner of… — William Saroyan
It's their skins I'm peeling," she said. "The skins of the insipid scribblers, which I graft to the page, creating monsters of meaninglessness. — Janet Fitch
I believe that I am not responsible for the meaningfulness or meaninglessness of life, but that I am responsible for what I do with the… — Hermann Hesse
Meaninglessness does not come from being weary of pain. Meaninglessness comes from being weary of pleasure. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Dear God, help me. Do not forget me on this tiny cinder lost in a galaxy that is lost–a heart no bigger than a speck… — Anne Rice
the problem is not suffering itself or oblivion itself but the depraved meaninglessness of these things, the absolutely inhuman nihilism of suffering. — John Green
We’re going to die and not even know. We’ll never know, and all this meaninglessness will just go on and on and on. And we… — Anne Rice
I am absolutely convinced that meaninglessness does not come from being weary of pain; meaninglessness comes from being weary of pleasure. And that is why… — Ravi Zacharias
You wear nice clothes, you seek respect, you make a lot of money, but what's the point? It's all pointless. Of course, this kind of… — Koushun Takami
When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away - even if it's only… — Kurt Vonnegut
The future of civilisation depends on our overcoming the meaninglessness and hopelessness that characterizes the thoughts of men today. — Albert Schweitzer
We like love - we love love - but perhaps its only meaning lies in its ubiquitous meaninglessness. We apprehend it, we feel it, and… — Richard Flanagan
We hide death as if it were shameful and dirty. We see in it only horror, meaninglessness, useless struggle and suffering, an intolerable scandal, whereas… — Senoraroy
What I'm concerned about is the people who don't dwell on the meaninglessness of their lives, or the meaningfulness of it-who just pursue mindless entertainment. — Unknown Author

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