Nihilism Quotes

135 Nihilism quotes by 77 unique authors

[R]eligious concepts are parasitic upon moral intuitions. — Pascal Boyer
Which other major religion is based on the Godhead incarnate being whipped, tacked to a cross, stabbed? Only the Marquis de Sade could have made… — Gore Vidal
The powerful feed ideology to the masses like fast food while they dine on that most rarefied delicacy: impunity. — Naomi Klein
What can be broken, should be broken. — Dmitry Pisarev
Traditional history appears to be the defacto recognition of every evil deed that failed to be stopped or eliminated. — Dagobert D. Runes
No system has ever as yet existed which did not in some form involve the exploitation of some human beings for the advantage of others. — John Dewey
The precise moment at which a great belief is doomed is easily recognizable; it is the moment when its value begins to be called into… — Gustave Le Bon
Like other lifeforms, we [humans] exist only to replicate ourselves. — George Monbiot
A great deal of time and intellectual force are lost in the world, because the false seems great and the truth so small and insignificant. — Maria Montessori
He who experiments must, while doing so, divest himself of every preconception. It is clear then that if we wish to make use of a… — Maria Montessori
All human victories, all human progress, stand upon the inner force. — Maria Montessori
All good things were formerly bad things; every original sin has turned into an original virtue. — Friedrich Nietzsche
We must overthrow the material and moral conditions of our present-day life. . . . We must first purify our atmosphere and completely transform the… — Mikhail Bakunin
I am against nationalism, and I am against patriotism. They are both the dark side. It is time not simply to redefine a kinder-and-gentler patriotism,… — Robert Jensen
If you want to scare people, you talk about evil. — Noam Chomsky
Show me a population that is deeply religious and I will show you a servile population, content with whips and chains, ... content to eat… — Hubert Harrison
The laws of history tell us that only when the old is gone can the new take its place. — Wei Jingsheng
Suffering is a byproduct of evolution by natural selection, an inevitable consequence that may worry us in our more sympathetic moments but cannot be expected… — Richard Dawkins
One cannot be a part-time nihilist. — Albert Camus
Destroy or be destroyed-there is no middle way! Let us then be the destroyers! — Mikhail Bakunin
Meanings generating meanings - the process has backed us into a particular corner, a kind of cave, where sunlight seldom enters. — Tarthang Tulku
[S]ince there is no wrong or right, you just reap what you sow. — Peter Murphy
The gun livens things up. The colonized European comes alive, not to the subject and problem of the violence of our circumstances, but because all… — Unknown Author
Regimes collapse when people are no longer afraid and think they're no longer alone. — Unknown Author
The great soul of power extends far beyond states, to every domain of life, from families to international affairs. And throughout, every form of authority… — Noam Chomsky

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