Nihilism Quotes

135 Nihilism quotes by 77 unique authors

If God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish Him. — Mikhail Bakunin
There is no other world. Nor even this one. What, then, is there? The inner smile provoked in us by the patent nonexistence of both. — Emile M. Cioran
The atheism and nihilism of my earlier years now seems shallow, and even a bit cocky. — Anne Rice
There must be somebody there, because somebody must have said "Nobody. — A A Milne
It is complete nihilism to propose laying down arms in a world where atom bombs are around. It is very simple: there is no way… — Karl Popper
In face of this modern nihilism, Christians are often lacking in courage. We tend to give the impression that we will hold on to the… — Francis Schaeffer
Most of us will still take nihilism over neanderthalism. — David Foster Wallace
the problem is not suffering itself or oblivion itself but the depraved meaninglessness of these things, the absolutely inhuman nihilism of suffering. — John Green
He was simply someone who floated through our lives and didn't seem to care how flatly he perceived everyone or that he'd shared our secret… — Bret Easton Ellis
Science investigates, religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power, religion gives man wisdom which is control. Science deals mainly with facts, religion deals… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
what are you looking for? There is no Truth. There's only action, action obeying a million different impulses, ephemeral action, action subjected to every possible… — Blaise Cendrars
My grandfather was a practising Quaker. My father was a nihilist. But nihilism, if you like, is the beginning of faith anyway. — Sebastian Horsley
I believe that we are all, openly or secretly, struggling against one or another kind of nihilism. — Ellen Willis
The middle way is a view of life that avoids the extreme of misguided grasping born of believing there is something we can find, or… — Sharon Salzberg
Nearly half of the American population is eagerly anticipating the end of the world. This dewy-eyed nihilism provides absolutely no incentive to build a sustainable… — Sam Harris
The Stockholm syndrome of life. We're the prisoners to our bondage. Death is the entrance into the divine of nothing. We're the divine creation of… — Jeremy Limn
Life is meaningless. I see all aspects of life as negating. — Jeremy Limn
Life has no purpose no meaning. We're but meaningless, and everything else is meaningless. — Jeremy Limn
We're innately nothing. — Jeremy Limn
Life means nothing. Only something for those who think it means something. — Jeremy Limn
Nothing is beautiful. Nothing is comforting. — Jeremy Limn
Every single detail in life is negating. — Jeremy Limn
Nothing is pure, nothing is the answer to life. — Jeremy Limn
Politicians serve no purpose, they're meaningless. — Jeremy Limn
You're all meaningless not even a whisper could stop me thinking you were meaningless. — Jeremy Limn

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