Christianity Quote by Gabriel Vahanian

Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society.

— Anita Brookner

“Existentialism is no mournful delectation but a humanist philosophy of action, effort, combat, and solidarity. Man must create his own essence: it is in…

— Jean-Paul Sartre

Existentialist philosophy recognizes the existence of the individual as the real purpose of human life. The recognition is basically atheistic and it encourages the…

— Goparaju Ramachandra Rao

“Among philosophical tendencies, existentialism owes much to Gnosticism, and today an increasing number of folk in many walks of life profess to being Gnostic.”

— Stephan A. Hoeller

It is here that we encounter the central theme of existentialism: to live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the…

— Viktor E. Frankl

When I first heard the word existential, I didn't know what it meant. But then I found out that no one knows what it…

— Francine Pascal

The existential attitude is one of involvement in contrast to a merely theoretical or detached attitude. "Existential" in this sense can be defined as…

— Paul Tillich

“Existentialism is a 'movement' which like all such movements has a flabby periphery and a hard center. That center is the thought of Heidegger.”

— Leo Strauss

Existentialism means that no one else can take a bath for you.

— Delmore Schwartz

“Atheistic existentialism, of which I am a representative, declares with greater consistency that if God does not exist there is at least one being…

— Jean-Paul Sartre

Existentialism does not offer to the reader the consolations of an abstract evasion: existentialism proposes no evasion. On the contrary, its ethics is experienced…

— Simone de Beauvoir

All existence is a manifestation of God.

— Sri Aurobindo