Existentialism Quote by Leo Strauss

“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

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

— Anita Brookner

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

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

“The existential realm is, from the standpoint of propositional structure, a raging chaos.”

— Murray Krieger

“When all is said and done, this Existentialist precept resonates with me more than any other philosophy of life I know. The idea that…

— Daniel Klein

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

“Heidegger spoke of two modes of existence: the everyday mode and the ontological mode. In the everyday mode we are consumed with and distracted…

— Irvin D. Yalom

“What is critical to being-in-the-world, says Heidegger, is not predicated on what we know about the world but rather on knowing how to live…

— Barbara Bolt

“Existentialism “every appearance in nature corresponds to some state of the mind,” we have entered the familiar Wordsworthian Romantic territory in which nature is…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

My favorite word is existentialism. I can't say it and I'm not quite sure what it means.

— Geri Halliwell