Assuming Quote by Merold Westphal

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

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

Like most people of my generation, I fell in love with the philosophy of existentialism. There is no particular religious tradition in my work.…

— Stanley Elkin

“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

“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

Humanity is regarded as unfinished, incomplete, imperfect. We have the possibility of completing ourselves, perfecting ourselves, and all that is necessary for this lies…

— Maurice Nicoll

It is never until one realizes that one means something to others that one feels there is any point or purpose in one's own…

— Stefan Zweig

The aim is not to give human beings real goals that warrant belief, and tasks to share in, but to re-establish "belonging," although this…

— Paul Goodman

“Each person must implement their preferred problem solving method to address existential questions pertaining to life and death, living and loving, working and playing,…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

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

In the desire of the One to know Himself, We exist.

— Rumi