"We come from an inconceivable nothingness. We stay……" — Peter Wessel Zapffe
"We come from an inconceivable nothingness. We stay a while in something which seems equally inconceivable, only to vanish again into the inconceivable nothingness."
—
Peter Wessel Zapffe
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
16 Quotes by Peter Wessel Zapffe
Peter Wessel Zapffe has 16 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
In accordance with my conception of life, I have chosen not to bring children into the world. A coin is…
-
Man is a tragic animal. Not because of his smallness, but because he is too well endowed. Man has longings…
-
The seed of a metaphysical or religious defeat is in us all. For the honest questioner, however, who doesn't seek…
-
The tragedy of a species becoming unfit for life by over-evolving one ability is not confined to humankind. Thus it…
-
Each new generation asks – What is the meaning of life? A more fertile way of putting the question would…
-
Know yourselves- be infertile and let the earth be silent after ye.
-
A coin is turned around before it is handed to the beggar, yet a child is unflinchingly tossed into cosmic…
-
When a human being takes his life in depression, this is a natural death of spiritual causes. The modern barbarity…
-
The immediate facts are what we must relate to. Darkness and light, beginning and end.
-
Mankind ought to end its existence of its own will.
-
If one regards life and death as natural processes, the metaphysical dread vanishes, and one obtains peace of mind.
-
As long as humankind recklessly proceeds in the fateful delusion of being biologically fated for triumph, nothing essential will change.
See all 16 quotes by Peter Wessel Zapffe »
More Equally Quotes
This quote is filed under Equally Quotes,
one of 1,261 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because…
— Aristotle
-
Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both…
— Rowan Atkinson
-
I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well.
— Johann Sebastian Bach
-
I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men,…
— Mikhail Bakunin
-
There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and…
— Ansel Adams
-
Life is tragic but it's equally comic.
— John Banville
-
An artist is an artist only because of his exquisite sense of beauty, a sense which shows him intoxicating pleasures,…
— Charles Baudelaire
-
Mothers play an important role as the heart of the home, but this in no way lessens the equally important…
— Ezra Taft Benson
-
The common question that gets asked in business is, 'why?' That's a good question, but an equally valid question is,…
— Jeff Bezos
-
In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in…
— Harry A. Blackmun
-
I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. I'm always amazed how much people…
— Cate Blanchett
-
After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake…
— Joseph Brodsky
See all 1,261 Equally Quotes »