Existentialism Quote by Stephan A. Hoeller

“Gnosticism may rightly be described as an alien religion in that it explores mankind’s cosmic alienation; the belief that this is not all there…

— Gordon White

“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 possible only in a world where God is dead or a luxury, and where Christianity is dead.

— Gabriel Vahanian

Existentialism is the kind of philosophy that makes for legendary children.

— Norman Mailer

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

“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

“Gnosticism is a system of thought based on interior, psychospiritual experience. This being the case, it is not surprising that Gnosticism emphasizes states of…

— Stephan A. Hoeller

“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

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

“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

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