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Existentialism Quotes: "If nothing had any meaning, you would be right. But there is something that still has a meaning."

If nothing had any meaning, you would be right. But there is something that still has a meaning.



Existentialism Quotes: "Modern Existentialism... is a total European creation, perhaps the last philosophic legacy of Europe to America or whatever other civilization is now on its way to supplant Europe."

Modern Existentialism... is a total European creation, perhaps the last philosophic legacy of Europe to America or whatever other civilization is now on its way to supplant Europe.




Existentialism Quotes: "A picture was a motionless record of motion. An arrested representation of life. A picture was the kiss of death pretending to possess immutability."

A picture was a motionless record of motion. An arrested representation of life. A picture was the kiss of death pretending to possess immutability.



Existentialism Quotes: "At that time, I often thought that if I had had to live in the trunk of a dead tree, with nothing to do but look up at the sky flowing overhead, little by little I would have gotten used to it."

At that time, I often thought that if I had had to live in the trunk of a dead tree, with nothing to do but look up at the sky flowing overhead, little by little I would have gotten used to it.





Existentialism Quotes: "The proof that the little prince existed is that he was charming, that he laughed, and that he was looking for a sheep. If anybody wants a sheep, that is a proof that he exists."

The proof that the little prince existed is that he was charming, that he laughed, and that he was looking for a sheep. If anybody wants a sheep, that is a proof that he exists.



Existentialism Quotes: "When a person screams in pain, the actual pain is only half the noise they make. The other half is the terror at being forced to accept that they exist."

When a person screams in pain, the actual pain is only half the noise they make. The other half is the terror at being forced to accept that they exist.




Existentialism Quotes: "I just look around and say, I'm a mess. I don't know why I do things."

I just look around and say, I'm a mess. I don't know why I do things.



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

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



Existentialism Quotes: "You say 'I' and you are proud of this word. But greater than this- although you will not believe in it - is your body and its great intelligence, which does not say 'I' but performs 'I'."

You say 'I' and you are proud of this word. But greater than this- although you will not believe in it - is your body and its great intelligence, which does not say 'I' but performs 'I'.



Existentialism Quotes: "There is no human nature, since there is no god to conceive it."

There is no human nature, since there is no god to conceive it.






Existentialism Quotes: "Theology sits rouged at the window and courts philosophy's favor, offering to sell her charms to it."

Theology sits rouged at the window and courts philosophy's favor, offering to sell her charms to it.



Existentialism Quotes: "the best existential analysis of the human condition leads directly into the problems of God and faith"

the best existential analysis of the human condition leads directly into the problems of God and faith



Existentialism Quotes: "After awhile you could get used to anything."

After awhile you could get used to anything.



Existentialism Quotes: "Obviously, all religions fall far short of their own ideals."

Obviously, all religions fall far short of their own ideals.



Existentialism Quotes: "We only have one life to live, and must go on with it to the end, that if we feel it is meaningless, then we ourselves must give it meaning."

We only have one life to live, and must go on with it to the end, that if we feel it is meaningless, then we ourselves must give it meaning.



Existentialism Quotes: "It is certain that we cannot escape anguish, for we are anguish."

It is certain that we cannot escape anguish, for we are anguish.



Existentialism Quotes: "if we possess a why of life we can put up with almost any how."

if we possess a why of life we can put up with almost any how.



Existentialism Quotes: "It is suicide to be abroad. But what it is to be at home, ... what it is to be at home? A lingering dissolution."

It is suicide to be abroad. But what it is to be at home, ... what it is to be at home? A lingering dissolution.



Existentialism Quotes: "One might be led to suspect that there were all sorts of things going on in the Universe which he or she did not thoroughly understand."

One might be led to suspect that there were all sorts of things going on in the Universe which he or she did not thoroughly understand.




Existentialism Quotes: "Insofar we are death-bound, existence is urgent and frightful. Insofar as are groundless, it is vertiginous and dreamlike. Insofar as we are insatiable, it is unquiet and tormented."

Insofar we are death-bound, existence is urgent and frightful. Insofar as are groundless, it is vertiginous and dreamlike. Insofar as we are insatiable, it is unquiet and tormented.



Existentialism Quotes: "To stay or to go, it amounted to the same thing."

To stay or to go, it amounted to the same thing.



Existentialism Quotes: "Artistic symbols and myths speak out of the primordial, preconscious realm of the mind which is powerful and chaotic. Both symbol and myth are ways of bringing order and form into this chaos."

Artistic symbols and myths speak out of the primordial, preconscious realm of the mind which is powerful and chaotic. Both symbol and myth are ways of bringing order and form into this chaos.



Existentialism Quotes: "I don't really believe anything I say. Because the nature of my work concerns the spaces between the words, rather than the words themselves."

I don't really believe anything I say. Because the nature of my work concerns the spaces between the words, rather than the words themselves.



Existentialism Quotes: "And it's always better, isn't it, when you discover answers on your own?"

And it's always better, isn't it, when you discover answers on your own?



Existentialism Quotes: "It is man's unique privilege, among all other organisms. By pursuing falsehood you will arrive at the truth!"

It is man's unique privilege, among all other organisms. By pursuing falsehood you will arrive at the truth!



Existentialism Quotes: "All creation necessarily ends in this: Creators, powerless, fleeing from the things they have wrought."

All creation necessarily ends in this: Creators, powerless, fleeing from the things they have wrought.



Existentialism Quotes: "The misfortune is that although everyone must come to [death], each experiences the adventure in solitude. We never left Maman during those last days... and yet we were profoundly separated from her."

The misfortune is that although everyone must come to [death], each experiences the adventure in solitude. We never left Maman during those last days... and yet we were profoundly separated from her.



Existentialism Quotes: "One must have at least a readiness to love the other person, broadly speaking, if one is to be able to understand him."

One must have at least a readiness to love the other person, broadly speaking, if one is to be able to understand him.



Existentialism Quotes: "Existence is illusory and it is eternal."

Existence is illusory and it is eternal.




Existentialism Quotes: "Paradise does not exist, but we must nonetheless strive to be worthy of it."

Paradise does not exist, but we must nonetheless strive to be worthy of it.



Existentialism Quotes: "He had stylized himself--life was easier that way. He had chosen a physical mould just as writer chooses a technical form."

He had stylized himself--life was easier that way. He had chosen a physical mould just as writer chooses a technical form.



Existentialism Quotes: "I found motherhood a crash course in existentialism (what is my purpose in life, am I mistress or slave of my destiny, when the hell do I get some sleep?) and [the book] ROOM was the result."

I found motherhood a crash course in existentialism (what is my purpose in life, am I mistress or slave of my destiny, when the hell do I get some sleep?) and [the book] ROOM was the result.



Existentialism Quotes: "Some men become what they were born for."

Some men become what they were born for.



Existentialism Quotes: "Live as long as you please, you will strike nothing off the time you will have to spend dead."

Live as long as you please, you will strike nothing off the time you will have to spend dead.



Existentialism Quotes: "The longest-lived and the shortest-lived man, when they come to die, lose one and the same thing."

The longest-lived and the shortest-lived man, when they come to die, lose one and the same thing.



Existentialism Quotes: "Apparently there is no profit in the unique, or not enough to make it worthwhile to preserve. Ultimately it drains the life out of us, and existentialism starts to make more and more sense."

Apparently there is no profit in the unique, or not enough to make it worthwhile to preserve. Ultimately it drains the life out of us, and existentialism starts to make more and more sense.



Existentialism Quotes: "We do not pray for immortality, but only not to see our acts and all things stripped suddenly of all their meaning; for then it is the utter emptiness of everything reveals itself."

We do not pray for immortality, but only not to see our acts and all things stripped suddenly of all their meaning; for then it is the utter emptiness of everything reveals itself.



Existentialism Quotes: "There are two ways to go to the gas chamber, free and not free."

There are two ways to go to the gas chamber, free and not free.



Existentialism Quotes: "People are like dice. We throw ourselves in the direction of our own choosing."

People are like dice. We throw ourselves in the direction of our own choosing.



Existentialism Quotes: "Life has no meaning a priori… It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose."

Life has no meaning a priori… It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose.



Existentialism Quotes: "I see the insipid flesh blossoming and palpitating with abandon."

I see the insipid flesh blossoming and palpitating with abandon.



Existentialism Quotes: "It's like practicing pole vaulting your entire life, and then getting to the olympics and saying, ‘what the hell did I want to jump over this stupid bar for?"

It's like practicing pole vaulting your entire life, and then getting to the olympics and saying, ‘what the hell did I want to jump over this stupid bar for?



Existentialism Quotes: "...freedom only gives you something to be sorry for."

...freedom only gives you something to be sorry for.



Existentialism Quotes: "Existentialism's first move is to make every man aware of what he is and to make the full responsibility of his existence rest on him."

Existentialism's first move is to make every man aware of what he is and to make the full responsibility of his existence rest on him.