All Quotes By Tag: Existentialism

“We have started the journey- no turning back now. Three steps lie between us and the goal:(1) Know who you are.(2) Know what you need.(3) Get it.These steps need to be taken in sequence. I cannot know what I need before I know who I am. I cannot go after what I need before I know what I need.”

“Where is all my wisdom, then? I behaved stubbornly, pursuing a semblance of order, when I should have known well that there is no order in the universe.”

“[Y]ou are here to learn something. Don’t try to figure out what it is. This can be frustrating and unproductive.”

“If you want good luck; you must go out there and search for that luck!! Because luck is waiting for you to look for it.”

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

“Sky is not a limit for me; because I have no limit for myself in life. Because life is a world full of risk taking and possibilities. No matter how hard or easy life is; I will always find a way to enjoy myself; even in the mist of circumstances; because problems is a sense of adventure in sheep’s clothing.”

“You look up when you wish to be exalted. And I look down because I am exalted.”

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

“…he said firmly, “God can help you. All the men I’ve seen in your position turned to Him in their time of trouble.” “Obviously,” I replied, “they were at liberty to do so, if they felt like it.” I, however, didn’t want to be helped, and I hadn’t time to work up interest for something that didn’t interest me.”

“What gave you this idea of an imperfect god?”I don’t know. It seems quite feasible to me. That is the only god I could imagine believing in, a god whose passion is not a redemption, who saves nothing, fulfills no purpose–a god who simply is.”

“Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.”

“Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.”

“Among all the creatures of creation, the gods favor us: We are the only ones who can empathize with their problems.”

“Perhaps the Creator of this strange place knows us better than we know ourselves. Perhaps humanity was meant to eternally ponder the purpose and importance of our own existence. If we were assured of either, we’d be intolerable creatures.”

“I am a psychological and historical structure. Along with existence, I received a way of existing, or a style. All of my actions and thoughts are related to this structure, and even a philosopher’s thought is merely a way of making explicit his hold upon the world, which is all he is. And Yet, I am free, not in spite of or beneath these motivations, but rather by their means. For that meaningful life, that particular signification of nature and history that I am, does not restrict my access to the world; it is rather my means of communication with it”