Existentialism Quotes

"Boredom is the root of all evil the despairing refusal to be oneself" "We are on earth to help others; what the others are here for, I don't know " "What is the point of being on this Earth if you are going to be like everyone else?" "The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but pitiless indifference" "The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. In a universe of electrons and selfish genes, blind physical forces and genetic replication, some people are going to get hurt, other people are going to get lucky, and you won’t find any rhyme or reason in it, nor any justice" "I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens." "There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke" "Most of us have two lives. The life we live and the unlived life within us" "The soul is the prison of the body" "The universe doesn't owe us condolence or consolation; it doesn't owe us a nice warm feeling inside." "We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes." "If you accept that the universe is arbitrary, what's the big deal? It just is" "You are not born a woman, but become one" "To exist is to dare to throw oneself into the world" "People are strange: they are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice."