Existentialism Quotes

“Death is the impossible possibility, the one which cancels every other possibility.”

“I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finitude.”

“A man said to the universe: 'Sir, I exist!' 'However,' replied the universe, 'The fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.'”

“The possible is the only guide of human life.”

“Existentialism is the only philosophy which doesn't put the 'I' on trial.”

“Nothing is more real than nothing.”

“There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.”

“There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.”

“God created me from nothing. But I have to be creator of myself.”

“I have a basic existentialist sensibility. I'm a nihilist.”

“Every man is an abyss; you get dizzy when you look down.”

“There is an appalling void in me. Sometimes I feel I could stick my fingers in my ears and scream.”

“The real trouble is that we are all suffering from a private and secret neurosis: we are afraid of the void.”

“You may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife. You may ask yourself, 'Well, how did I get here?'”

“I have the impression that I have been condemned to a life of hard labor, and I have not even been told what my crime is.”

“What a fine weather today! Can't choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.”

“Pues no hay dolor más grande que el dolor de ser vivo, ni mayor pesadumbre que la vida consciente.”

“Everybody's wonderin' what and where they all came from. Everybody's worrin' 'bout where they're gonna go when the whole thing's done.”

“What is the point of it all? Not leaving the world a better place, not making a lasting contribution, but simply passing the time as comfortably as possible.”

“What is the point of all of this? The point of all of this is that no one knows what the point of all of this is.”