Quotes from Peter Wessel Zapffe

If one regards life and death as natural processes, the metaphysical dread vanishes, and one obtains peace of mind.

The more a human being in his worldview approaches the goal, the hegemony of love in a moral universe, the more has he become slipshod in the light of intellectual honesty.

Each new generation asks – What is the meaning of life? A more fertile way of putting the question would be – Why does man need a meaning to life?

To bear children into this world is like carrying wood to a burning house.

The seed of a metaphysical or religious defeat is in us all. For the honest questioner, however, who doesn't seek refuge in some faith or fantasy, there will never be an answer.