Quotes About Existence

Erigena's argument holds the key to a theological justification (in other words, a theodicy) of shit.

L'existence en tant que telle confrontée au temps en tant que tel... Cette confrontation s'appelle l'ennui

A merda é um problema teológico mais difícil que o mal. Deus ofereceu a liberdade ao homem e,portanto, pode admitir-se que ele não é responsável pelos crimes da humanidade. Mas a existência de merda incube inteiramente àquele que criou o homem, e só a ele.

the idea of eternal return implies a perspective from which things appear [...] without the mitigating circumstances of their transitory nature

Las preguntas verdaderamente serias son aquéllas que pueden ser formuladas hasta por un niño. Sólo las preguntas más ingenuas son verdaderamente serias. Son preguntas que no tienen respuesta. Una pregunta que no tiene respuesta es una barrera que no puede atravesarse. Dicho de otro modo: precisamente las preguntas que no tienen respuesta son las que determinan las posibilidades del ser humano, son las que trazan las fronteras de la existencia del hombre.

a humor az emberi dolgok viszonylagosságának mámora; különös gyönyör?ség, mely abból a bizonyosságból fakad, hogy nincs bizonyosság.

Everyone has trouble accepting the fact he will disappear unheard of and unnoticed in an indifferent universe, and everyone wants to make himself into a universe of words before it's too late.

Pero ¿qué valor puede tener la vida si el primer ensayo para vivir es ya la vida misma? Por eso la vida parece un boceto. Pero ni siquiera boceto es la palabra precisa, porque un boceto es siempre un borrador de algo, la preparación para un cuadro, mientras que el boceto que es nuestra vida es un boceto para nada, un borrador sin cuadro.

Milan Kundera

A nostalgia do Paraíso é o desejo que o homem tem de não ser homem.

Ä°nsan hayat?na son verebilir ama ölümsüzlüÄŸüne son veremez.

We can never know what we want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come. Was it better to be with Tereza or to remain alone? There is no means of testing which decision is better, because there is no basis for comparison. We live everything as it comes, without warning, like an actor going on cold. And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself?

Hayat bir kere yaÅŸand??? için yarg?lanamaz.

Por uma certa parte de nós mesmos, vivemos todos além do tempo. Talvez só tomemos consciência da nossa idade em certos momentos excepcionais, sendo, na maior parte do tempo, uns sem-idade

That's because you've only known life in its worst aspect, said Dr. Skreta. You've never known how to live. You've always thought that it was your duty to be, as they say, in the thick of things. In the core of reality. But what was that reality for you?

He looked at her, and she seemed unreal to him. This woman, whose face he was unable to recall when he was away from her, now presented herself to him as his life sentence. (Like all of us, Klima considered reality to be only what entered his life from inside, gradually and organically, whereas what came from outside, suddenly and randomly, he perceived as an invasion of unreality. Alas, nothing is more real than that unreality

Sempre se orgulhara de ter vivido intensamente; mas essa expressão "viver intensamente" era uma pura abstração; procurando o conteúdo concreto dessa "intensidade", não descobriu senão um deserto onde vagava o vento

The absolute absence of a burden causes man to be lighter than air, to soar into the heights, take leave of the earth and his earthly being, and become only half real, his movements as free as they are insignificant

Nunca se pode saber o que se deve querer porque só se tem uma vida que não pode ser comparada com vidas anteriores nem rectificada em vidas posteriores.

Som oftest søker man tilflukt til fremtiden for å unngå lidelsen. Vi forestiller oss en strek trukket tvers over tidens gang, og bortenfor den streken skal dagens lidelse opphøre å eksistere.

The daily defecation session is daily proof of the unacceptability of Creation. Either/or: either shit is acceptable (in which case don't lock yourself in the bathroom!) or we are created in an unacceptable manner.

Tragedien hennes var ikke vektens, men letthetens tragedie. Det som hadde senket seg ned over henne, var ikke en byrde, men tilværelsens uutholdelige letthet.

That feeling, that irrepressible yearning to return, suddenly reveals to her the existence of the past, the power of the past, of her past; in the house of her life there are windows now, windows opening to the rear, onto what she has experienced; from now on her existence will be inconceivable without these windows.

O futuro não a interessava; desejava a eternidade; a eternidade é o tempo que se deteve, que se imobilizou; o futuro torna a eternidade impossível (...)