“Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is.”

I confused things with their names: that is belief.

Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.

She believed in nothing. Only her scepticism kept her from being an atheist.

Tme is too large, it can’t be filled up. Everything you plunge into it is stretched and disintegrates.

There is a universe behind and before him. And the day is approaching when closing the last book on the last shelf on the far left; he will say to himself, “now what?

I am a mere breath of air; a formless thought that thinks of you.

I do not think, therefore I am a moustache.

The worst part about being lied to is knowing you weren’t worth the truth.

To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while.

I am myself and I am here.

Little flashes of sun on the surface of a cold, dark sea.

Death is a continuation of my life without me.

Nothing happens while you live. The scenery changes, people come in and go out, that’s all. There are no beginnings. Days are tacked on to days without rhyme or reason, an interminable, monotonous addition.

We must act out passion before we can feel it.

Life has no meaning a priori, It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose.

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

This is the most profound question in life: ‘What is the nature of my existence?’

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

We are too late for the gods and too early for Being.

Every individual concerned to justify his existence feels that his existence involves an undefined need to transcend himself, to engage in freely chosen projects.

It is not without cause that men feel the burden of their existence, though they are themselves the cause of those burdens.

The secret to your existence is right in front of you. It manifests itself as all those things you know you should do but are avoiding.

Insight is not about arriving at better perspectives for the existing situation but seeing new possibilities. What you need for this is clarity within yourself.

Obstacles do not exist to be surrendered to, but only to be broken.