I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself.
Hermann HesseTags: humility existentialism existential humble self-loathing self-realization
It is now my intention to draw out from the story of Abraham the dialectical
consequences inherent in it, expressing them in the form of
problemata
, in order to see
what a tremendous paradox faith is, a paradox which is capable of transforming a
murder into a holy act well-pleasing to God, a paradox which gives Isaac back to
Abraham, which no thought can master, because faith begins precisely there where
thinking leaves off.
Tags: faith existentialism fear-and-trembling
If this had not been the case with Abraham, then perhaps he might have loved God but not
believed; for he who loves God without faith reflects upon himself, he who loves God believingly reflects upon God.
Tags: existentialism fear-and-trembling
If we are unable to tolerate ourselves when we are alone, how can we expect anyone else to be enriched by our company? Before we can have a solid relationship with another, we must have a relationship with ourselves. We are challenged to learn to listen to ourselves. We have to be able to stand alone before we can truly stand beside another.
Gerald CoreyTags: existentialism
In the religious myths, the creative will appears personified in God, and man already feels himself guilty when he assumes himself to be like God, that is, to ascribe this will to himself. In the heroic myths on the contrary, man appears as himself, creative and guilt for his suffering and fall is ascribed to God, that is, to his own will. Both are only extreme reaction phenomena of man wavering between his Godlikeness and his nothingness, whose will is awakened to the knowledge of its power and whose consciousness is aroused to terror before it.
Otto RankTags: creativity existentialism
La seriedad (...) se produce por una hiperestimación del tiempo. (...) En la eternidad, sin embargo, no hay tiempo: la eternidad es solo un instante, lo suficientemente largo para una broma.
Hermann HesseTags: eternity time existentialism tiempo existencialismo eternidad eternidade broma
Y lo que, por el contrario, me sucede a mí en las raras horas de placer, lo que para mí es delicia, suceso, elevación y éxtasis, eso no lo conoce, ni lo ama, ni lo busca el mundo más que si acaso en las novelas; en la vida, lo considera una locura. Y en efecto, si el mundo tiene razón, si esta música de los cafés, estas diversiones en masa, estos hombres americanos contentos con tan poco tienen razón, entonces soy yo el que no la tiene, entonces es verdad que estoy loco, entonces soy efectivamente el lobo estepario que tantas veces me he llamado, la bestia descarriada en un mundo que le es extraño e incomprensible, que ya no encuentra ni su hogar, ni su ambiente, ni su alimento.
Hermann HesseTags: life capitalism existentialism modern-life hesse existencialismo lobo lobo-estepario vida-moderna
From now on it is not dying we must fear, but living.
Arundhati RoyTags: fear living existentialism humans dying nuclear-weapons existential-horror
And it's always better, isn't it, when you discover answers on your own?
Veronica RossiTags: inspirational existentialism young-adult guidance
A person is what he says and does; that's how you learn whether his reputation was earned or manufactured.
Orson Scott CardTags: science-fiction existentialism reputation young-adult
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