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Peter Wessel Zapffe Quotes

To bear children into this world is like carrying wood to a burning house Picture Quote #1

Jesus must have been a psychopath Picture Quote #1

Death is the most certain and the most uncertain event there is Picture Quote #1

We come from an inconceivable nothingness. We stay a while in something which seems equally inconceivable, only to vanish again into the inconceivable nothingness Picture Quote #1

The immediate facts are what we must relate to. Darkness and light, beginning and end Picture Quote #1

Mankind ought to end its existence of its own will Picture Quote #1

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For me, a desert island is no tragedy, neither is a deserted planet Picture Quote #1

Man is a tragic animal. Not because of his smallness, but because he is too well endowed. Man has longings and spiritual demands that reality cannot fulfill. We have expectations of a just and moral world. Man requires meaning in a meaningless world Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

In accordance with my conception of life, I have chosen not to bring children into the world. A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung out into the cosmic brutality without hesitation Picture Quote #1

If one regards life and death as natural processes, the metaphysical dread vanishes, and one obtains peace of mind Picture Quote #1

A coin is turned around before it is handed to the beggar, yet a child is unflinchingly tossed into cosmic bruteness Picture Quote #1

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As long as humankind recklessly proceeds in the fateful delusion of being biologically fated for triumph, nothing essential will change Picture Quote #1

Man beholds the earth, and it is breathing like a great lung; whenever it exhales, delightful life swarms from all its pores and reaches out toward the sun, but when it inhales, a moan of rupture passes through the multitude, and corpses whip the ground like bouts of hail Picture Quote #1

Death is a terrible provocation. It appears almost everywhere, presenting a stern but effective scale for both values and ethical standards Picture Quote #1

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To bear children into this world is like carrying wood to a burning house (Peter Wessel Zapffe Quotes) Jesus must have been a psychopath (Peter Wessel Zapffe Quotes) Death is the most certain and the most uncertain event there is (Peter Wessel Zapffe Quotes) We come from an inconceivable nothingness. We stay a while in something which seems equally inconceivable, only to vanish again into the inconceivable nothingness (Peter Wessel Zapffe Quotes) The immediate facts are what we must relate to. Darkness and light, beginning and end (Peter Wessel Zapffe Quotes) Mankind ought to end its existence of its own will (Peter Wessel Zapffe Quotes) For me, a desert island is no tragedy, neither is a deserted planet (Peter Wessel Zapffe Quotes) Man is a tragic animal. Not because of his smallness, but because he is too well endowed. Man has longings and spiritual demands that reality cannot fulfill. We have expectations of a just and moral world. Man requires meaning in a meaningless world (Peter Wessel Zapffe Quotes) 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 (Peter Wessel Zapffe Quotes) In accordance with my conception of life, I have chosen not to bring children into the world. A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung out into the cosmic brutality without hesitation (Peter Wessel Zapffe Quotes) If one regards life and death as natural processes, the metaphysical dread vanishes, and one obtains peace of mind (Peter Wessel Zapffe Quotes) A coin is turned around before it is handed to the beggar, yet a child is unflinchingly tossed into cosmic bruteness (Peter Wessel Zapffe Quotes) As long as humankind recklessly proceeds in the fateful delusion of being biologically fated for triumph, nothing essential will change (Peter Wessel Zapffe Quotes) Man beholds the earth, and it is breathing like a great lung; whenever it exhales, delightful life swarms from all its pores and reaches out toward the sun, but when it inhales, a moan of rupture passes through the multitude, and corpses whip the ground like bouts of hail (Peter Wessel Zapffe Quotes) Death is a terrible provocation. It appears almost everywhere, presenting a stern but effective scale for both values and ethical standards (Peter Wessel Zapffe Quotes)