“This is the terror: to have emerged from nothing, to have a name, consciousness of self, deep inner feelings, an excruciating inner yearning for life and self-expression - and with all this yet to die.” LifeDeathExistentialism Book:The Denial of Death Source: The Denial of Death
“We don’t want to admit that we are fundamentally dishonest about reality, that we do not really control our own lives. We don’t want to admit that we do not stand alone, that we always rely on something that transcends us, some system of ideas and powers in which we are imbedded and which support us. This power is not always obvious. It need not be overtly a god or openly a stronger person, but it can be the power of an all absorbing activity, passion, a dedication to a game, a way of life, that like a comfortable web keeps a person buoyed up and ignorant of himself, of the fact that he does not rest on his own centre. All of us are driven to be supported in a self-forgetful way, ignorance of what energies we really draw on, of the kind of lie we have fashion in order to live securely and serenely.” RealityDeathExistentialismMortalityErnest BeckerThe Denial Of DeathDeath Anxiety Book:The Denial of Death Source: The Denial of Death
“Man cannot endure his own littleness unless he can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level.” MenLevelsEndureExistentialismTranslateExistentialMeaningfulnessDenial Of Death Book:The Denial of Death Source: The Denial of Death
“the best existential analysis of the human condition leads directly into the problems of God and faith” HumansProblemConditionsAnalysisExistentialismHuman ConditionExistentialDenial Of Death Book:The Denial of Death Source: The Denial of Death
