“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.” MenWorldInspirationalWellsRealitySpiritualAnimalMoralHuman NatureDemandExpectationsLongingLawyerMeaning Of LifeTragicMeaninglessFulfillingSmallnessHigh Expectations Author:Peter Wessel Zapffe
“Each new generation asks – What is the meaning of life? A more fertile way of putting the question would be – Why does man need a meaning to life?” MenWayNeedsDoeWould BeAsksGenerationsMeaning Of LifeNew GenerationFertileMeaning LifeWhat Is The Meaning Of LifeWhat Is The Meaning Author:Peter Wessel Zapffe
“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.” MenEarthSunBreathingReach OutMultitudesDelightfulLungsCorpsesWhipsHailInhaleSwarmsRupture Author:Peter Wessel Zapffe
