“To bear children into this world is like carrying wood to a burning house.” WorldChildrenHouseThis WorldBearsWoodsBurningBurning House Author:Peter Wessel Zapffe
“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.” WorldChildrenChoicesGivenCarefulChosenConceptionCosmicCoinsBeggarBrutalityHesitationChildbirthExaminingDeliberationChildlessness Author:Peter Wessel Zapffe
“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
