“I think Nature, if she interests herself much about her children, must often feel that, like the miserable Frankenstein, with her experimenting among the elements of humanity, she has brought beings into existence who have no business here; who can do none of her work, and endure none of her favours; whose life is only suffering; and whose action is one long protest against the ill foresight which flung them into consciousness.” IfsThinkingFeelsChildrenLongActionLife IsSufferingHumanityInterestCan DoExistenceConsciousnessElementsEndureIllMiserableProtestFavourForesight Book:The Nemesis of Faith Source: The Nemesis of Faith
“Being is transcended by a concern for being. Our perplexity will not be solved by relating human existence to a timeless, subpersonal abstraction which we call essence. We can do justice to human being only by relating it to the transcendent care for being.” HumansCareCan DoJusticeHuman BeingsExistenceConcernEssenceTimelessAbstractionHuman ExistenceTranscendentPerplexity Book:Who is Man? Source: Who is Man?
“Losing both parents at a young age gave me a sense that you can't really control life - so you'd better live it while it's here. I stopped believing in a storybook existence a long time ago. All you can do is push in a direction and see what comes of it.” BelieveLongAgeYoungParentCan DoExistenceLong TimeLosingYoung AgeLong Time Ago Author:Jon Hamm
“In Deism our reason and our belief become happily united. The wonderful structure of the universe, and everything we behold in the system of the creation, prove to us, far better than books can do, the existence of a God, and at the same time proclaim His attributes.” BookReasonUniverseBeliefCan DoUnitedExistenceWonderfulCreationProveStructureAttributesDeism Book:The Complete Writings of Thomas Paine Source: The Complete Writings of Thomas Paine
“The artist can't give you an answer that's satisfying to the dreadful reality of your existence. So the best you can do is maybe entertain people and refresh them for an hour-and-a-half.” PeopleGivingRealityArtistCan DoHoursAnswersExistenceHalfSatisfying Author:Woody Allen