“I always had an existential crisis, trying to figure out ‘what does it all mean?’ I came to the conclusion that if we can advance the knowledge of the world, if we can expand the scope and scale of consciousness, then, we’re better able to ask the right questions and become more enlightened. That’s the only way to move forward.” IfsWorldWayTryingMeanDoeAbleMovingAsksConsciousnessFiguresCrisisScalesMoving ForwardConclusionEnlightenedExistentialScopeRight QuestionsExistential CrisisKnowledge Of The World Author:Elon Musk
“The universe is biased toward consciousness because the universe wants to be noticed. It's a way into existential hope that doesn't have too much cliché wrapped around it.” WayWantUniverseConsciousnessToo MuchExistentialBiased Author:John Green
“Like students going to school, the planes on their bombing missions fly over Beijing each morning. And each time I hear their engines attack the air I feel a certain slight tension, as if I were witnessing the invasion of Death, though this heightens my consciousness of the existence of Life.” IfsFeelsSchoolCertainExistenceConsciousnessMorningAirStudentsMissionsPlanesTensionEnginesExistentialInvasionBombingBeijingExistence Of Life Author:Lu Xun
“If I wrote about "being [abstraction]" I would be ignoring existential issues (such as death, limited-time, the arbitrary nature of the universe, the mystery of consciousness) that I feel affect me most in my life and think about most of the time. Another reason is that it doesn't seem specific or accurate, to me, to write about "being [abstraction]." I think there are some other reasons.” IfsThinkingFeelsWritingReasonSeemsWould BeUniverseConsciousnessIssuesMysteryAccurateExistentialAbstractionArbitraryLimited Time Author:Tao Lin
“The point of reading is to inhabit a consciousness that doesn't belong to the reader, immersing yourself in a life that's wholly realized. And a huge facet of our psychic and existential make-ups is the things we're not proud of, things we didn't ask to experience, the scenarios we flubbed.” ReadingAsksConsciousnessHugeReaderProudExistentialPsychicsScenariosFacetsImmersing Yourself Author:Joshua Mohr
“In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence and loathing seizes him.” MenExistenceConsciousnessAbsurdExistentialismExistentialAbsurdityLoathingAwfulness Book:The Birth of Tragedy Source: The Birth of Tragedy
“Consciousness and Healing To proceed very far through the desert, you must be willing to meet existential suffering and work it through. In order to do this, the attitude toward pain has to change. This happens when we accept the fact that everything that happens to us has been designed for our spiritual growth.” Has BeensFactsHappensPainSpiritualSufferingOrderGrowthHealingConsciousnessAttitudeAcceptingWillingDesertSpiritual GrowthWorking ItExistential Author:M. Scott Peck