The greatest good to a human being is to be a human being, a truth that is not grasped by those who believe they have become something higher.
Father of existentialism
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"The most tremendous energy of which the world is capable is the spiritual energy of a man who is in despair."
Humorous"What is the Absurd? It is, as may quite easily be seen, that I, a rational being, must act in a case where my reason, my powers of reflection, tell me: you can just as well do the one thing as the oth…"
Humorous"The task is to venture out into the deeper waters of existence, to discover oneself in the infinite."
Controversial"The knight of faith is the only happy man, the heir of the finite, whereas the knight of infinite resignation is a stranger and a sojourner."
Controversial"The greatest hazard of all, losing one's self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all."
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