Human Condition Quotes

"Existence precedes and rules essence" "Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man" "The individual is ephemeral, races and nations come and pass away, but man remains" "Why are our days numbered and not, say, lettered?" "We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love." "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth" "Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering, and that is a fact." "I am condemned to be free." "Everything has been figured out, except how to live." "Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance" "Hell is other people" "The intention that man should be happy is not in the plan of Creation." "What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love." "Suffering is civilization" "Nobody dies a virgin... Life fucks us all" "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." "Take a good look around and you'll see, everybody trying hard to feel free." "You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read" "The proper study of mankind is man" "Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness."