| #41: | If slavery didn't exist, people would have to invent it for themselves. |
| #63: | Searched Twitter for "existential" http://tinyurl.com/cthvfj - "existentialist" http://tinyurl.com/crc2pd |
| #64: | An amusing Twitter™ feed: @notstevenwright (not currently active) - Steven Wright is the best existentialist comedian... existing! |
| #79: | "Existential" is being on the Titanic after the iceberg hits, knowing the ship is sinking and knowing you can't do a damn thing about it. |
| #108: | Is there life after death? Irrelevant. That's another universe. You have to live this life for what it is. - #existentialism |
| #123: | The pothead's lack of initiative is called "amotivational syndrome," which he insists doesn't exist. Know any potheads? You decide. |
| #126: | People who are trapped usually want you to join them. They need to promote their lifestyle and beliefs to justify what they've already done. - #existentialism |
| #158: | You don't need an answer to everything to lead a satisfying life. You just soldier on based on what you do know. - #existentialism |
| #167: | We are all aliens here. One morning we woke up on this strange planet, in a body we didn't choose, living with a really bizarre family. - #existentialism |
| #168: | We all grew up in a protected environment, an artificial one, and the great trauma of life is discovering that the world works differently. - #existentialism |
| #170: | Life is like a episode of "Lost". A lot of it doesn't make much sense, but you keep going anyway. - #existentialism |
| #187: | Before you commit suicide, experiment with "trial suicide" first -- where you give up everything except your life. - #existentialism |
| #211: | James Bond, if he existed, would probably be a sociopath. Licensed to kill, to consume the chicks. No conscience. That's why it's so easy. |
| #214: | "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." (Via @linkibol) - #existentialism |
| #260: | A buffet is the most existential form of dining. Even if you eat together, you must choose alone. |
| #269: | Everyone has a philosophy of life. Even if they can't put it into words, it is guiding their actions. - #existentialism |
| #298: | #1 best existential song: "Desperado" by the Eagles. Lyrics: http://bit.ly/yY6j6 |
| #299: | #2 best existential song: "Let It Be" by the Beatles. The philosophy can be misused, but still a powerful three words. |
| #300: | #3 best existential song: "The Sound of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel. Lyrics: http://bit.ly/1nsD9k One of many "emptiness" songs by Simon. |
| #302: | The philosophy of EXISTENTIALISM says the answers to life's questions come from life itself, not from any outside authority (God, etc.) |
| #303: | Existentialism isn't an atheist philosophy but an agnostic one. We don't know what lies beyond this life. All we know is this one. |
| #304: | Existentialism suggests that no one knows more than you do about what life is all about. All priests and gurus are just as lost as you are. |
| #305: | Existentialism says everything you need to know about life is right in front of you. Life itself provides the data. |
| #306: | To figure out how life works, you conduct experiments and try to deduce the underlying mechanisms. What works? What doesn't? You decide. - #existentialism |
| #307: | Existentialism is seen as a very lonely philosophy. There's no father looking after you, just you and your own choices. |
| #308: | You could argue the life is an illusion. Existentialism says, "So what?" It's the best illusion we have, so we have to respect it's rules. |
| #309: | Existentialism is big on CHOICE. That's all you have. You can choose wisely or poorly, but you are always responsible for what happens. |
| #311: | Under existentialism, there can still be evil. Evil arises from an inconsistency between one part of you and another, called "bad faith." |
| #316: | Under existentialism, no matter what circumstances you're in, you are going to look for choice. How can you improve things or limit damage? |
| #317: | Under existentialism, there's no giving up. Fortune or misfortune, you soldier on, because life is all you've got, and you have to use it. |
| #318: | So where did life come from? Did God make it? I don't know, but it's irrelevant. All that matters is what you do, what you choose. - #existentialism |
| #329: | Engulfment is when you lose control of your own life in service to others. It feels like you're drowning. - #existentialism |
| #331: | Life is inherently lonely. There will always be a limit to how much you can merge with others, so get used to it! - #existentialism |
| #417: | Atheists are boring. LA Times http://bit.ly/fRApW - "atheists are intent on proving that God not only doesn't exist but is evil to boot." |
| #532: | Just as you start getting good at life, it's time to think about dying. - #existentialism |
| #572: | Old age is not a physical problem but existential one. People get so trapped by their past investments that they can't change. |
| #598: | Police owe their existence - and ego - to crime. If they don't find it they are nobody. Find it, and they become powerful. |
| #617: | If UFOs exist, you got to give them credit for obeying the Prime Directive. That's the most you can ask of any alien race. |
| #762: | "Wealth is the ability to fully experience life." - Henry David Thoreau - #existentialism |
| #764: | “The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.” - Henry David Thoreau - #existentialism |
| #772: | The usual penalty for mistakes in life is some form of imprisonment. - #existentialism |
| #775: | On every planet in the universe there are mathematical constants like Pi and existential ones like freedom, death and regret. |
| #778: | Once you see what is really going on in the world around you, life becomes bittersweet. There is no simple happiness. - #existentialism |
| #807: | For every acquisition of an object or obligation, there must be a corresponding "dequisition" of an existing burden. |
| #808: | It is possible to prove that something exists but impossible to prove that it doesn't exist. |
| #828: | Life is like riding a roller coaster backwards. You see a "trend" behind you but not the dips and turns that will mess it up. - #existentialism |
| #894: | My favorite term from the Bush years: "moral clarity". Such a thing does not exist in the real world. |
| #948: | Most of the battle of life is negotiating with yourself. When life doesn't give you what you expect, what will you give up? - #existentialism |
| #953: | Most people spend most of their lives positioning themselves for a life that never happens. Then they die. - #existentialism |
| #965: | Each person has built his life on a platform of delusion. It is not your role to pull it out from under him. - #existentialism |
| #984: | Young people are eager to try any product that promises to give their life meaning. They want to buy an identity, not build one. - #existentialism |
| #996: | This is all you need to know about the meaning of life: No one knows any more than you do! - #existentialism |
| #1006: | My definition for "holographic": something that exists for itself, on its own terms, without need for others. Compare to "holographic will". |
| #1007: | "holographic relationship" - a relationship that exists solely for itself, without any expectation of outside acknowledgment or reward. |
| #1009: | Half the battle of life is learning to see what's actually there in front of you versus what you want to be there. - #existentialism |
| #1032: | People usually choose their life based on how it looks in the brochure, not on how they actually experience it. - #existentialism |
| #1067: | The key asset in life, you may discover too late, is not money but freedom. - #existentialism |
| #1095: | When you learn about some people's frivolous hobbies, you want to scream at them: "IS THIS ALL YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE?!" - #existentialism |
| #1100: | There are no miracles in life, only trade-offs. - #existentialism |
| #1126: | Anyone who has suffered all their life may not be able to digest good fortune. They may require self-imposed misery to remain balanced. - #existentialism |
| #1158: | Life can be described as "negotiation with reality". You arrive on this planet with a set of needs and start bargaining to fill them. - #existentialism |
| #1160: | My list of Best Existential Films: http://bit.ly/RFrU9 (Sept. 08) |
| #1202: | "Pour appartenir vraiment au monde d'aujourd'hui, il faut exister en dehors de lui." @javarome - #existentialism |
| #1221: | "Free will" is discovering that you have a choice when your biology and society say you have none. - #existentialism |
| #1237: | "Free will" is discovering that you have a choice where you thought you had none. - #existentialism |
| #1319: | In a desperately needy world like ours, you don't want to create new responsibilities where none previously existed. |
| #1326: | No one is asking, "Why couldn't Michael Jackson sleep?" There were existential reasons. He was caught in his own emotional conundrums. |
| #1351: | When people buy a luxury product they think they are getting some magical benefit from it that in fact doesn't exist. |
| #1370: | "Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it." - Helen Keller |
| #1379: | The existence or nonexistence of extraterrestrial life is irrelevant to our life on Earth. |
| #1505: | "Enforced belief" is when you have to believe something because your existing investments demand it. That's different from free-will belief. |
| #1518: | One of the great existential struggles of modern life is finding work you like that you can also make enough money at. |
| #1543: | Just because a law exists doesn't mean it will be enforced. An offense has to cross a threshhold of irritation before anyone bothers. |
| #1578: | Childbirth is the world's most narcissistic act. It is creating new responsibilities where none previously existed. |
| #1610: | Misery is the common theme of human existence. |
| #1620: | Misery is one of two common threads of human existence. The other is denial. |
| #1653: | The answer to the biggest questions of existence is simply, "We don't know." Why should that be so hard to accept? |
| #1850: | "There should be tax breaks for couples with no children. Think of the carbon saved by not bringing new people into existence!"@SamPayne1701 |
| #2169: | I dedicate this day to one of the best existential movies of all time: "Groundhog Day". |
| #2271: | Existentialism says that life itself creates its own meaning. You just solve the problems in front of you, in increasing sophisticated ways. |
| #2361: | An existential genius: @TheBosha - Author of many a tweet I wish I wrote myself. |
| #2388: | Oxymoron alert: "Christian existentialism" (The core idea of existentialism is that you don't need a God to tell you what to do.) |
| #2414: | People see barriers where none exist because then they don't have to accept responsibility for their own predicament. |
| #2415: | Existentialism is illustrated in Monty Python's Philosophers' Football Match, when Archimedes shouts "Eureka" and HITS THE DAMN BALL! |
| #2602: | The irony of law enforcement is that it needs crime to justify its existence. It will scare the public to protect its budget. |
| #2712: | Paranoia, once it needs to exist, will always find a reason. |
| #2727: | If Heaven existed, it would be great fun to sit at St. Peter's gate and watch the shock on people's faces. "Not what you expected, is it?" |
| #2855: | Narcissism is the delusion that the world exists "for me". Few will escape from it and see the world for what it really is. |
| #2961: | The depressing thing about advertising is that no matter how stupid it is, there must be someone falling for it or it wouldn't exist. |
| #3036: | The most secure prison is one without bars or locks, that exists only in the mind of the prisoner because he has invested in it. |
| #3105: | The biggest cosmic joke of all would be that God exists but He couldn't care less about us. We would be alone after all! |
| #3407: | The opposite of religion is not atheism but existentialism, the theory that all meaning derives from what you can see and experience. |
| #3675: | People believe what they have to believe to avoid disrupting their existing emotional investments. |
| #3788: | Narcissism: The world exists for me, but none of my mistakes are my own. |