Abe Lohnes

“In life, a man commits himself, draws his own portrait and there is nothing but that portrait. no doubt this thought may seem comfortless to one who has not made a success of his life. On the other hand, it puts everyone in a position to understand that reality alone is reliable; that dreams, expectations and hopes serve to define a man only as deceptive dreams, abortive hopes, expectations unfulfilled; that is to say, they define him negatively, not positively.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, Existentialism is a Humanism

“There are many, indeed, who show no such anxiety. But we affirm that they are merely disguising their anguish or are in flight from it.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, Existentialism is a Humanism

“Infinite resignation is that shirt in the old fable. The thread is spun with tears, bleached by tears, the shirt sewn in tears, but then it also gives better protection than iron and steel. A defect of the fable is that a third party is able to make the material. The secret in life is that everyone must sew it for himself.”
― Soren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling

“What's true of all the world's ills is also true of the plague. It might help a few people grow. Nonetheless, when you see the suffering and the pain it brings, you'd have to be crazy, blind, or cowardly to resign yourself to the plague.”
― Albert Camus, The Plague