“To draw an analogy: a man's suffering is similar to the behavior of a gas. If a certain quantity of gas is pumped into an empty chamber, it will fill the chamber completely and evenly, no matter how big the chamber. Thus suffering completely fills the human soul and conscious mind, no matter whether the suffering is great or little. Therefore the "size" of human suffering is absolutely relative.”
― Man's Search for Meaning
― Man's Search for Meaning
“Did I write it so as not to go mad or, on the contrary, to go mad in order to understand the nature of madness?”
― Night
― Night
“People. You must love people. Men are admirable. I want
to vomit—and suddenly, there it is: the Nausea”
― Nausea
to vomit—and suddenly, there it is: the Nausea”
― Nausea
“There were always choices to make. Every day, every hour, offered the opportunity to make a decision, a decision which determined whether you would or would not submit to those powers which threatened to rob you of your very self, your inner freedom; which determined whether or not you become the plaything to circumstance, renouncing freedom and dignity.”
― Man's Search for Meaning
― Man's Search for Meaning
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