“Now, when I say ‘I’ it seems hollow to me. I can no longer manage to feel myself, I am so forgotten. The only real thing left in me is some existence that can feel itself existing.”
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Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea
“To exist is simply to be there; what exists appears, lets itself be encountered, but you can never deduce it.”
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Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea
“It is out of laziness, I suppose, that the world looks the same day after day. Today it seemed to want to change. And in that case anything, anything could happen.”
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Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea
“Something begins in order to end: an adventure doesn’t let itself be extended; it achieves significance only through its death. Towards this death, which may also be my own, I am drawn irrevocably. Each moment appears only to bring on the moments after. To each moment I cling with all my heart: I know that [...]
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Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginners Mind
“Doing something is expressing our own nature. We exist for the sake of ourselves. We do not exist for the sake of something else.”
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Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginners Mind
“Just to be sincere and make our full effort in each moment is enough.”
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Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginners Mind
“Just to continue should be your purpose. When you do something, just to do it should be your purpose.”
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