As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.
- Carl Gustav Jung
- Carl Gustav Jung
“It is not to everyone’s taste that truth should be called pleasant, but at least let no one believe that error becomes truth when it is called unpleasant.”
—Human, All Too Human, “The Wanderer and His Shadow,” §349 (edited).
—Human, All Too Human, “The Wanderer and His Shadow,” §349 (edited).
Merely fact-minded sciences make merely fact-minded people.
- Edmund Husserl, Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology
- Edmund Husserl, Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology
Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.
- Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
- Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
We shall be quiet and wait till a star falls from heaven. Can you see, how above one light appears after the other and they together form a dome! We sit in silence and fold our hands in prayer. We shall be quiet and wait until a star falls from heaven.