Jean Paul
Jean Paul
Jean Paul, born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, was a German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth21 March 1763
CountryGermany
suicide ideas solitude
I felt myself in a solitude so frightful that I contemplated suicide. What held me back was the idea that no one, absolutely no one, would be moved by my death, that I would be even more alone in death than in life.
philosophical men choices
Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.
thinking ugh want
I am. I am, I exist, I think, therefore I am; I am because I think, why do I think? I don't want to think any more, I am because I think that I don't want to be, I think that I . . . because . . . ugh!
no-exit
You are -- your life, and nothing else.
life existentialism moments
Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal.
inspirational learning growth
We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.
inspirational philosophical passion
We must act out passion before we can feel it.
inspirational attitude freedom
Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.
book library important
I had found my religion: nothing seemed more important to me than a book. I saw the library as a temple.
life spiritual witty
Everything has been figured out, except how to live.
years differences hours
Several hours or several years make no difference once you have lost eternity.
believe men existence
I do not believe in God; his existence has been disproved by Science. But in the concentration camp, I learned to believe in men.
philosophy philosophical want
We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are - that is the fact.
choices our-choices
We are our choices.