In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The absurd depends as much on man as on the world. For the moment, it is all that links them together.
Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that's what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity.
Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any exception.
That thing of hell and eternal punishment is the most absurd, as well as the most disagreeable thought that ever entered into the head of mortal man.
People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization.
As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where it ends.
Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make the attempt. That's morality, that's religion, that's art, that's life.
A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.
The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen.