Quotes by Suicide Irrevocable commitment to any religion is not only intellectual suicide; it is positive unfaith because it closes the mind to any new vision of the world. Faith is, above all, openness - an act of trust in the unknown. Alan Watts intellectual suicide commitment Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee? Albert Camus optimistic coffee suicide Ah cher ami, how poor in invention men are! They are They always think one commits suicide for a reason. But it's quite possible to commit suicide for two reasons. No, that never occurs to them. So what's the good of dying intentionally, of sacrificing yourself to the idea you want people to have of you? Once you are dead, they will take advantage of it to attribute idiotic or vulgar motives to your action. Martyrs, cher ami, must choose between being forgotten, mocked, or made use of. As for being understood--never! Albert Camus sacrifice suicide thinking Thoughts of suicide have got me through many a bad night. Albert Camus bad-night suicide night There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Albert Camus philosophical suicide philosophy The only serious question in life is whether to kill yourself or not. Albert Camus suicide philosophy life I feel like getting married, or committing suicide, or subscribing to L'Illustration. Something desperate, you know. Albert Camus illustration married suicide There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest — whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories — comes afterwards. These are games; one must first answer. Albert Camus philosophical suicide philosophy For the existentials, negation is their God. To be precise, that god is maintained only through the negation of human reason. But, like suicides, gods change with men. Albert Camus atheism suicide men All healthy men have thought of their own suicide Albert Camus health suicide men But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself. Albert Camus suicide courage life Thus I draw from the absurd three consequences, which are my revolt, my freedom, and my passion. By the mere activity of consciousness I transform into a rule of life what was an invitation to death—and I refuse suicide. Albert Camus passion three suicide Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. Albert Camus suicidal suicide philosophy As soon as one does not kill oneself, one must keep silent about life. Albert Camus silence suicide death The readers who commited suicide after reading 'Werther' were not ideal but merely sentimental readers. Alberto Manguel sentimental reading suicide One thinks one's something unique and wonderful at the center of the universe, when in fact one's just a slight interruption in the ongoing march of entropy. Aldous Huxley unique suicide death The nails from a suicide's coffin, and the skull of the parricide, were of course no trouble; for Vesquit never traveled without these household requisites. Aleister Crowley nails skulls suicide My death will be caused by morphine, which I have deliberately taken with suicidal intent. Alex Campbell suicidal taken suicide Suicides aren't heroic in my opinion. And I don't think anybody ever really knows why somebody commits suicide. Alex Gibney opinion suicide thinking What the fundamentalists are doing is a total negation of their own faith - encouraging and lionizing suicide bombers and killing women and children, hardly in keeping with the teachings of Prophet Mohammed. Alexander Haig teaching suicide children «1234567891011»