
“There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted.”
"The Adventure Of The German Student".
Source: The Courage to Be (1952), p. 121
“There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted.”
"The Adventure Of The German Student".
“The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.”
Source: Confession (1882), Ch. 5, translated by David Patterson, 1983
Source: A Confession
Why I Am An Agnostic (1929)
Context: To say that God made the universe gives us no explanation of the beginnings of things. If we are told that God made the universe, the question immediately arises: Who made God? Did he always exist, or was there some power back of that? Did he create matter out of nothing, or is his existence coextensive with matter? The problem is still there. What is the origin of it all? If, on the other hand, one says that the universe was not made by God, that it always existed, he has the same difficulty to confront. To say that the universe was here last year, or millions of years ago, does not explain its origin. This is still a mystery. As to the question of the origin of things, man can only wonder and doubt and guess.
“I am also, without doubt, a part of the visible and the invisible Universe. We are one.”
The Saviors of God (1923)
Context: I am NOT nothing! A vaporous phosphorescence on a damp meadow, a miserable worm that crawls and loves, that shouts and talks about wings for an hour or two until his mouth is blocked with earth. The dark powers give no other answer.
But within me a deathless Cry, superior to me, continues to shout. For whether I want to or not, I am also, without doubt, a part of the visible and the invisible Universe. We are one.
Source: 1980s, Laws of Media: The New Science (with Eric McLuhan) (1988), p. 15
“The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.”
Quoted in Halliwell's Filmgoer's and Video Viewer's Companion (1988), p. 403. Seems that this sentence first appeared in an 1968 Playboy Interview "Stanley Kubrick on Mortality, the Fear of Flying, and the Purpose of Existence: 1968 Playboy Interview" http://www.brainpickings.org/2012/07/26/stanley-kubrick-playboy-interview/
Context: The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning. If it can be written or thought, it can be filmed.
Source: Star Maker (1937), Chapter II: Interstellar Travel (pp. 17-18)