Famous quotes containing the words active and/or nihilism:
“In this lucid and flexible pattern only one thing remained always stationary, but this fallacy went unnoticed by Martha. The blind spot was the victim. The victim showed no signs of life before being deprived of it. If anything, the corpse which had to be moved and handled before burial seemed more active than its biological predecessor.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (18991977)
“Nihilism: any aim is lacking, any answer to the question why is lacking. What does nihilism mean?that the supreme values devaluate themselves.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)
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