Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Famous Quotes in the Story

Some of the famous quotes from this story are cleverly intertwined into the meaning behind the lives of PAUL and CHERYL and that of our humanity.

Frederich Nietzsche

 

Frederich Nietzsche, a nineteenth German philosopher, was widely known for his influence in existentialism (the perspective of philosophical thinking is determined by the individual and the experiences of the individual). This was in contrast to the widely-accepted Scientific thinking and Moral thinking in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

"That which does not kill me, makes me stronger."

~ Frederich Nietzsche

 

Victor Frankl, and Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist was famous for his influence on humanistic psychologists and existential philosophy. A Holocaust survivor, Frankl is known for his best-selling book, Man's Search for Meaning.

 

Victor Frankl

 

"Suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds meaning."

~ Victor Frankl

 

 

 

Richard David Bach, author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, and known for his love of flying, was also quoted in the early manuscript of 'Neitzsche.'

"You're never given a wish without also the power to make it come true.

You may have to work at it, however."

~Richard David Bach