Quotes: Nihilism as Problem that existence ought not to be

•If you imagine, in so far as it is approximately possible, the sum total of distresses, pain and suffering of every kind which the sun shines upon in its course, you will have to admit it would have been much better if the sun had been able to call up the phenomenon of life as little on earth as on the moon...[Schopenhauer, On the Suffering of the World]

•"The conviction that the world, and therefore man too, is something which really ought not to exist is in fact calculated to instill in us indulgence towards one another; for what can be expected of beings placed in such a situation as we are?...the appropriate form of address between man and man ought to be, not monsieur, sir, but fellow sufferer, compagnon de miseres...reminds us of what are the most necessary of all things: tolerance, patience, forbearance and charity...[Schopenhauer, On the Suffering of the World]

•"...does it not look as if existence were an error the consequences of which gradually grow more and more manifest?"[Schopenhauer, On the Vanity of Existence]