Life to the great majority is only a constant struggle for…

If life — the craving for which is the very essence of our being — were possessed of any positive intrinsic value, there would…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“Human life must be some kind of mistake. The truth of this will be sufficiently obvious if we only remember that man is a…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

To exist (in mathematics), said Henri Poincaré, is to be free from contradiction. But mere existence does not guarantee survival. To survive in mathematics…

— Mark Kac

“The lad, like many another, owed nothing to his father but his mere existence—Heaven knows whether that gift is oftenest a curse or a…

— Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

“asked. ‘Just that mere existence is not enough. One exists by barter. One lives by giving – and taking.’ ‘I”

— John Wyndham

Seeing well transforms mere existence into the art of living.

— Alexandra Stoddard

There is no mission, nor interest to convert, and yet I believe that if this state of consciousness could become more universal, the pretentious…

— Alan Watts

The mere existence of atomic weapons implies the possibility of their use.

— Georgy Zhukov

Over the years, I've found that I either live life or write about it. I can't seem to do both simultaneously - I have…

— Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Most actors don't know what they're going to do next, so you get into this thing where you have to force yourself to have…

— Winona Ryder

Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy,…

— Olusegun Obasanjo

The constant struggle in mature life, I think, is to accept the necessity of tragedy and conflict, and not to try to escape to…

— Sylvia Plath

I had a long distance relationship going while we were writing the album so a lot of it is about that constant struggle— you…

— Caleb Followill

The wisest among my race understand that agitations of social equality is the extremist folly, and that progress in the enjoyment of all privileges…

— Booker T. Washington

I believe it's true that there's good and evil in everyone and it's a constant struggle to have your better angels prevail.

— William Friedkin