Existence Quotes

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So many religions are there because so many people are unhappy. A happy person needs no religion; a happy person needs no temple, no church… — Rajneesh
Because all the societies, all the nations, all the cultures, have taken it for granted that the individuals exist for them, not vice-versa. To me,… — Rajneesh
Enlightenment is always through surrender, but surrender is achieved through intelligence. Only idiots cannot surrender. To surrender you need great intelligence. To see the point… — Rajneesh
I repeat again: the male mind is egoistic. You have to learn the way of the feminine, you have to become egoless, you have to… — Rajneesh
Boredom slays more of existence than war. — Norman Mailer
Labor, if it were not necessary for existence, would be indispensable for the happiness of man. — Samuel Johnson
Everyone who observes himself doubting observes a truth, and about that which he observes he is certain; therefore he is certain about a truth. Everyone… — Saint Augustine
Nothing proceeds from nothingness, as also nothing passes away into non-existence. — Marcus Aurelius
I have made a great discovery. I no longer believe in anything. Objects don't exist for me except in so far as a rapport exists… — Georges Braque
The essence of sculpture is for me the perception of space, the continuum of our existence. — Isamu Noguchi
Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence. — Jan Morris
We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life; born a human being, and born a man. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Curiosity has its own reason for existence. — Albert Einstein
Once upon a time ... the only autonomous intelligences we humans knew of were us humans. We thought then that if humankind ever devised another… — Dan Simmons
We need not only a purpose in life to give meaning to our existence but also something to give meaning to our suffering. We need… — Eric Hoffer
You are my heart, my life, my entire existence. — Julie Kagawa
When death comes, he respects neither age nor merit. He sweeps from the earthly existence the sick and the strong, the rich and the poor,… — Andrew Jackson
You have to temper the iron. Every hardship is an opportunity that you are given, an opportunity to grow. To grow is the sole purpose… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
I have often asked Americans wherein they consider their freedom superior to that of the English, but have never found them able to indicate a… — James Bryce
Those whose abilities or knowledge incline them most to deviate from the general round of life are recalled from eccentricity by the laws of their… — Samuel Johnson

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