Existence Quotes

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Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence. — B R Ambedkar
I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence. — Maya Angelou
It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us. — Thomas Aquinas
The intelligent beings in these regions should therefore not be surprised if they observe that their locality in the universe satisfies the conditions that are… — Stephen Hawking
The death of a child is the greatest reason to doubt the existence of God. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
There are two kinds of existentialist; first, those who are Christian...and on the other hand the atheistic existentialists, among whom...I class myself. What they have… — Jean-Paul Sartre
Perhaps it is better in this present world of ours that a revolutionary idea or invention instead of being helped and patted be hampered and… — Nikola Tesla
The pain-body wants to survive, just like every other entity in existence, and it can only survive if it gets you to unconsciously identify with… — Eckhart Tolle
Humanity is at the very beginning of its existence-a new-born babe, with all the unexplored potentialities of babyhood; and until the last few moments its… — James Jeans
Every scientist, through personal study and research, completes himself and his own humanity. ... Scientific research constitutes for you, as it does for many, the… — Pope John Paul II
To play piano is a significant part of my life, my existence. It fulfills a very physical & spiritual need for me. — Michel Legrand
I find it as difficult to understand a scientist who does not acknowledge the presence of a superior rationality behind the existence of the universe… — Wernher von Braun
Nature does not know extinction; all it knows is transformation. ... Everything science has taught me-and continues to teach me-strengthens my belief in the continuity… — Wernher von Braun
Nothing is constant but change! All existence is a perpetual flux of "being and becoming!" That is the broad lesson of the evolution of the… — Ernst Haeckel
The great age of the earth will appear greater to man when he understands the origin of living organisms and the reasons for the gradual… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
We need a new global culture that finds the existence of millions of thirsty people thoroughly and immediately unacceptable. — Jean-Michel Cousteau
We are all given a gift of existence and of being sentient beings, and I think true happiness lies in love and compassion. — Adam Pascal
Math . . . music .. . starry nights . . . These are secular ways of achieving transcendence, of feeling lifted into a grand… — Rebecca Goldstein
If you trace back all those links in the chain that had to be in place for me to be here, the laws of probability… — Jim Al-Khalili
I try to live what I consider a "poetic existence." That means I take responsibility for the air I breathe and the space I take… — Maya Angelou

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