Existence Quotes

4253 Existence quotes by 2188 unique authors

Existence loves laughter. You may have observed, or not, that man is the only animal in the whole of existence who is capable of laughing.… — Rajneesh
Let go, and move closer to existence in silence and peace, in meditation. — Rajneesh
The Bauls say, "Don't try to force anything." Let life be a deep let-go. See God opening millions of flowers every day without forcing the… — Rajneesh
The whole art of allowing the truth to take possession of you is of being vulnerable, of being open, of being in a let-go. Or… — Rajneesh
The real master is only a presence. He has no intentions of being a master. His presence is his teaching. His love is his message.… — Rajneesh
Food ... is the topmost taper on the golden candelabrum of existence. — Donald Barthelme
Mind dissolves only when you don't choose. And when there is no mind, you are for the first time in your crystal clarity, for the… — Rajneesh
Each moment life is new and you have to respond from your inner newness, you have to be available to the new as the new.… — Rajneesh
Relaxation is one of the most complex phenomena - very rich, multidimensional. All these things are part of it: let-go, trust, surrender, love, acceptance, going… — Rajneesh
There is no possibility of relaxation if you have a mind and an ego; the ego is the center of the mind. You will be… — Rajneesh
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

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