Existence Quotes

4253 Existence quotes by 2188 unique authors

To make images is a way of ordering one's world, of exploring and understanding one's relationship to existence. ... The images we make are often… — Unknown Author
Existence was given us for action, rather than indolent and aimless contemplation; our worth is determined by the good deeds we do, rather than by… — Elias Lyman Magoon
The natural inclination of man is to rely solely upon himself and to ignore the purpose of his existence as well as his relationship to… — Delbert L. Stapley
By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by… — Harry A. Blackmun
Rebirth is an affirmation that must be counted among the primordial affirmations of mankind. The concept of rebirth necessarily implies the continuity of personality. Here… — Carl Jung
As far back as I can remember I have unconsciously referred to the experiences of a previous state of existence. — Henry David Thoreau
The virtues we acquire, which develop slowly within us, are the invisible links that bind each one of our existences to the others - existences… — Honore de Balzac
This life is only one of a series of lives which our incarnated part has lived. I have little doubt of our having pre-existed; and… — Charles George Gordon
The great danger to the consumer is the monopoly -whether private or governmental. His most effective protection is free competition at home and free trade… — Milton Friedman
If service is the rent you pay for your existence on this earth, are you behind in your rent? — Robert G. Allen
Human material existence is limited by ideas, not stuff, people don't need copper wires they need ways to communicate, oil was a contaminant, then it… — Paul Romer
The general struggle for existence of animate beings is not a struggle for raw materials, these for organisms are air water & soil, all abundantly… — Ludwig Boltzmann
I used to live an isolated existence, even in relationships, but now my family knows me for who I really am. Mostly, that's a good… — Tim Allen
My research offers impressive evidence that we feel better when we attempt to make our world better...to have a purpose beyond one's self lends to… — Gail Sheehy
A distracted existence leads us to no goal — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
And now it's your turn - the time to answer the greatest challenge of our existence on this planet is now. — Leonardo DiCaprio
To call ourselves a Microcosme, or little world, I thought it onely a pleasant trope of Rhetorick, till my neare judgement and second thoughts told… — Thomas Browne
It is in this mutual dependence of the functions and the aid which they reciprocally lend one another that are founded the laws which determine… — Georges Cuvier
There is no instrument for measuring the pressure of the Ether, which is probably millions of times greater: it is altogether too uniform for direct… — Oliver Lodge
If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason… — Ulysses S. Grant
Economics brings into view that conflict of choice is one of the permanent characteristics of human existence. — Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins
Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence. — Tennessee Williams
Like every beginner, I have thought you could beat, pummel and thrash an idea into existence. Under such treatment, of course, any decent idea folds… — Ray Bradbury
Each thing that exists remains forever, and that very existence of existence is proof of its eternity. But without that realization, which is the knowledge… — Khalil Gibran
There is a totalitarian regime inside every one of us. We are ruled by a ruthless politburo which sets our norms and drives us from… — Eric Hoffer

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