Existence Quotes

4253 Existence quotes by 2188 unique authors

Penetrate deeply in the secret existence of anyone about you, even of the man or woman whom you count happiest, and you will come upon… — Myrtle Reed
The tie is stronger than that between father and son and father and daughter. The bond is also more complex than the one between mother… — Carol Klein
Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing. — G I Gurdjieff
Whoever today speaks of human existence in terms of power, efficiency, and historical tasks is an actual or potential assassin. — Albert Camus
I am willing to allow that smoking is a moral weakness, but on the other hand, we must beware of the man without weaknesses. He… — Lin Yutang
It is only through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; Through Art and art only that we can shield ourselves… — Oscar Wilde
The day will come when all nations amidst which the Jews are dwelling will have to raise the question of their wholesale expulsion, a question… — Franz Liszt
Skeptics, who flatly deny the existence of any unexplained phenomenon in the name of 'rationalism,' are among the primary contributors to the rejection of science… — Jacques Vallee
The multitude of the sick shall not make us deny the existence of health. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Optimism is not only a false but also a pernicious doctrine, for it presents life as a desirable state and man's happiness as its aim… — Arthur Schopenhauer
To me it seems not unreasonable to find a re-enforcement of optimism, a renewal of courage and hope, in the modern theory that man has… — James Russell Lowell
Of course, the latter made no secret of his attitude toward the Jewish people, and when necessary he even took the whip to drive from… — Adolf Hitler
If we consider how greatly he has sinned against the masses in the course of the centuries, how he has squeezed and sucked the blood… — Adolf Hitler
To divide one's life by years is of course to tumble into a trap set by our own arithmetic. The calendar consents to carry on… — Clifton Fadiman
The kingdom of heaven is already in existence if we will have it, that perfection is already in man if he will see it. — Swami Vivekananda
Once upon a time, I thought faeries lived only in books, old folktales, and the past. That was before they burst upon my life as… — Brian Froud
Therefore for Spirits, I am so far from denying their existence that I could easily believe, that not only whole Countries, but particular persons, have… — Thomas Browne
Mathematics would certainly have not come into existence if one had known from the beginning that there was in nature no exactly straight line, no… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Here lies interred in the eternity of the past, from whence there is no resurrection for the days - whatever there may be for the… — Lord Byron
The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their strength -each asking from… — Simone de Beauvoir
Man owes his strength in the struggle for existence to the fact that he is a social animal. — Albert Einstein
When forced to summarize the general theory of relativity in one sentence: Time and space and gravitation have no separate existence from matter. — Albert Einstein
The satisfaction of physical needs is indeed the indispensable pre-condition of a satisfactory existence, but in itself it is not enough. In order to be… — Albert Einstein
Perhaps we become aware of our existence only when we feel on our skin the touch of a place that has no name, that connects… — Andrzej Stasiuk
The only proof for the existence of God is that without God you couldn't prove anything. — Cornelius Van Til

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