Existence Quotes

4253 Existence quotes by 2188 unique authors

But we know that freedom cannot be served by the devices of the tyrant. As it is an ancient truth that freedom cannot be legislated… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Especially in times of collective neurosis, the existence of . . . mature people is of crucial importance. — Marie-Louise von Franz
The war between being and nothingness is the underlying illness of the twentieth century. Boredom slays more of existence than war. — Norman Mailer
Boredom rests upon the nothingness that winds its way through existence; its giddiness, like that which comes from gazing down into an infinite abyss, is… — Soren Kierkegaard
Justice has no independent existence; it results from mutual contracts, and establishes itself wherever there is a mutual engagement to guard against doing or sustaining… — Epicurus
In a letter from Bath to her sister, Cassandra, one senses her frustration at her sheltered existence, Tuesday, 12 May 1801. Another stupid party .… — Jane Austen
Reading, therefore, is a co-production between writer and reader. The simplicity of this tool is astounding. So little, yet out of it whole worlds, eras,… — Ben Okri
Choosing is existence. To the extent that you don't choose, you don't exist, — John Barth
Writing has made me a better man. It has put me in contact with those fleeting moments which prove the existence. — Ishmael Reed
Strolling on, it seems to me that the strangeness and wonder of existence are emphasized here, in the desert, by the comparative sparsity of the… — Edward Abbey
I firmly believe, that before many centuries more, science will be the master of man. The engines he will have invented will be beyond his… — Henry Adams
Of distinction by birth or badge, [Americans] had no more idea than they had of the mode of existence in the moon or planets. They… — Thomas Jefferson
Precedents are dangerous things; let the reins of government then be braced and held with a steady hand, and every violation of the Constitution be… — George Washington
United we stand, divided we fall. Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs. — Patrick Henry
The evil that has resulted from the error of the schools, in teaching natural philosophy as an accomplishment only, has been that of generating in… — Thomas Paine
And if a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it's as though I've neglected something essential to my existence, as though… — Richard Avedon
Robots will neither be common nor very good in 2014, but they will be in existence. — Isaac Asimov
Music is, to me, proof of the existence of God. — Kurt Vonnegut
Up to our own day American history has been in a large degree the history of the colonization of the Great West. The existence of… — Frederick Jackson Turner
I'm reluctantly interested in love and helplessly interested in logic and yet they're so conflicting. And they're both necessary for a happy balance, a happy… — Laura Marling
To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is ... the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges the… — John Quincy Adams
But the individual butterfly or earthquake remains just the unique existence which it is. We forget in explaining its occurrence that it is only the… — John Dewey
All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence. — Otto von Bismarck
The great problems of life—sexuality, of course, among others—are always related to the primordial images of the collective unconscious. These images are really balancing or… — Carl Jung
In the dominant Western religious system, the love of God is essentially the same as the belief in God, in God’s existence, God’s justice, God’s… — Erich Fromm

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