Existence Quotes

4253 Existence quotes by 2188 unique authors

In its 400 years of existence, storytellers never evolved the book as a storytelling device. — Joe Sabia
Agriculture probably required a far greater discipline than did any form of food collecting. Seeds had to be planted at certain seasons, some protection had… — Charles Heiser
Everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease and herb to cure it, and every person a mission. This is the Indian theory of… — Unknown Author
Nobody loves life like an old man. — Sophocles
When I was young, I was a hunter, walking wooded hillsides with confident steps and a gun in my hand. I knew the blur of… — Unknown Author
Cultivation of meditative stability alone, will not destroy the discrimination of inherent existence. Afflictive emotions can return, making all sorts of disturbances — Gautama Buddha
Everything changes when you start to emit your own frequency rather than absorbing the frequencies around you, when you start imprinting your intent on the… — Barbara Marciniak
Why are you so sure parallel lines exist? Believe nothing, merely because you have been told it, or because it is traditional, or because you… — Gautama Buddha
The science [geometry] is pursued for the sake of the knowledge of what eternally exists, and not of what comes for a moment into existence,… — Plato
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you… — Gautama Buddha
A certain portion of mankind do not believe at all in the existence of the gods. — Plato
As we survey all the evidence, the thought insistently arises that some supernatural agency-or, rather, Agency-must be involved. Is it possible that suddenly, without intending… — George Greenstein
The uninitiated are those who believe in nothing except what they can grasp in their hands, and who deny the existence of all that is… — Socrates
Whether it is seen in personal terms or trans-personal terms, whether it is Heaven or Nirvana or Happy Hunting Ground or the Garden of Paradise,… — John Smith
Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn! Look to this Day! For it is Life, the very Life of Life. In its brief course lie… — Kalidasa
Islam is a way of life which opens the heart to the meaning of existence. Thus any increase of outward splendor is usually a sign… — Unknown Author
I am confident that there truly is such a thing as living again, that the living spring from the dead, and that the souls of… — Socrates
Non-believers in the greenhouse scenario are in the position of those long ago who doubted the existence of God ... fortunately for them, the Inquisition… — Unknown Author
I believe that you're great, that there's something magnificent about you. Regardless of what has happened to you in your life, regardless of how young… — Michael Beckwith
That I had never heard of such a bird did not surprise me.... But others more experienced also did not know of the Carolina Parakeet.… — Christopher Cokinos
Any materialist philosophy must take as its point of departure the existence of a material world that is independent of our minds. — Manuel De Landa
Maybe learning how to be out in the big world isn't the epic journey everyone thinks it is. Maybe that's actually the easy part. The… — Meghan Daum
The subject who speaks is situated in relation to the other. This privilege of the other ceases to be incomprehensible once we admit that the… — Claudia Rankine
True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence. — Henri Frederic Amiel
God's existence cannot be deduced by reason alone. — William of Ockham

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