Existence Quotes

4253 Existence quotes by 2188 unique authors

I wonder what it feels like to have no desires left because you have satisfied them all, smothered them with money even before they are… — Vikas Swarup
Those which arise dependently are free of inherent existence. — Gautama Buddha
Analyzing through special insight and realizing the lack of inherent existence constitute understanding of the signless. — Gautama Buddha
Perhaps that is the real surprise of love; it exists, but one may not attribute causes and effects to it. The existence may appear to… — Faraaz Kazi
A realization that the founding principle of existence is what we call love, which works itself out sometimes not clearly, not cleanly, not immediately, nonetheless… — Yann Martel
America, with the same voice which spoke herself into existence as a nation, proclaimed to mankind the inextinguishable rights of human nature, and the only… — John Quincy Adams
History shows that the mere existence of a mass surveillance apparatus, regardless of how it is used, is in itself sufficient to stifle dissent. A… — Glenn Greenwald
But a few understand that building is a great symbol we live in our minds, and existence is the attempt to bring that life into… — Ayn Rand
Skin has become inadequate in interfacing with reality. Technology has become the body's new membrane of existence. — Nam June Paik
When one looks back over human existence however, it is very evident that all culture has developed through an initial resistance against adaptation to the… — Beatrice M. Hinkle
By dint of that concern and because that society was willing to examine its particular reality, Solidarity could come into existence. — Andrzej Wajda
All great art is by its very essence in conflict with the society with which it exists. It expresses the truth about the existence regardless… — Erich Fromm
Generality is, indeed, an indispensable ingredient of reality; for mere individual existence or actuality without any regularity whatever is a nullity. Chaos is pure nothing. — Charles Sanders Peirce
Our life is two fold Sleep hath its own world, A boundary between the things misnamed Death and existence Sleep hath its own world, And… — Lord Byron
CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, author of 'Cogito ergo sum' to demonstrate the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved 'Cogito cogito ergo… — Ambrose Bierce
Making two possibilities a reality. Predicting the future of things we all know. Fighting off the diseased programming Of centuries, centuries, centuries, centuries. Science fails… — Serj Tankian
One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain one bestows on it the name of… — Emile Durkheim
We skim over the surface thoughtlessly. But we must acknowledge that thinking well is a time-consuming process. We can't expect instant results. We have to… — M. Scott Peck
While legislation can stimulate and encourage, the real creative ability which builds up and develops the country, and in general makes human existence more tolerable… — Calvin Coolidge
Design should do the same thing in everyday life that art does when encountered: amaze us, scare us or delight us, but certainly open us… — Aaron Betsky
Designer's derive their rewards from 'inner standards of excellence, from the intrinsic satisfaction of their tasks. They are committed to the task, not the job.… — Alvin Toffler
We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to a lot of… — Chogyam Trungpa
After an existence of nearly twenty years of almost innocuous desuetude these laws are brought forth. — Grover Cleveland
The whole of existence is dancing, except man. The whole of existence is in a very relaxed movement; movement there is, certainly, but it is… — Rajneesh
There is no real teacher who in practise does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it… — Allan Bloom

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