Existence Quotes

4253 Existence quotes by 2188 unique authors

A philosophy of the history of the human race, worthy of its name, must begin with the heavens and descend to the earth, must be… — Friedrich Ratzel
Those who formally rule take their signals and commands not from the electorate as a body, but from a small group of men. This group… — Arthur Miller
We need a program of psychosurgery for political control of our society. The purpose is physical control of the mind. Everyone who deviates from the… — Jose Manuel Rodriguez Delgado
We have thought of peace as passive and war as the active way of living. The opposite is true. War is not the most strenuous… — Mary Parker Follett
It seems then, say I, that you leave politics entirely out of the question, and never suppose, that a wise magistrate can justly be jealous… — David Hume
"Playing" the resources of characterology for the sake of clarification and insight into the structures of actual existence is many times more daunting than playing… — Kenny Smith
It is one of the great ironies of human history that some mortals with incorrect understanding of God and life's purposes sometimes scold God because… — Neal A. Maxwell
Productiveness is your acceptance of morality, your recognition of the fact that you choose to live-that productive work is the process by which man's consciousness… — Ayn Rand
.. the word ecology, coined by the German biologist and philosopher Ernst Haeckel (initially as oecology) in 1866. derives from the Greek oikos, "referring originally… — Unknown Author
The human family has invaluable friends and irreplaceable allies in the plant and animal worlds. We cannot continue to tug at the web of life… — Van Jones
It has become obligatory to fulfil a function which shall in some way be regarded as useful to the masses...Even an articulated mass always tends… — Karl Jaspers
Life without chocolate is just an existence — Unknown Author
Those who deny the existence of a supreme being have been turned into second-class citizens by a government that continuously sends messages that 'real Americans'… — Michael Newdow
What is wanted - whether this is admitted or not - is nothing less than a fundamental remolding, indeed weakening and abolition of the individual:… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The greatest writers of this age... are aware of the mystery of our existence. — J. B. Priestley
We hear much nowadays as to the speculative ideas of men concerning the condition beyond the grave; but the admission that there is an individual… — James E. Talmage
A perfect life is like that of a ship of war which has its own place in the fleet and can share in its strength… — Philip Gilbert Hamerton
I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite -… — Henry David Thoreau
However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone. — Recep Tayyip Erdogan
We were determined by public opinions of us. Would we think we existed without outside confirmation? And how long would we live apart from others… — Doris Grumbach
Pour out wine till I become a wanderer from myself; for in selfhood and existence I have felt only fatigue. — Unknown Author
If you take responsibility for what you are doing to yourself, how you produce your symptoms, how you produce your illness, how you produce your… — Frederick Salomon Perls
Is there an existence that is only mine? — Russell Hoban
The excitement of life is in the numinous experience wherein we are given to each other in that larger celebration of existence in which all… — Thomas Berry
The magic moment is the moment when a 'yes' or a 'no' can change our whole existence. — Paulo Coelho

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