Existence Quotes
4253 Existence quotes by 2188 unique authors
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If there is one place on the face of the earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very…
— Romain Rolland
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Religion is the great balm of existence because it takes us outside ourselves, connects us to something larger
— Robert Greene
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Barbara Bush has her finger on the pulse of America. Im so glad shes back and more compassionate than ever, ... Thats right, of course…
— Sandra Bernhard
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There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other…
— C.S. Lewis
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One of the most pathetic aspects of human history is that every civilization expresses itself most pretentiously, compounds its partial and universal values most convincingly,…
— Reinhold Niebuhr
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Empathy lies at the heart of Gatsby, like so many other great novels-the biggest sin is to be blind to others problems and pains. Not…
— Azar Nafisi
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The misery of other people is only an abstraction something that can be sympathized with only by drawing from one's own experiences. But as it…
— Nicole Krauss
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There is also purpose in life which is almost barren of both creation and enjoyment and which admits of but one possibility of high moral…
— Viktor E. Frankl
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Human existence may be simpler than we thought. There is no predestination, no unfathomed mystery of life. Demons and gods do not vie for our…
— E. O. Wilson
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Most software has a tiny essence that justifies its existence, everything after that is wants and desires mistaken for needs and necessities.
— David Heinemeier Hansson
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I write because to write a new sentence, let alone a new poem, is to cross the threshold into both a larger existence and a…
— Jane Hirshfield
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I can maintain my sense of the sacredness of existence only by understanding my own limitations and losing my self-importance.
— Jim Harrison
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I don't see gender as the most significant fact of human existence.
— Jim Harrison
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From my own being, and from the dependency I find in myself and my ideas, I do, by an act of reason, necessarily infer the…
— George Berkeley
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The question between the materialists and me is not, whether things have a real existence out of the mind of this or that person, but…
— George Berkeley
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The most important thing for me is the direct observation of nature in its light-filled existence.
— August Macke
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Talk of world peace is heard today only among the white peoples, and not among the much more numerous coloured races. This is a perilous…
— Oswald Spengler
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If you're sincerely seeking God, God will make His existence evident to you.
— William Lane Craig
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The renaissance of Christian philosophy has been accompanied by a resurgence of interest in natural theology, that branch of theology that seeks to prove God's…
— William Lane Craig
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There's no obvious reason to assume that the very same rare properties that allow for our existence would also provide the best overall setting to…
— Unknown Author
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I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
— Thomas A. Edison
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Nobody knows whether our personalities pass on to another existence or sphere, but if we can evolve an instrument so delicate to be manipulated by…
— Thomas A. Edison
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They say much about the Einstein's theory now. According to Einstein the ether does not exist and many people agree with him. But it is…
— Nikola Tesla
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We are not alone. Even now there are thousands of beings in heaven watching what is going on down here—a ‘great cloud of witnesses,’ the Scripture…
— Francis Chan
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If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give, the higher values of life…
— Christopher Dawson
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