Existence Quotes

4253 Existence quotes by 2188 unique authors

The existence of any pure race with special endowments is a myth, as is the belief that there are races all of whose members are… — Franz Boas
Hate demands existence, and he who hates has to show his hate in appropriate actions and behaviors; in a sense, he has to become hate.… — Frantz Fanon
The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress, without which human society would stand… — Bertrand Russell
Since the most important element of any concept is that its originating question be appropriately framed, any theory demanding an explanation for homosexuality is a… — Sarah Schulman
I tell you that as long as I can conceive something better than myself I cannot be easy unless I am striving to bring it… — George Bernard Shaw
Life often seems like a long shipwreck of which the debris are friendship, glory, and love. - The shores of existence are strewn with them. — Madame de Stael
Suicide may also be regarded as an experiment - a question which man puts to Nature, trying to force her to answer. The question is… — Arthur Schopenhauer
There is only one prospect worse than being chained to an intolerable existence: The nightmare of a botched attempt to end it. — Arthur Koestler
The education of the will is the object of our existence. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Some people like to live without too much risk. They're satisfied leading a safe existence. This attitude of caution infiltrates into their goals. Every successful… — Tom Platz
Man's characteristic privilege is that the bond he accepts is not physical but moral; that is, social. He is governed not by a material environment… — Emile Durkheim
Ah, to build, to build! That is the noblest art of all the arts. Painting and sculpture are but images, Are merely shadows cast by… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Yes, worship of the loving God is man's whole reason for existence. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Early rising not only gives us more life in the same number of years, but adds, likewise, to their number; and not only enables us… — Charles Caleb Colton
The mind is very wild. The human experience is full of unpredictability and paradox, joys and sorrows, successes and failures. We can't escape any of… — Pema Chodron
Space has no "existence." "To exist" literally means "to stand out." You cannot understand space because it doesn't stand out. Although in itself it has… — Eckhart Tolle
Suffering is not holding you. You are holding suffering. When you become good at the art of letting sufferings go, then you'll come to realize… — Rajneesh
How fair is a garden amid the toils and passions of existence. — Benjamin Disraeli
There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the depths of every heart, there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music, and revelry above may cause us to… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
...the existence and increase of our race and nation, the sustenance of its children and the purity of its blood, the freedom and independence of… — Adolf Hitler
It was the hour in which objects lose the consistency of shadow that accompanies them during the night and gradually reacquire colors, but seem to… — Italo Calvino
Love: To feel with one's whole self the existence of another being.... — Simone Weil
Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one's own values in the person of another. One gains a profoundly personal, selfish… — Ayn Rand
"With my desire and drive, I definitely wasn't normal. Normal people can be happy with a regular life. I was different. I felt there was… — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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