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Existence Quotes by William James
- Science can tell us what exists; but to compare the worths, both of what exists and of what does not exist, we must consult not…
- There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.
- Regarding mutual tolerance: It is negative in one sense, but positive in another. It absolutely forbids us to be forward in pronouncing on the meaninglessness…
- The further limits of our being plunge, it seems to me, into an altogether other dimension of existence from the sensible and merely understandable world.…
- The unrest which keeps the never stopping clock of metaphysics going is the thought that the nonexistence of this world is just as possible as…
- Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
- The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one.
- The lunatic's visions of horror are all drawn from the material of daily fact. Our civilization is founded on the shambles, and every individual existence…
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- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The primary quality that Lao Tzu seems to emobdy is humility, which is the image of water - seeking the common level… — Frederick Lenz
- Lao Tsu says the way of life is ancient, timeless. It is existence which he calls the Tao - a mysterious source,… — Frederick Lenz
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- It's no accident, I think, that tennis uses the language of life. Advantage, service, fault, break, love, the basic elements of tennis… — Andre Agassi
- The real master is only a presence. He has no intentions of being a master. His presence is his teaching. His love… — Rajneesh
- The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. — Aristotle