His Existence Quotes
137 quotes by 112 authors
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The orthodox believers in God are divided into two camps, one of which maintains that the existence of God is as demonstrable as any mathematical…
— Annie Besant
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A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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If there be a God and one has never sought him, it will be small consolation to remember that one could not get proof of…
— George MacDonald
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It is an insult to God to believe in God. For on the one hand it is to suppose that he has perpetrated acts of…
— Galen Strawson
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If an American was condemned to confine his activity to his own affairs, he would be robbed of one half of his existence.
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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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
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Science is rooted in the will to truth. With the will to truth it stands or falls. Lower the standard even slightly and science becomes…
— Max Wertheimer
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Man is meant for happiness and this happiness is in him, in the satisfaction of the daily needs of his existence.
— Leo Tolstoy
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Socialism is the doctrine that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that his life and his work do not belong to…
— Ayn Rand
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There is not a single contemporary historical mention of Jesus, not by Romans or by Jews, not by believers or by unbelievers, during his entire…
— Dan Barker
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The assumed instinctive belief in God has been used by many persons as an argument for his existence. But this is a rash argument, as…
— Charles Darwin
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I am aware that the assumed instinctive belief in God has been used by many persons as an argument for his existence. The idea of…
— Charles Darwin
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Geology is rapidly taking its place as an introduction to the higher history of man. If the author has sought to exalt a favorite science,…
— James Dwight Dana
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The natural inclination of man is to rely solely upon himself and to ignore the purpose of his existence as well as his relationship to…
— Delbert L. Stapley
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There is a totalitarian regime inside every one of us. We are ruled by a ruthless politburo which sets our norms and drives us from…
— Eric Hoffer
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I am willing to allow that smoking is a moral weakness, but on the other hand, we must beware of the man without weaknesses. He…
— Lin Yutang
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Optimism is not only a false but also a pernicious doctrine, for it presents life as a desirable state and man's happiness as its aim…
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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If we consider how greatly he has sinned against the masses in the course of the centuries, how he has squeezed and sucked the blood…
— Adolf Hitler
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A God capable of continuously monitoring and controlling the individual status of every particle in the universe cannot be simple. His existence is going to…
— Richard Dawkins
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The purpose of architecture is to shelter and enhance man’s life on earth and to fulfill his belief in the nobility of his existence,
— Eero Saarinen
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