Human Existence Quotes

193 Human Existence quotes by 157 unique authors

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a… — H. L. Mencken
Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience - by a wider and deeper apprehension of the significance and scope of human existence. — Herbert Read
The thing about Mumbai is you go five yards and all of human existence is revealed. It's an incredible cavalcade of life, and I love… — Julian Sands
The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and… — Tom Wolfe
The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, is the central and… — Thomas Wolfe
It is related that Sakyamuni [the historical Buddha] once dismissed as of small consequence a feat of levitation on the part of a disciple, and… — Peter Matthiessen
Envy, envy eats them alive. If you had money, theyâ€™d envy you that. But since you donâ€™t, they envy you for having such a good,… — Dean Koontz
Awareness is the power that is concealed within the present moment. â€¦ The ultimate purpose of human existence, which is to say, your purpose, is… — Eckhart Tolle
Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling. — Simone Weil
in addition to the conditions under which life is given to man on earth, and partly out of them, men constantly create their own, self-made… — Hannah Arendt
Balm of the summer night, balm of the ordinary, imperial joy and sorrow of human existence, the dreamed as well as the livedâ€” what could… — Louise GluÌˆck
The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself. — William Blake
Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made. — Immanuel Kant
Compassion is the chief law of human existence. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry,… — Abraham Kuyper
And for adults, the world of fantasy books returns to us the great words of power which, in order to be tamed, we have excised… — Jane Yolen
When we three spoke ourselves into human existences the Son of God, we became fully human. We also chose to embrace all the limitation that… — William P. Young
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence. — Aristotle
The way of peace is a soul journey. . . . If you can live from the level of your soul, you are doing something… — Deepak Chopra
Saying this, he turned his head toward the window as if he were trying to solve the problems of human existence by concentrating on the… — Khalil Gibran

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