Human Existence Quotes

193 Human Existence quotes by 157 unique authors

Paganism is that view of life which finds the highest goal of human existence in the healthy and harmonious and joyous development of existing human… — John Gresham Machen
Or perhaps it is just that desire lies at the heart of human existence. When we turn away from one desire, we must find another… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
To encounter the sacred is to be alive at the deepest center of human existence. Sacred places are the truest definitions of the earth; they… — N. Scott Momaday
So one must be resigned to being a clock that measures the passage of time, now out of order, now repaired, and whose mechanism generates… — Stanislaw Lem
School days, I believe, are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks, new and unpleasant ordinances,… — H. L. Mencken
Change is one of the scariest things in the world and yet it is also one of those variables of human existence that no one… — Aberjhani
Bad artists ignore the darkness of human existence. Good artists often get stuck there. Great artists embrace the full catastrophe of our condition and find… — Martha Beck
There is a beautiful expression of this in the Chandogya Upanishad: 'There is this City of Brahman, (that is the body), and in this city… — Bede Griffiths
When the universe is ephemeral, one can easily feel that human existence is meaningless. Why should I do anything at all? On the other hand… — Erlend Loe
Our lives are unique stones in the mosaic of human existence -- priceless and irreplaceable. — Henri Nouwen
I'm more than ever of the opinion that a decent human existence is possible today only on the fringes of society, where one then runs… — Hannah Arendt
Thus the man who is responsive to artistic stimuli reacts to the reality of dreams as does the philosopher to the reality of existence; he… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Forgiveness is an absolute necessity for continued human existence. — Desmond Tutu
School days, I believe, are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence. — H. L. Mencken
If it is true, as I have tried to show, that love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem ofhuman existence, then… — Erich Fromm
The spirit of a production-centered, commodity-greedy society is such that only the non-conformist can defend himself sufficiently against it. Those who are seriously concerned with… — Erich Fromm
Architecture is the frame of human existence. We must dedicate this existence more to beauty. For if poetic principle has deserted us, how long are… — Frank Lloyd Wright
In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of being alive without a sense of identity. — Erik Erikson
Luck really has nothing to do with human existence, since God is not a random God. — Monica Johnson
Grace is a much more accurate word to use when dealing with the state of human existence. God gives us unmerited favor through Jesus Christ,… — Monica Johnson

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