Mere Existence Quotes
19 quotes by 16 authors
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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
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The world is a construct of our sensations, perceptions, memories. It is convenient to regard it as existing objectively on its own. But it certainly…
— Erwin Schrodinger
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Meditation speaks. It speaks in silence. It reveals. It reveals to the aspirant that matter and spirit are one, quantity and quality are one, the…
— Sri Chinmoy
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I don't have to write jokes. I don't have to write insults. If you ask the man of the hour in the hot seat, my…
— Rachael Ray
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History shows that the mere existence of a mass surveillance apparatus, regardless of how it is used, is in itself sufficient to stifle dissent. A…
— Glenn Greenwald
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No matter the specific techniques involved, historically mass surveillance has had several constant attributes. Initially, it is always the country’s dissidents and marginalized who bear…
— Glenn Greenwald
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The question of historicity and actuality with regard to gods and unicorns is a relatively trifling matter which may be left to antiquarians and biologists,…
— Odell Shepard
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Life does not have meaning through mere existence or acquisition or fun. The meaning of life is inherent in the connections we make to others…
— Laura Schlessinger
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The mere existence of atomic weapons implies the possibility of their use.
— Georgy Zhukov
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Just as drowning cannot be equated with swimming, mere existence is not the same as abundant life. We have been offered a new way to…
— Jon Foreman
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When I was a fairly precocious young man I became thoroughly impressed with the futility of the hopes and strivings that chase most men restlessly…
— Albert Einstein
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Life to the great majority is only a constant struggle for mere existence, with the certainty of losing it at last.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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The man of great wealth owes a peculiar obligation to the state because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of government.
— Theodore Roosevelt
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Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But ideal mankind would abolish death, multiply itself million upon million,…
— D. H. Lawrence
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I am quite likely to re-act to the opposite extreme - to feel rapturously that the world is beautiful and mere existence something to thank…
— Lucy Maud Montgomery
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If life — the craving for which is the very essence of our being — were possessed of any positive intrinsic value, there would be…
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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The mere existence of conscience, that faculty of which people prate so much nowadays, and are so ignorantly proud, is a sign of our imperfect…
— Oscar Wilde
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You Are The Only One Who Can Directly Control The Outcome Of Your Life. And No, It Won't Always Be Easy. Every Person Has A…
— Pacifiersucker
Who Wrote These Mere Existence Quotes
16 authors contributed a total of 19 Mere Existence Quotes as follows: