Our Existence Quotes

237 Our Existence quotes by 197 unique authors

The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent, but if we can come to terms… — Stanley Kubrick
As I drift back into sleep, I can't help thinking that it's a wonderful thing to be right about the world. To weigh the evidence,… — Richard Russo
Why is it we want so badly to memorialize ourselves? Even while we're still alive. We wish to assert our existence, like dogs peeing on… — Margaret Atwood
There is only one solution if old age is not to be an absurd parody of our former life, and that is to go on… — Simone de Beauvoir
I celebrate myself," the poet Walt Whitman wrote. The thought is so delicious it is almost obscene. Imagine the joy that would come with celebrating… — Joan D. Chittister
It isn't by getting out of the world that we become enlightened, but by getting into the world…by getting so tuned in that we can… — Ken Kesey
Chili, spice of red Thursday, which is the day of reckoning. Day which invites us to pick up the sack of our existence and shake… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Good Morning, on July 7 My thoughts go out to you, my Immortal Beloved I can only live wholly with you or not at all-… — Ludwig van Beethoven
The transitoriness of our existence in now way makes it meaningless. But it does constitute our responsibleness; for everything hinges upon our realizing the essentially… — Viktor E. Frankl
... poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate… — Audre Lorde
Regardless of the staggering dimensions of the world about us, the density of our ignorance, the risks of catastrophes to come, and our individual weakness… — Simone de Beauvoir
At this point, realism is perhaps the least adequate means of understanding or portraying the incredible realities of our existence. — Ursula K. Le Guin
It's the same questions we ask of our existence, and the answer is always the same. The mystery lies not in the question nor the… — Jacqueline Carey
I am convinced by the events of the last few weeks that nefarious forces of people--unidentified but no less real--are threatening life as we know… — Christopher Moore
When I am writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we're capable of, how we feel, how we… — Maya Angelou
I kept running around it in large or small circles, always looking for someone or something able to convince me of my Belovedness. Self-rejection is… — Henri Nouwen
It surprises me how disinterested we are today about things like physics, space, the universe and philosophy of our existence, our purpose, our final destination.… — Stephen Hawking
It’s important that someone celebrate our existence," she objected amiably. "People are the only mirror we have to see ourselves in. The domain of all… — Lois McMaster Bujold
It seemed cruelly unfair to me, even then, how fast your life can change before you have an opportunity to rethink your choices. We should… — Tiffanie DeBartolo
There's a large strain of irony in our human affairs... Interwoven with our affairs is this wonderful spirit of irony which prevents us from ever… — Malcolm Muggeridge
A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence. — Rollo May
At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently, all we can do is… — Brennan Manning
Are we our bodies? Is a small person less than a big person, then? If we were our bodies, then when we lost an arm,… — Terry Goodkind
When we deny the spiritual dimension to our existence, we end up living like animals. And when we deny the physical, sexual dimension to our… — Rob Bell
How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the human consciousness, may be judged from the… — Arthur Schopenhauer

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