Quotes about Existence

45 quotes about Existence

Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence.

Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence.

Quote by Charles Dickens about existence

Joy is the mental reflex of the pure existence-of an...

Joy is the mental reflex of the pure existence-of an existence capable only but itself.

Quote by Emil Cioran about existence

No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.

Quote by Alan Alda about existence

I mean that's a big part of our existence here on earth, the personal relationship we have with the person that we love, with the person that we make love to, with the person that we share our lives with. We expect a lot of things back from our...

Quote by Erykah Badu about existence

An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's...

An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about existence

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, ...

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about existence

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition...

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.

Quote by Aristotel about existence

But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about existence

Man's love is of man's life a part; it is a woman's whole existence. In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about existence

What person of intelligence could endure other rounds in...

What person of intelligence could endure other rounds in this dreadful existence in this most dreadful world?

Quote by Taylor Caldwell about existence

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so...

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

Quote by Albert Camus about existence

In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice.

Quote by Charles Dickens about existence

My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about existence

Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their...

Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about existence

I regret the whole worlds that will never come into existence, the children, the grandchildren, all the human possibilities that never were and never will be.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about existence

The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is...

The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.

Quote by Jim Fowler about existence

In the usual progress of things, the necessities of a...

In the usual progress of things, the necessities of a nation in every stage of its existence will be found at least equal to its resources.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about existence

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails.

Quote by James Joyce about existence

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random...

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.

Quote by Franz Kafka about existence

The issue of the common good is related to the beliefs of...

The issue of the common good is related to the beliefs of communitarians regarding the personality or the separate existence of groups.

Quote by Tom G. Palmer about existence

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