What Is Existence Quotes

Ethical existence [is] the highest manifestation of spirituality.

Seeing well transforms mere existence into the art of living.

Physical strength therefore is one of the first conditions of happiness and even of the existence of nations.

To be an abstraction does not mean that an entity is nothing. It merely means that its existence is only a factor of a more concrete element of nature.

A comely female inhabiting the Mohammedan Paradise to make things cheery for the good Mussulman, whose belief in her existence marks a noble discontent with his earthly spouse, whom he denies a soul.

Ours is the commencement of a flying age, and I am happy to have popped into existence at a period so interesting.

There is a huge amount of shame connected to the feeling of not being loved, because love and family, biological or not, confirms our existence. Everyone needs to be seen, accepted and loved.

When I look for my existence I do not look for it in myself.

Knowledge is to certain extent a second existence.

I write songs and I sing them from the deepest part of my existence and I hope they connect with the deepest part of yours.

That God has managed to survive the inanities of the religions that do Him homage is truly a miraculous proof of His existence.

God, who needs nothing, loves into existence wholly superfluous creatures in order that he may love and perfect them.

Whether you call the principle of existence "God," "matter," "energy," or anything else you like, you have created nothing; you have merely changed a symbol. Eastern and Western Thinking, 1938

whiskey makes the heart beat faster but it sure doesn't help the mind and isn't it funny how you can ache just from the deadly drone of existence?

The best defense against the terror of existence are the homely comforts of love, work, and family life, which connect us to a world that is independent of our wishes yet responsive to our needs.

Do we look like thrill-seekers? Wasn't it enough that we had to put up that sign reading NO HABLA ESPANOL and acknowledge the existence of thirty percent of the population, even in the negative?

Ultimately, the reason why love and compassion bring the greatest happiness is simply that our nature cherishes them above all else. The need for love lies at the very foundation of human existence.

When Jesus directs us to pray, "Thy kingdom come," he does not mean we should pray for it to come into existence.

Everything in my own immediate experience supports my deep belief that I am the absolute center of the universe, the realest, most vivid and important person in existence.

The visual arts must communicate to the human spirit, forcing individuals to reflect on themselves and their existence beyond their own self-interest.

They are looking in utter darkness for that which has no existence whatsoever.

How can you know what is missing if you’ve never met it? You must know of something’s existence before you can notice its absence.

I think that the existence of Beethoven is remarkable, but I do not bristle at the suggestion that this event had a low probability given the initial state of the universe.

There are lots of people in the world whose existence doesn't revolve around American culture.

Is perception equivalent to existence?

The average American has separated his private life from his existence as a member of his society, and leaves that to the specialists in the government to take care of.

Science's tools will never prove or disprove God's existence.

When you meditate deeply, you will see beyond life and death. You will see that you can't die and you can't be reborn. You are existence itself.

There's a resonance inside us, a sense of who we are. We're a multi-bodied traveler. We're an essence. We're a feeling, an awareness that has an ancient existence.

All of the energy of existence is going to flow through you. You will be in thousands of planes of consciousness at once or beyond in nirvana or having a sandwich with a friend.

As a working hypothesis to explain the riddle of our existence, I propose that our universe is the most interesting of all possible universes, and our fate as human beings is to make it so

The person lives most beautifully who does not reflect upon existence

By reading this message you are denying its existence and implying consent.

Let go the past, let go the future, and let go the present (front, back, middle). Crossing to the farther shore of existence, with mind released everywhere, do not further undergo birth and decay.

Not even nothingness preceded life. Nothingness owes its very idea to existence.

If we will but let our God and Father work His will with us, there can be no limit to His enlargement of our existence

Existence is a miracle, and, morally considered, a free gift from moment to moment.

The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism.

The tragic solemnity of existence strikes us with terrible force on that morning when we wake to find the mournful words "too late" ringing in our ears.

It is only Christianity, the great bond of love and duty to God, that makes any existence valuable or even tolerable.

It is often the case with a new idea that when it comes knocking on society's door with modesty and the best premises for its existence, there is a tremendous outcry from inside.

Boundaries have no existence save on charts or in small minds. Nature does not draw lines.

The physical is only a small aspect of existence. In this cosmos, not even 1% is physical - the rest is non-physical.

A ghetto can be improved in one way only: out of existence.

But the question is, whether the animals who endure such sufferings of various kinds for the service and entertainment of man, would accept existence upon the terms on which they have it.

In the existence of our lives, there are many coincidences that bring people together, but there's only one person that will own your heart forever.

There is no way to be in cyclic existence without creating the causes of suffering.

To the contrary: His life hummed with meaning and purpose. But the meaning he wrested from existence lay beyond the comfortable path: McCandless distrusted the value of things that came easily.

The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what awaken and mobilize my activities, my capacities.

You can't breathe dead hippo waking, sleeping, and eating, and at the same time keep your precarious grip on existence.