1,690 Quotes About Existence

In one form or the other, the quest for human dignity has proved to be one of the most propulsive elements for wars, civil strife and willing sacrifice. Yet the entitlement to dignity, enshrined among the 'human rights', does not aspire to being the most self-evident, essential need for human survival, such as food, or physical health. Compared to that other candidate for the basic impulse of human existence - self-preservation - it may even be deemed self-indulgent.

Enjoy the time of existence.

The question of being is the darkest in all philosophy.

Tao simply means the ultimate principle that binds the whole existence together. Existence is not a chaos; that much is certain. It is a cosmos. There is immense order in it, intrinsic order in it, and the name of that order is Tao.

Existence is a priceless gift and the beauties of nature are the priceless gifts of the existence!

Never forget your roots, it's the foundation that builds your existence and the secret to your future.

Я считал язык практически сверхъестественной силой, которая заставляет наш мозг, заключенный в череп толщиной в сантиметр, вступать в коммуникацию с другими людьми. Слово приобретает смысл только в общении, а смысл жизни и ее качество неразрывно связаны с глубиной взаимоотношений, в которые мы вступаем. Именно человеческие отношения являются фундаментом значимости существования.

Je vais être minuscule, mais j'ai hâte, car il y a de la noblesse à éprouver son insignifiance, de la noblesse à savoir qu'un coup de vent peut balayer nos vies et ne rien laisser derrière nous, pas même le vague souvenir d'une petite existence.

Yes, yes, yes, he felt uncontrollable tenderness for his own shit-filled life. And a laughable hunger for more. More defeat! More disappointment! More deceit! More loneliness! More arthritis! More missionaries! God willing, more cunt! More disastrous entanglement in everything. For a pure sense of being tumultuously alive, you can't beat the nasty side of existence.