Existence Quotes

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

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

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.

Global warming and rising temperatures in the Arctic jeopardize the polar bear's very existence. Polar bears cannot survive without sea ice. Polar bears could disappear in our lifetime if we don't take action.

People are afraid of things they don't understand. They don't know how to relate. It threatens their security, their existence, their career, image.

From a clear knowledge of the Bhagavad-Gita all the goals of human existence become fulfilled. Bhagavad-Gita is the manifest quintessence of all the teachings of the Vedic scriptures.

The soldier who fights to death never dies, but the soldier who fights for existence never truly exists.

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

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.

If, in the present chaotic and shameful struggle for existence, when organized society offers a premium on greed, cruelty, and deceit, men can be found who stand aloof and almost alone in their determination to work for good rather than gold, who suffer want and persecution rather than desert principle, who can bravely walk to the scaffold for the good they can do humanity, what may we expect from men when freed from the grinding necessity of selling the better part of themselves for bread?

A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them into revolt neither has nor deserves the prospect of a lasting existence.

The reason why China suffers bitterly from endless wars is because of the existence of feudal lords and kings.

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.

Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity.

Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity.

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.

From wonder into wonder existence opens.

Dualists hold that body and soul are separate entities and that the soul will continue beyond the existence of the physical body.

We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence... on pain of liquidation.

Until the building of Solomon's temple the unity of worship according to it had, properly speaking, never had any existence; and, moreover, it is easy to read between the lines that even after that date it was more a pious wish than a practical demand.

Once you accept the existence of God - however you define him, however you explain your relationship to him - then you are caught forever with his presence in the center of all things.

One has to accept pain as a condition of existence. One has to court doubt and darkness as the cost of knowing. One needs a will stubborn in conflict, but apt always to the total acceptance of every consequence of living and dying.