Quotes About Existence

they did not know what suffering was, that if they suffered from anything it was precisely this lack of suffering

You're asking me to be a flickering presence.

All these lacrimal events and bouts of depersonalization were no doubt leading, I was then convinced, to the onset of schizophrenia. Indeed, the irony of my recent cardiac diagnosis was that it gave me an objective reason for my emotional turbulences and so was, in that sense, stabilizing: now I was reckoning with a specific existential threat, not just the vacuum of existence.

Who wasn't squatting in one of the handful of prefabricated subject positions proffered by capital or whatever you wanted to call it, lying every time she said "I"; who wasn't a bit player in a looped infomercial for the damaged life?

Another historic storm had failed to arrive, as though we lived outside of history or were falling out of time.

What is the use of living if you cannot eat cheese and pickles?

This earth that we live on is full of stories in the same way that, for a fish, the ocean is full of ocean. Some people say when we are born we're born into stories. I say we're also born from stories.

That you see a star in the night sky does not mean that the star sees you. The universe does not mirror consciousness. Consciousness mirrors the universe.

Is there anything more real than what we have created in our minds?

You take every day for granted. That for you is real. But if you stop taking it for granted it becomes unreal. Unreality makes the work real. If you remember how unreal the world is, you will be fine

I showed you that it is unreality that makes the world real. ' 'I don't understand' 'You take every day for granted. That for you is real. But if you stop taking it for granted it becomes unreal. Unreality makes the world real. If you remember how unreal the world is, you will be fine

When you make sense of something, it tends to disappear. It is only mystery which keeps things alive

We disliked the rigours of existence, the unfulfilled longings, the enshrined injustices of the world, the labyrinths of love, the ignorance of parents, the fact of dying, and the amazing indifference of the Living in the midst of the simple beauties of the universe. We feared the heartlessness of human beings, all of whom are born blind, few of whom ever learn to see.

We don't live in a perfect world, but we do live in the best world that has ever existed.

In place of moral absolutes, they promote moral relativism and sometimes even question the very existence of truth and reality. To them truth and reality are what we subjectively perceive them to be.

Happiness is the pursuit of purpose in our lives. If we have lived with moral purpose, even death becomes less painful.

Essentially, Aquinas argued that all things in life are a combination of actual and potential—that a candle, for example, is a candle right now, and has the potential to become a pool of wax when operated on by fire.

The reason the candle is currently in its state is because of something acting upon it. That something, in turn, is dependent on something else. But, Aquinas argues, that chain cannot continue forever; in the end, there must be a final cause, an Unmoved Mover standing behind things as they are.

Socialism states that you owe me something simply because I exist. Capitalism, by contrast, results in a sort of reality-forced altruism: I may not want to help you, I may dislike you, but if I don't give you a product or service you want, I will starve.

like the 75 billion souls who lived before him, each and every one a treasure, he, too, will die.

Life is for living.

It's impressive when you're such a mysterious fictional character that even avid enthusiasts are debating your existence within the mythos.

Di setiap masyarakat, distingsi-distingsi kelas berpotongan dengan pelbagai sumbu distingsi dan identitas, namun hal ini bukan lantas berarti kita dapat mengabaikan eksistensi mereka. Anda tidak akan menemukan kelas-kelas kecuali Anda sungguh-sungguh mencarinya, menanyakan pertanyaan-pertanyaan dasar seperti "siapa memiliki apa, siapa berbuat apa, siapa mendapat apa, apa yang mereka lakukan dengan itu, apa yang mereka lakukan satu dengan yang lain?

If you refuse to go to the market, how would you know of the existence of others? How would you know of your own existence?