Quotes About Existence

Every man has within himself the entire human condition

We trouble our life by thoughts about death, and our death by thoughts about life.

Life itself is neither a good nor an evil: life is where good or evil find a place, depending on how you make it for them.

Life should be an aim unto itself, a purpose unto itself.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them ~

It is only certain that there is nothing certain, and that nothing is more miserable or more proud than man.

We are never 'at home': we are always outside ourselves. Fear, desire, hope, impel us towards the future; they rob us of feelings and concern for what now is, in order to spend time over what will be – even when we ourselves shall be no more. [C] 'Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius' [Wretched is a mind anxious about the future].

Death is not one of our social managements; it is a scene with one character.

Mon métier et mon art c'est vivre. [My craft and my skill is living.]

Todos los días van hacia la muerte, el último la alcanza.

is only certain that there is nothing certain, and that nothing is more miserable or more proud than man.Nat. Hist., ii. 7.]

We are never at home, we are always beyond. Fear, desire, hope, project us toward the future and steal from us the consideration of what is, to busy us with what will be, even when we shall no longer be. -from Our feelings reach out beyond us

Bir ?ey yapmad?m ne demek? Ya?ad?n?z ya! Bu sizin yaln?z ba?l?ca i?iniz de?il, en parlak, en ?erefli i?inizdir.

L'utilité du vivre n'est pas en l'espace: elle est en l'usage.

D'autant que nous avons cher, estre, et estre consiste en mouvement et action.

Happy are they who can please and delight their senses with things insensate—and who can live off their death.

Tis no wonder, says one of the ancients, that chance has so great a dominion over us, since it is by chance we live.

Illam meae si partem animae tulit Maturior vis, quid moror altera? Nec carus aeque, nec superstes Integer. Ille dies ultramque Ducet ruinam. [Wenn meinen besten Teil der Seele die Parzen vor der Zeit abrissen, was zaudert der andere, der mir nicht lieber, nicht überlebender ist! Ein Tag stürzt uns beide ins Grab.]

Toda la gloria que yo pretendo alcanzar de mi existencia consiste en haberla vivido tranquila; tranquila, no según Metrodoro, Arcesilao o Aristipo, sino según yo mismo. Puesto que la filosofía no supo encontrar ningún camino que condujera a la calma de la vida, y que fuera aplicable a todos, que cada cual lo busque de por sí.

Wij zijn niets dan stukjes en beetjes, verweven tot zó'n vormeloos en onsamenhangend geheel dat elk onderdeel, elk moment, een eigen rol speelt. En er bestaat evenveel onderscheid tussen ons en onszelf als tussen ons en de ander.

To lament that we shall not be alive a hundred years hence, is the same folly as to be sorry we were not alive a hundred years ago.

Her insanda, insanl???n bütün hâlleri vard?r.

Felsefenin insanlara, yaÅŸamaya baÅŸlarken de, ölüme doÄŸru giderken de söyleyecekleri vard?r.

Dünyaya geldiÄŸimiz gün bir yandan yaÅŸamaya, bir yandan ölmeye baÅŸlars?n?z.