Quotes About Existence

Bewigged tragedy has a reason for its existence.

Kad ne bi niko volio, sunce bi se ugasilo.

this spectre encountered the rich man in all his glory; but they did not look at each other, they passed on. This condition of things could thus last for some time. The moment this man perceives that this woman exists, while this woman does not see that this man is there, the catastrophe is inevitable.

Qué pasa con las almas de esos seres que acaban de dejar el seno de Dios cuando se encuentran así desde que nacen pequeñas y desnudas entre los hombres?

There are some men apparently born to be the reverse of the coin; their name is a continuation, and is never written except preceded by the conjunction and. Their existence is not their own.

les hommes sont tous condamnés à mort avec des sursis indéfinis.

As realidades da alma não deixam de ser realidades por não serem visíveis e palpáveis.

Le ore d'estasi non sono che un minuto.

Me acuerdo de haber leído en cierto libro que todos los hombres están condenados a muerte a plazos indefinidos.

bütün insanlar günü belirsiz bir ölüme mahkûmdurlar

A vida é uma invenção medonha não sei de quem. Uma coisa que não dura nada e não vale nada; a gente se mata para viver.

Dying is nothing; what's terrible is not to live.

Ele supunha ter, e talvez tivesse efetivamente, atingido a realidade da vida e da filosofia humana, chegando por fim a não contemplar senão o céu, única coisa que a verdade pode ver do fundo do seu poço.

This book is a drama whose first character is the Infinite. Man is the second.

Avaj! Šta su sve te sudbine tako gurnute i izmešane? Kuda idu? Zašto su takve? Onaj koji to zna vidi sav mrak. On je jedan. Zove se bog.

Siete ben bravi a dirmi dove son nato; io non lo so. Non tutti hanno una casa, per venire al mondo in quella; sarebbe troppo comodo.

Viajar es nacer y morir a cada instante.

Il n'y a dans les religions que cela d'irreductible. Mais cet irreductible suffit. On ne voit pas l'immense être nécessaire; on le sent.

Il faut être mangeant ou mangé.

To divinise is human, to humanise is divine.

Man lives by affirmation even more than by bread.

Memories are who we are, Tul. In the end, that's all the luggage you take with you. Love and memories are what last. That's why your life flashes before your eyes when you die—you're picking the memories you want. It's like packing.

Will ya look at it?" Dad threw his arms wide, as if he wanted to embrace it all. He seemed to be growing before their eyes, like a tree, spreading branches wide, becoming strong. He liked the nothingness he saw, the vast emptiness. It was what he'd come for.

What is, is, and what isn't, isn't.