Quotes About Existence

Existence was a chain. Life at one end, vibrant and powerful; nothingness at the other.

knew what you meant." "Think about it, Will. That was the end. We've seen the whole span, beginning to end. Life to nothingness. We know every step of it. Every fading footfall." She paused. "And still don't really know anything, do we?

It's like the parable about a man who dreamed he was a butterfly. When he woke, he couldn't be sure that he wasn't a butterfly dreaming he was a man. And

Life is a raindrop

If I were dead, I wouldn't be sad, and I wouldn't be glad, because I wouldn't be.

Nature abhors annihilation.

The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.

Vivere est cogitare. (To think is to live)

To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one's self to die.

We must learn to accept that there is no meaning to life, but this raises the question whether life is worth living at all – which he saw as the fundamental question of philosophy.

Anxiety is a normal part of human existence, as are other forms of suffering. It is repression of our negative feelings that leads to psychological problems.

While I was not entirely satisfied with the circumstances of my existence, I felt like the possibility of improvement still existed. That I could make happiness happen.

Spirituality is a broad concept, transcending religious boundaries. By virtue of being human, all people are spiritual, regardless of whether or how they participate in religious observance.

Time is not a thing that passes ... it's a sea on which you float.

Any religion is a shadow of God. But the shadows of God are not God.

Just because you are blind, and unable to see my beauty doesn't mean it does not exist.

Just because you are blind, and unable to see my beauty doesn't mean it does not exist.

For me it has always been easier here, where only the fundamentals count, to learn what every man must learn in this world." "And that, my lord?" "Enough of the meaning of life to be ready to die.

the comic inadequacy of consciousness trying to make terms with the rest of everything that is.

One wouldn't want to be responsible for the end, but one might like to be there and know it was all over, the whole bang stupid pointless unnecessarily painful experiment

Time is not a line but a dimension, like the dimensions of space.

if God spoke creation into existence, should we be surprised when creation speaks back to us about God?

We think there is *one* planet called Earth, but there are thousands, even *millions*, like a snake shedding its skin every so often, but with all the old skins still bunched around it. You live inside the creature for quite a while, so it comes as a shock to find you're living now in one of the husked-off skins, and sometimes you can touch and know about the creature as it is now and sometimes you can't.

Chi ti ama c'è sempre, Angela, c'è prima di conoscerti, c'è prima di te.