Quotes About Existence

An idea abstracted from man does not fully exist…. There is no word that is not also flesh.

We say 'forest' but this word is made of the unknown, the unfamiliar, the unencompassed. The earth. Clods of dirt. Pebbles. On a clear day you rest among ordinary, everyday things that have been familiar to you since childhood, grass, bushes, a dog (or a cat), a chair, but that changes when you realize that every object is an enormous army, an inexhaustible swarm.

Isn't it true (I thought), that one is almost never present, or rather never fully present, and that's because we have only a halfhearted, chaotic and slipshod, disgraceful and vile relationship with out surroundings.

Some of us – poets are not exactly poets. We live sometimes – beyond the word.

As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our existence, I have formed during the last few years such close relationships with this best and truest friend of mankind that death's image is not only no longer terrifying to me, but is indeed very soothing and consoling.

A man dies ... only a few circles in the water prove that he was ever there. And even they quickly disappear. And when they're gone, he's forgotten, without a trace, as if he'd never even existed. And that's all.

Der Schluß ist dann so wie alle wirklichen Schlüsse im Leben: banal, wortlos, überwältigend.

Para quê lutar por um mundo melhor se não houver ninguém para nele viver?

Son sus dioses. Ustedes los crearon, no ellos a ustedes. ¿Cómo podrían ser distintos a ustedes?

Even the tiniest plant that blooms for a fortnight and then is seen no more is vaster in its metaphysical roots than the entire cosmos in its visible form: for these roots extend into eternity. And how much more does this apply to man! "Before I formed thee in the womb, I knew the" (Jer. 1:5)

The universe is like our body, The cosmos in our hand. Nebulous, formless they remain Manifested in forms without end.

There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.

The important thing, I think, is not to be bitter. You know, if it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. I think that the worst you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever.

Sex and death. Two things that come once in a lifetime. But at least after death you're not nauseous.

The chief problem about death, incidentally, is the fear that there may be no afterlife–a depressing thought, particularly for those who have bothered to shave. Also, there is the fear that there is an afterlife but no one will know where it's being held.

It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens.

If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. I think that the worst you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever.

The universe is merely a fleeting idea in God's mind - a pretty uncomfortable thought, particularly if you've just made a down payment on a house.

If it turns out that there is a God...the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever.

To you I'm an atheist to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.

What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream Or what's worse, what if only that fat guy in the third row exists

If it turns out that there is a God...the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever.

How can you bring more light to the ephemeras who are plunged into the fire, because they have already had the light of the fire then.

three thousand realms in a single moment of life.