Quotes About Existence

Résister « Se priver du bonheur de l'union sacrée » « Il court-circuite l'enthousiasme » Le Dieu et l'idole Spinoza, philosophe du plaisir et de la joie Du monisme au dualisme Refus du matérialisme et du Dieu-Objet Refus du fatalisme « L'existence n'est pas Dieu » Désespoir ou idolâtrie ? Simone Weil

Quer dizer que a morte não nos tomará nada (já que só nos tomará o futuro que não é), que o tempo não nos toma nada (já que o presente é tudo), enfim que é absurdo esperar a eternidade - pois já estamos nela. ''Se entendermos eternidade não como uma duração infinita mas como atemporalidade,'' dizia por sua vez Wittgenstein, ''então tem a vida eterna quem vive no presente.

O homem não é Deus. Cabe a nós fazer que seja pelo menos humano.

Réussir sa vie ? Il y a bien longtemps que le sage ne s'en préoccupe plus ! Vivre lui suffit, dans son insuffisance essentielle. Montaigne encore : « Je veux qu'on agisse, et qu'on allonge les offices de la vie tant qu'on peut, et que la mort me trouve plantant mes choux, mais nonchalant d'elle, et encore plus de mon jardin imparfait2845

To speak of God, to think of God, is in every respect to show what one is made of. I have always wagered against God and I regard the little that I have won in this world as simply the outcome of this bet. However paltry may have been the stake (my life) I am conscious of having won to the full. Everything that is doddering, squint-eyed, vile, polluted and grotesque is summoned up for me in that one word: God!

The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random between the profusion of matter and that of the stars; it is that from our very prison we should draw, from our own selves, images powerful enough to deny our nothingness.

All art is a revolt against man's fate.

Belki de insanlar? en çok bölen ?ey, kimilerinin her ?eyden önce geçmi?te, kimilerinin de yaln?z içinde bulunduklar? dakikada ya?amalar?d?r.

But after all, dear Mr. Goldfaden," he went on, chilled by fear, "if God did not exist, what would you and I be?" The old man offered a compassionate smile, and his voice sought vainly for the lost tone of gaiety. "Poor little Jewish men, no?

What else can we do but garden our shadows while far away the universe burns and vanishes.

Gigantesca luna y un viento de las montañas, profundo, acompaño la comprensión del momento: que todo en esta vida son letras.

La música es la labor de un espíritu generoso que (con esfuerzo o no) reúne nuestras fuerzas primitivas y nos las ofrece, no para que las recobremos: para dejarnos constancia de que allí todavía andan, las pobrecitas, y que yo les hago falta.

Eyes exist in the savage state.

tennis uses the language of life. Advantage, service, fault, break, love, the basic elements of tennis are those of everyday existence

Living and ceasing to live are imaginary solutions; existence is elsewhere.

Happiness is never there to stay [...] Happiness is merely a respite offered by inquietude.

Într-adev?r, toÈ›i oamenii luau lumea în serios, convinÈ™i de realitatea ei. ?i numai el È™tia cât de puÈ›in ajunge pentru a face universul lor de nerecunoscut.

Nowhere. is.... Now Here

This moment here. This is all you get. Before you are part of the sky.

I know a lot of people think that whole God thing is a joke but I just get a feeling he's up there somewhere.

Hum. Talvez isso aqui seja o purgatório. E a gente simplesmente não sabe. Espera um minuto. Talvez isso aqui seja o inferno. Não, não, não pode ser o inferno. Tem flores demais. E pôr do sol. E o meu pai. Ele nunca estaria no inferno. Mas quem sabe estamos perto do inferno. Tipo em Nova Jersey.

Down here you could touch time with your hands.

That life isn't some difficult, complicated thing. You live, you love, and you laugh, and you cry when you need to." "People have done that for eons, and if we keep it up there won't be any more people within a few decades." He shook his head. "No, that's not the answer.

You know, I ask myself what wealthy people do all day. What do you do when you aren't forced to work but still need the feeling that life must have some kind of meaning?