Quotes About Existence

Even the most miserable life is better than a sheltered existence in an organized society where everything is calculated and perfected.

The question, O me! so sad, recurring - What good amid these, O me, O life? That you are here - that life exists and identity, that the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.

Everything about art has become problematic; its inner life, its relation to society, even its right to exist.

Seize the day. Because, believe it or not, each and every one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold, and die.

It is likely ... that human society cannot exist without some source of sacredness. Those states which have sought openly to remove it have tended in the end to assume divinity themselves.

For an individual as well as for a society, there is a gulf between merely living and living worthily.

America is about class. To pretend that it isn't is very ignorant. No society has ever existed without some kind of a ruling class.

Society must be organized in such a way that mans social, loving nature is not separated from his social existence, but becomes one with it.

It's not me but the world that's deranged.

Radicalism and extremism, while they are dangers, they exist in every society on some level.

The continued existence of society depends upon private property.

I think a woman is powerless if she cannot freely claim the right to her reproductive capacity. Society can talk about anything it likes, except a woman's reproductive existence.

Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the most literal sense.

Death is losing its terror. It is the emergency exit for a world that is becoming more frightening death ever was.

Science without discrimination Human existence without discipline Friendship without gratitude Music without melody A society without morality and justice Cannot be of benefit to the people.

Those who condemn the immorality of liberal capitalism do so in comparison with a society of saints that has never existed—and never will

Better rooms better furniture, better objects d'art can only be created for a society interested in living - not existing.

I go through the motions of living in society

When a man meets his make, society begins.

Agreeable society is the first essential in constituting the happiness and of course the value of our existence.

I believe in the God-given genius of certain individuals, and I value a society that makes their existence possible.

Any good practical philosophy must start out with the recognition of our having a body.

There exists in some parts of the world sanctimonious criticism of America's death penalty, as somehow unworthy of a civilized society.

Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life.