Quotes About Existence

The world might be more beautiful without the human presence; but then, who would appreciate it?

There is much to celebrate – just being alive, to begin with.

Of what use is a poppy in a cornfield? Of what use is a rainbow? Of what use are you, numbskull? Wretch! I, too, have a soul. I want the umbrella, because-because I want its beauty to be mine!

Must everything have a purpose? Must a star have a purpose? Must a pretty sparkler have a purpose other than to emit light? Must a beautiful stone have a purpose?

Yesterday, I was sad, tomorrow i may be sad again, but today i know that i am happy. I want to live on and on, delighting like a pagan in all that is physical; and i know that this one lifetime, however long, cannot satisfy my heart.

After birth, the navel remains / so you can never forget you weren't a first person, / but one humble from the past, soon / to disappear into the future. (Linda Hogan, 'Anatomy')

All dimensions are critical dimensions, otherwise why are they there?

Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn't in us. It's almost as if we're put here on earth to show how silly they aren't.

He was thinking what a long and wide thing time is, to have so many happenings in it.

All my days I have done evil. Knowing godhood thrice, no man can endure wholly sane. At one period of my existence I was Dionysius; at another, Dis; at a third, Ares.

You know what I've often said, ever since Auschwitz. Life is absurd. It has no meaning. But it has beauty, and wonder, and we have to enjoy that.

The only thing that we can say is really real, truly true, is pure experience. What is real is the flow, the constant but ever-changing pageant comprised of minds and things.

We are graced with a godlike ability to transcend time and space in our minds but are chained to death.

You know what I've often said, ever since Auschwitz. Life is absurd. It has no meaning. But it has beauty, and wonder, and we have to enjoy that." Her hand was still on his cheek, her arm

What color is time? Where do the thoughts of the dead go? How is it diseases spread but miracles don't? Have you ever thought of that?

None of us exists in this world apart from being one gender or another, and in fact our existence as male and female is one of the most complete ways God has revealed the diverse aspects of his own being.

Las prácticas de la soledad y el silencio resultan radicales porque nos desafían en cada nivel de nuestra existencia.

All we truly know when we wake up in the morning is that we have the day in front of us to live.

Life is fleeting. Don't waste a single moment of your precious life. Wake up now! And now! And now!

I am a time being. Do you know what a time being is? Well, if you give me a moment, I will tell you. A time being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us who is, or was, or ever will be.

I believe it doesn't matter what it is, as long as you can find something concrete to keep you busy while you are living your meaningless life.

The past is weird. I mean, does it really exist ? It feels like it exists, but where is it ? And if it did exists, but doesn't now, then where did it go ?

Both life and death manifest in every moment of existence. Our human body appears and disappears moment by moment, without cease, and this ceaseless arising and passing away is what we experience as time and being. They are not separate. They are one thing, and in even a fraction of a second, we have the opportunity to choose, and to turn the course of our action either toward the attainment of truth or away from it. Each instant is utterly critical to the whole world.

For the time being Words scatter Are they fallen leaves?