Quotes by Existence Prior to Valentinus, those who follow Valentinus had no existence. Nor did those from Marcion exist before Marcion. Nor, in short, did any of those malignant-minded people, whom I have listed above, have any existence previous to the initiators and inventors of their perversity. Irenaeus of Lyons existencesarcasticpeople I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite - only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety. Henry David Thoreau existencethanksgivinggrateful There are neither good nor evil, only the existence and action. Irving Stone existenceevilaction Not to take possession of your life plan is to let your existence be an accident. Irvin D. Yalom existenceplanspossession Reason can never prove the existence of God. Immanuel Kant existenceatheismreason The existence of the Bible is the greatest blessing which humanity ever experienced. Immanuel Kant existencehumanityblessing Robots will neither be common nor very good in 2014, but they will be in existence. Isaac Asimov robotsexistencecommon Fear is the touch of death, death reminding us of its existence. Ivan Klíma remindingexistencefear In the mere concept of one thing it cannot be found any character of its existence. Immanuel Kant existencefoundcharacter The balance of probabilities, therefore, comes out strongly against the existence of a god. J. L. Mackie probabilityexistencebalance The greatest writers of this age... are aware of the mystery of our existence. J. B. Priestley existencemysteryage The existence of God, the why of life, was all that really only a question of glands? J. D. Salinger glandsexistence-of-godexistence He was justifying his existence, than which life can do no greater; for life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do. Jack London existenceachievedoe Notice this rent in my garment; I am at a loss to explain its presence! I am even more puzzled by the existence of the universe. Jack Vance garmentsexistenceloss Can the existence of a mathematical entity be proved without defining it ? Jacques Hadamard entityexistencedefining For the word is dialectical in itself and at the same time is integrated into the whole of existence. By this I mean that the word is intended to be lived. Jacques Ellul integratedexistencemean We must heap up a great pile of doing, for a small diameter of being. Henry David Thoreau existenceaction Existence itself is nothing if not an amazement. Good poems restore amazement. Jane Hirshfield amazementexistenceifs The few certainties in our existences are pain, death and bereavement. Jane Wilson-Howarth bereavementexistencepain Most beings enjoy existence so time comes into being. Frederick Lenz taoismexistenceenjoy«89101112131415161718»
