Quotes of: Human-existence Keyword

Purpose declares that the trajectory of my existence and the course of human history were intentionally set to collide at this precise moment in time because what I have to offer human history is desperately needed at this precise time.

An Autumn's Journey: Deep Growth in the Grief and Loss of Life's Seasons

We are much too much inclined in these days to divide people into permanent categories, forgetting that a category only exists for its special purpose and must be forgotten as soon as that purpose is served.

Are Women Human? Astute and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society

There is something really horrific for any human being who feels he is being consumed by other people. I'm talking about a writer's critics, who don't address what you've written, but want to probe into your existence and magnify the trivia of your l...

Wole Soyinka

The average human lifespan compared to the age of the universe is the same as comparing a blink of an eye to that human lifespan. Relatively speaking, short and long lifespans are the same. Both are non-existent compared to the infinite that’s ahea...

John K. Brown

I can't stop thinking about dying the way humans do it. Imagine! If at any moment, you could just stop existing. How different everything would be.." They don't stop existing Lenia said...They have souls that live forever. Even knowing that, they fig...

Mermaid: A Twist on the Classic Tale

Only those are called liberal or free which are concerned with knowledge; those which are concerned with utilitarian ends... are called servile... The question is... can man develop to the full as a functionary and a "worker" and nothing else; can a ...

Leisure: The Basis Of Culture

The fact that no limits exist to the destructiveness of this weapon [the 'Super', i.e. the hydrogen bomb] makes its very existence and the knowledge of its construction a danger to humanity as a whole. It is necessarily an evil thing considered in an...

Enrico Fermi

The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.

The Brothers Karamazov

Life is full of screwups. You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existance.

Along for the Ride

The calendar is a human invention; time does not exist on the spiritual level.

Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

The key to meditation is to exist one hundred percent in the here and now.

Human Technology: A Toolkit for Authentic Living

Human beings exist that have integrity, that know how to keep their mouth shut, that know the bigger picture, that don't sell out their friends.

Sandra Bullock

Studying anthropology, I developed a kind of holistic view of human existence, in which the dichotomies you listed are all necessary and vital aspects of life.

Joan D. Vinge

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.

C.G. Jung

There's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a song unfinished. Or an old address book.

Carson McCullers

In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of being alive without a sense of identity.

Erik Erikson

In any case, the fewer boundaries that exist hindering free movement between all forms of articulate human cognition, the better.

Brian Ferneyhough

Denial exists because human infants, though equipped with trust-o-meters, are built to trust, blindly and absolutely, any older person who wanders past.

Martha Beck

We are only chance visitants to this jungle of blind mutations. The natural world existed when we did not, and it will continue to exist long after we are gone. The supernatural crept into life only when the door of consciousness was opened in our he...

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race

Human Error lies in judgment. While many will say that it's wrong to judge, one cannot survive in the light or the darkness without equipping the ability to judge. One must judge their morality. One must judge their potentiality. One must judge their...

Lionel Suggs

God loves and cares for creation and has the right to expect this loving care be replicated by humans. Creation exists, not for the glory of humanity, but for the glory of God. God has the right to see that earthly creatures are free to live accordin...

Is God a Vegetarian?: Christianity, Vegetarianism, and Animal Rights