Quotes about Existence
Life in the true sense is perceiving or thinking.
— Aristotle
I refuse to believe that we're only here to live and die.
— Amy Grant
Like apes, we breed, sleep, and die. Yet like God we say, "I am." We are ontological oxymorons.
— Peter Kreeft
Reason is your means of survival — so that for you, who are a human being, the question 'to be or not to be' is the question 'to think or not to think..'.
— Ayn Rand
All I want to do now is look at life. You may come and look at it with me, if you care to.
— Oscar Wilde
Nothing is more futile than looking for meaning in things that have none.
— Marty Rubin
Life itself is a rickety building
— William Golding
Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.
— Albert Camus
The adventure of the hero is the adventure of being alive
— Joseph Campbell
Every instant of time... is a pinprick of eternity.
— Marcus Aurelius
Consistency is contrary to nature contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.
— Aldous Huxley
Time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.
— William Faulkner