Quotes about Existence

Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior ofcapital, and deserves muchthe higher consideration.

Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.

The truth is that most mission work is carried out where the church already exists Only small percentages are working where the church is non-existent.

Life, Lady Stutfield, is simply a mauvais quart d'heure made up of exquisite moments

One can live for years sometimes without living at all, and then all life comes crowding into one single hour.

We all take such pains to over-educate ourselves. In the wild struggle for existence, we want to have something that endures, and so we fill our minds with rubbish and facts, in the silly hope of keeping our place. The thoroughly well-informed man - that is the modern ideal. And the mind of the thoroughly well-informed man is a dreadful thing. It is like a bric-a-brac shop, all monsters and dust, with everything priced above its proper value.

It is to do nothing that the elect exist. Action is limited and relative. Unlimited and absolute is the vision of him who sits at ease and watches, who walks in loneliness and dreams.

The only real people are the people who never existed, and if a novelist is base enough to go to life for his personages he should at least pretend that they are creations, and not boast of them as copies. The justification of a character in a novel is not that other persons are what they are, but that the author is what he is. Otherwise the novel is not a work of art.

The only real people are the people who never existed, and if a novelist is base enough to go to life for his personages he should at least pretend that they are creations, and not boast of them as copies.

All I want now is to look at life. You may come and look at it with me, if you care to

The only horrible thing in the world is ennui

The world has been made by fools that wise men may live in it. Women