#existence

All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied. ↗

— Vernon Howard

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The reason why China suffers bitterly from endless wars is because of the existence of feudal lords and kings. ↗

— Qin Shi Huangdi

#bitterly #china #endless #existence #feudal

The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done. ↗

— George Carlin

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Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience. ↗

— John Updike

#ecstasy #existence #experience #feel #feels

To me, human existence exists on a multiple level, not just on a two-dimensional level, not just having to be identified with what you do and what you say. ↗

— Ornette Coleman

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Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

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For me, the first fact of human existence is the human body. But if you embrace the reality of the human body, you embrace mortality, and that is a very difficult thing for anything to do because the self-conscious mind cannot imagine non-existence. It's impossible to do. ↗

— David Cronenberg

#because #body #cannot #conscious mind #cult thing

The chances of each of us coming into existence are infinitesimally small, and even though we shall all die some day, we should count ourselves fantastically lucky to get our decades in the sun. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

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Shiva danced the world into existence... that's a very nice thought. ↗

— Michael Tippett

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From wonder into wonder existence opens. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#into #opens #wonder