Existence – Quotes

The human need for

The human need for language is not simply for the transmission of meaning, it is at the same time listening to and affirming a person’s existence. Gao Xingjian

Writing eases my suffering

Writing eases my suffering . . . writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence. Gao Xingjian

Fate does not jest

Fate does not jest and events are not a matter of chance. There is no existence out of nothing. Gamal Abdel Nasser

Is there a mechanism

Is there a mechanism of death, that so mutilates existence no one, gets over it not even the dead? Galway Kinnell

It is an insult to God to believe in God. For on the one hand it is to suppose that he has perpetrated acts of incalculable cruelty. On the other, it is to suppose that he has perversely given his human creatures an instrument – their intellect – which must inevitably lead them, if they … Read more

With the only certainty

With the only certainty in our daily existence being change, and a rate of change growing always faster in a kind of technological leapfrog game, speed helps people think they are catching up. Gail Sheehy

My research offers impressive

My research offers impressive evidence that we feel better when we attempt to make our world better…to have a purpose beyond one’s self lends to existence a meaning and direction – the most important characteristic of high well-being. Gail Sheehy

As we reach midlife

As we reach midlife in the middle thirties or early forties, we are not prepared for the idea that time can run out on us, or for the startling truth that if we don’t hurry to pursue our own definition of a meaningful existence, life can become a repetition of trivial maintenance duties. Gail Sheehy

Your body is the

Your body is the ground metaphor of your life, the expression of your existence. It is your Bible, your encyclopaedia, your life story. Gabrielle Roth

Each of us is

Each of us is a moving center, a space of divine mystery. And though we spend most of our time on the surface in the daily details of ordinary existence, most us hunger to connect to this space within, to break through to bliss, to be swept away into something bigger than us. Gabrielle Roth