Quotes about Existence
God is that, the greater than which cannot be conceived.
— Anselm of Canterbury
What then is time? Provided that no one asks me, I know. If I want to explain it to an inquirer, I do not know.
— St. Augustine
Our time for this life is nothing other than a race to death.
— St. Augustine
Man is God truly alive
— St. Augustine
Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
— Saint Jerome
It is not our body which feels, not our mind which thinks, but we, as single human beings, who both feel and think.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
What a joy to know where one is, and where one will stay, without being there. Nothing to do but stretch out comfortably on the rack, in the blissful knowledge you are nobody for all eternity. A pity I should have to give tongue at the same time, it prevents it from bleeding in peace, licking the lips.
— Samuel Beckett
That passed the time. It would have passed in any case. Yes, but not so rapidly.
— Samuel Beckett
Nothing to be done. I'm beginning to come round to that opinion.
— Samuel Beckett
What do you expect, one is what one is, partly at least.
— Samuel Beckett
If I was dead, I wouldn't know I was dead. That's the only thing I have against death. I want to enjoy my death.
— Samuel Beckett
They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.
— Samuel Beckett