Quotes about Existence

Human beings were taken from the earth and don't just consist of thin air and thoughts.

I would rather believe God doesn't exist than believe he doesn't care.

I suddenly saw that all the time it was not I who had been seeking God, but God who had been seeking me. I had made myself the centre of my own existence and had my back turned to God.

Judaism is not complete without Christianity and without Judaism,Christianity would not exist

Man is created for a purpose; the object of his existence is to perfect himself. Man is imperfect by nature, because if nature had made him perfect he would have had no wants; and it is only by supplying his wants that utility can be developed. The development of utility is therefore the object of our being, and the attainment of this great end the cause of our existence.

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.

We always project into the future or reflect in the past, but we are so little in the present.

Faith is not a product of reflection, nor is it even an attempt to penetrate the depths of my own being.

On the whole, infinity is a fairly palpable aspect of this business of publishing, if only because it extends a dead author's existence beyond the limits he envisioned, or provides a living author with a future he cannot measure. In other words, this business deals with the future which we all prefer to regard as unending.

But God, who is the beginning of all things, is not to be regarded as a composite being, lest perchance there should be found to exist elements prior to the beginning itself, out of which everything is composed, whatever that be which is called composite.

I think the dual existence thing is a regular pastime for all human beings, and for that matter anything in this universe.

The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.