Quotes about Existence

The flesh is not a nature that is essential to someone's identity. It is rather a deceptive way of seeing and experiencing oneself and one's world and thus a deceptive way of living in the world.

The very fact that what God creates is less than Himself introduces limitations and imperfections into the picture.

As a Jew I am aware of how important the existence of Israel is for the survival of us all. And because I am proud of being Jewish, I am worried by the growing anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism in the world.

The essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence knows that it lives for ever.

You were made by God and for God and until you understand that, life will never make sense.

You weren't put on earth to be remembered. You were put here to prepare for eternity.

Well, I think life is precious because you can't watch it again. I mean you can believe in an after life if that makes you feel better but once you realize you're not going to be around forever, I think that's what makes life so magical.

When we deny the spiritual dimension to our existence, we end up living like animals. And when we deny the physical, sexual dimension to our existence, we end up living like angels. And both ways are destructive, because God made us human.

God is not one more intelligible object among many, not a supreme existing thing among other existing things, not simply the highest value alongside other ethical goods. Rather, God is that which is intelligible in itself, that which exists through the power of its own essence, that which is good by its very nature.

There is no tomorrow. There is only a planet turning on its axis, and a creature given to optimistic fancies.

God left so many fingerprints at the scene of Creation that you wonder — does He want to be found, or does He want to be stopped?

Man is the only animal who enjoys the consolation of believing in a next life; all other animals enjoy the consolation of not worrying about it.