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Existence Quotes (page 66)

Oscar Wilde quote: "Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something..."
Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic. Oscar Wilde
There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, "Mine! Abraham Kuyper
A beautiful woman risking everything for a mad passion. A few wild weeks of happiness cut short by a hideous, treacherous crime. Months of voiceless agony, and then a child born in pain. The mother snatched away by death, the boy left to solitude and the tyranny of an old and loveless man. Yes, it was an interesting background. It posed the lad, made him more perfect as it were. Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic. Oscar Wilde
The purpose of life is to stay alive. Watch any animal in nature--all it tries to do is stay alive. It doesn't care about beliefs or philosophy. Whenever any animal's behavior puts it out of touch with the realities of its existence, it becomes exinct. Michael Crichton
The human understanding is of its own nature prone to suppose the existence of more order and regularity in the world than it finds. Francis Bacon
Margaret Atwood quote: "He has been trying to sing. Love into existence again. And he..."
He has been trying to sing. Love into existence again. And he has failed Margaret Atwood
Friedrich Schiller quote: "A beautiful soul has no other merit than its own existence."
A beautiful soul has no other merit than its own existence. Friedrich Schiller
Defeat exists but not suffering. A true warrior knows that when he loses a battle, he is improving the skill with which he wields a sword. He will be able to fight more skilfullly next time. Paulo Coelho
There are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely-or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands. Oscar Wilde
...to bring a child into existence without a fair prospect of being able, not only to provide food for its body, but instruction and training for its mind is a moral crime, both against the unfortunate offspring and against society John Stuart Mill
Ayn Rand quote: "Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can..."
Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others. Ayn Rand
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "Just because we don't understand doesn't mean that the..."
Just because we don't understand doesn't mean that the explanation doesn't exist. Madeleine L'Engle
The marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it's privileges by the law of the land. What is to be thought of a nation boasting of its liberty, boasting of it's humanity, boasting of its Christianity, boasting of its love of justice and purity, and yet having within its own borders three millions of persons denied by law the right of marriage? Frederick Douglass
John Fowles quote: "There is only one good definition of God: the freedom that..."
There is only one good definition of God: the freedom that allows other freedoms to exist. John Fowles
Talk of world peace is heard today only among the white peoples, and not among the much more numerous coloured races. This is a perilous state of affairs. When individual thinkers and idealists talk of peace, as they have done since time immemorial, the effect is negligible. But when whole peoples become pacifistic it is a symptom of senility. Strong and unspent races are not pacifistic. To adopt such a position is to abandon the future, for the pacifist ideal is a terminal condition that is... Oswald Spengler

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