Pastoral Resources

A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.

Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value.

The mere dates of my existence do not interest me, except in one connection. When the Great War started I was too old to be acceptable as a volunteer; when conscription followed I was too old to be conscripted.

All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied.

The reason why China suffers bitterly from endless wars is because of the existence of feudal lords and kings.

The puma is, with the exception of some monkeys, the most playful animal in existence.

Under the ominous shadow which the second World War and its attendant circumstances have cast on the world, peace has become as essential to civilized existence as the air we breathe is to life itself.

I think it's wrong that so many people pass on from this existence, and take all their knowledge with them.

The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me is the most astounding fact.

I wish to say to you that the life of an enlightened people and a vibrant nation cannot be measured by the life of an individual. A successful person is one who manages to lay down a new stone, a brick that would help firm up his nation's existence.

The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world. A theory is a species of thinking, and its right to exist is coextensive with its power of resisting extinction by its rivals.

The existence is a tremendous curiosity, with in the course of the years, the discovery of yourself in your inmost evolutions. With the age you feel better than you are, what you represent. Which means a little at the planet's scale.

The fabric of existence weaves itself whole.

The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one.

The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life.

Like their personal lives, women's history is fragmented, interrupted; a shadow history of human beings whose existence has been shaped by the efforts and the demands of others.

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

The problem with allowing God a role in the history of life is not that science would cease, but rather that scientists would have to acknowledge the existence of something important which is outside the boundaries of natural science.

First, Darwinian theory tells us how a certain amount of diversity in life forms can develop once we have various types of complex living organisms already in existence.