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The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism.

Existence precedes and rules essence.

I do not believe in God; his existence has been disproved by Science. But in the concentration camp, I learned to believe in men.

Like Leibniz's possible worlds, most men are only equally entitled pretenders to existence. There are few existences.

And, moreover, it is art in its most general and comprehensive form that is here discussed, for the dialogue embraces everything connected with it, from its greatest object, the state, to its least, the embellishment of sensuous existence.

The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.

We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.

Israel is now sustaining a war for its own existence. A nation defending its citizens against terrorist bombings and a military and diplomatic onslaught by an array of Arab foes is practicing survival, not genocide.

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.

Whatever is referred to must exist. Let us call this the axiom of existence.

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.

We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence... on pain of liquidation.

Dualists hold that body and soul are separate entities and that the soul will continue beyond the existence of the physical body.

Existence of an excited state is not a prerequisite for the production of inhibition; inhibition can exist apart from excitation no less than, when called forth against an excitation already in progress, it can suppress or moderate it.

The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his existence in the face of overwhelming social forces, of historical heritage, of external culture, and of the technique of life.

I'll remind you all, however, that for government, existence is a privilege, not a right.

Whatever things may have been in their origin, they are what they are, both in themselves and in regard to their indications respecting other beings or influences the existence of which may be implied in theirs.

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.

With all our mastery over the powers of Nature we have adhered to the view that the struggle for existence is a permanent and necessary condition of life.