Mere Existence Quotes
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The dummies and slackers, by their mere existence, are imposing a negative externality on the skilled and dedicated,
— Avinash K. Dixit
Ill-Success failed to crush us: the mere effort to succeed had given a wonderful zest to existence; it must be pursued.
— Charlotte Bronte
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.
— C. G. Jung
... the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
— C. G. Jung
Mere absurdity has never prevented the triumph of bad ideas, if they accord with easily aroused fantasies of an existence freed of human limitations.
— Anthony Daniels
I will never give up, just push harder because the thought of quitting if far worse than the temporary pain I'm feeling now.
— Sarah Van Waterschoot
F#%k all the firsts, Sky. The only thing that matters to me with you are the forevers.
— Colleen Hoover
Life is an activity with which we kill time while we wait for something, someone, or the mere passage of time to kill us.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Life to the great majority is only a constant struggle for mere existence, with the certainty of losing it at last.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
[ ... ] and yet the woman's existence, her straining to live, came touching him like naked skin.
— Yasunari Kawabata
It should bear its own health warning: so sugary that you may need an insulin shot to withstand it.
— Christopher Hitchens
When God created Adam,
— Stuart M. Matlins
Gratitude is not a mere word; it is not a mere concept. It is the living breath of your real existence on earth.
— Sri Chinmoy
Honesty can be a dirty gift.
— Colin Cotterill
his passionate absorption in mere existence. Then,
— Oscar Wilde
The man of great wealth owes a peculiar obligation to the state because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of government.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The Power who gave a power, by its mere existence, signifies that it must be brought out towards perfection.
— Margaret Fuller
We would not dare to conceive the things which are really mere commonplaces of existence.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
When workmen strive to do better than well, they do confound their skill in covetousness.
— William Shakespeare
My existence was beginning to cause me serious concern. Was I a mere figment of the imagination?
— Jean-Paul Sartre
History shows that the mere existence of a mass surveillance apparatus, regardless of how it is used, is in itself sufficient to stifle dissent.
— Glenn Greenwald
Those who wish to control their own lives and move beyond existence as mere clients and consumers - those people ride a bike.
— Wolfgang Sachs
By the time a man gets well into his seventies his continued existence is a mere miracle.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
A lady is never truly embarrassed. And if she is, a lady is never gauche enough to leave survivors.
— Seanan McGuire
P8- mere existence of school discourages and disables the poor from taking control of their own learning.
— Ivan Illich
I'll die propped up in bed trying to do a poem about America.
— Carl Sandburg
What we should enjoy, perhaps, is not their performance, but the mere fact of their existence. That, we believe, is wonder enough.
— David Kirby
A sense of a wider meaning to one's existence is what raises a man beyond mere getting and spending. If he lacks this sense, he is lost and miserable.
— Carl Jung
Women are almost always angry with men for one reason or another. It's one of things you'll have to get used to, as you get older.
— David Eddings
The lad, like many another, owed nothing to his father but his mere existence - Heaven knows whether that gift is oftenest a curse or a boon.
— Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
Hating someone is feeling irritation by their mere existence.
— Jose Ortega Y Gasset