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    It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is," on the one hand, and "ought," on the other hand.

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There's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a song unfinished. Or an old read more

There's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a song unfinished. Or an old address book.

by Carson Mccullers Found in: Existence Quotes,
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The idea is to make decisions and act on them -- to decide what is important to accomplish, to decide read more

The idea is to make decisions and act on them -- to decide what is important to accomplish, to decide how something can best be accomplished, to find time to work at it and to get it done.

by Karen Kakascik Found in: Existence Quotes,
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Death is the tyrant of the imagination.

Death is the tyrant of the imagination.

by Barry Cornwall Found in: Existence Quotes,
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As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.

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

by Albert Schweitzer Found in: Existence Quotes,
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Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the existence of an evil, which, read more

Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the existence of an evil, which, oddly enough, is consciousness.

by Henry Miller Found in: Existence Quotes,
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Time is the rider that breaks youth.

Time is the rider that breaks youth.

by George Herbert Found in: Existence Quotes,
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The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that read more

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.

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What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.

What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.

by Samuel Beckett Found in: Existence Quotes,
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First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.

First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.

by Zen Aphorism Found in: Existence Quotes,
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