"Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality."

Existence, Individuality

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"I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence."

Robert Mapplethorpe, American Photographer

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"Can I ask you a simple but complex question? Why are you still alive and living?"

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Existence, Question, Life

"Everything that has existed, lingers in the Eternity."

Agatha Christie, English Writer

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"We are born dead, and moreover we have long ceased to be the sons of living fathers; and we become more and more contented with our condition. We are acquiring the taste for it. Soon we shall invent a method of being born from an idea."

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian Novelist

Existence, Death, Birth, Idea

"Nothing can come of nothing. There is no room in my world for nothing."

Marty Rubin, American Author

Existence, Nothing, Life, Reality

"Living, there is no happiness in that. Living: carrying one's painful self through the world.But being, being is happiness. Being: Becoming a fountain, a fountain on which the universe falls like warm rain."

Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer

Existence, Living, Happiness, Pain, Being

"It is proved...that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for the best purpose."

Voltaire, French Writer

Existence, Purpose, Design, Truth

"Where there is lack of 'Gnan' (Knowledge and experience of the Self; real Knowledge) there is worldly existence and where there is 'Gnan' (Real Knowledge), there is no worldly existence."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Existence, Knowledge, World, Truth

"Einmal ist keinmal, says Tomas to himself. What happens but once, says the German adage, might as well not have happened at all. If we have only one life to live, we might as well not have lived at all."

Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer

Existence, Mortality, Meaning, Choice

"Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence."

B. R. Ambedkar, Indian Politician

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"Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity."

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"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."

Art, Beauty, Music, Poetry

"Gracious Providence, to whom I owe all my powers, why didst thou not withhold some of those blessings I possess, and substitute in their place a feeling of self-confidence and contentment?"

Faith, Providence, Power, Confidence, Contentment

"If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses."

Family, Children, Nothing

"A human being needs only a small plot of ground on which to be happy, and even less to lie beneath."

Simplicity, Happiness, Minimalism, Peace, Life

"When a human awakens to a great dream and throws the full force of his soul over it, all the universe conspires in your favor."

Manifestation, Dream, Soul, Purpose, Universe

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"I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence."

"Can I ask you a simple but complex question? Why are you still alive and living?"

"Everything that has existed, lingers in the Eternity."

"We are born dead, and moreover we have long ceased to be the sons of living fathers; and we become more and more contented with our condition. We are acquiring the taste for it. Soon we shall invent a method of being born from an idea."

"Nothing can come of nothing. There is no room in my world for nothing."

"Living, there is no happiness in that. Living: carrying one's painful self through the world.But being, being is happiness. Being: Becoming a fountain, a fountain on which the universe falls like warm rain."

"It is proved...that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for the best purpose."

"Where there is lack of 'Gnan' (Knowledge and experience of the Self; real Knowledge) there is worldly existence and where there is 'Gnan' (Real Knowledge), there is no worldly existence."

"Einmal ist keinmal, says Tomas to himself. What happens but once, says the German adage, might as well not have happened at all. If we have only one life to live, we might as well not have lived at all."

"Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence."

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"Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity."

"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."

"Gracious Providence, to whom I owe all my powers, why didst thou not withhold some of those blessings I possess, and substitute in their place a feeling of self-confidence and contentment?"

"If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses."

"A human being needs only a small plot of ground on which to be happy, and even less to lie beneath."

"When a human awakens to a great dream and throws the full force of his soul over it, all the universe conspires in your favor."

"The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation."

"Superstition is the poetry of life."

"Each one sees what he carries in his heart."

"On top of the world, or in the depths of despair."