existence Quotes

"Behind all seen things lies something vaster; everything is but a path, a portal or a window opening on something other than iteself."

"How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become - to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being."

"We don’t ask to be eternal beings. We only ask that things do not lose all their meaning."

"It is in your act that you exist, not in your body. Your act is yourself, and there is no other you."

"If Someone wants a sheep, then that means that he exists."

"Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence. To become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. To become presence, means accepting the... ...

"The proof that the little prince existed is that he was charming, that he laughed, and that he was looking for a sheep. If anybody wants a sheep, that is a proof that he exists."

"Si quelqu'un veut un mouton, c'est la preuve qu'il en existe un. (If somebody wants a sheep, that is a proof that one exists.)"