Existence

(125 votes)   Being is the great explainer.

Henry David Thoreau
1817-1862, American Essayist, Poet, Naturalist

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(113 votes)   To exist is equivalent to an act of faith, a protest against the truth, an interminable prayer. As soon as they consent to live, the unbeliever and the man of faith are fundamentally the same, since both have made the only decision that defines a being.

E. M. Cioran
1911-, Rumanian-born French Philosopher

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(103 votes)   Nothing exists except by virtue of a disequilibrium, an injustice. All existence is a theft paid for by other existences; no life flowers except on a cemetery.

Remy De Gourmont
1858-1915, French Novelist, Philosopher, Poet, Playwright

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(99 votes)   I don't exist when you don't see me.

Sisters Of Mercy

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(98 votes)   There is no means of proving it is preferable to be than not to be.

E. M. Cioran
1911-, Rumanian-born French Philosopher

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(88 votes)   Every life is its own excuse for being.

Elbert Hubbard
1859-1915, American Author, Publisher

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(83 votes)   Being is a fiction invented by those who suffer from becoming.

Coleman Dowell
1925-1985, American Novelist, Dramatist, Lyricist

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