I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all.
—Kurt Vonnegut in The Sirens of Titan
As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.
—Albert Schweitzer
We feel and know that we are eternal.
—Baruch Spinoza
Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.
—Erich Fromm
I always think everything is going to last forever, but nothing ever does. In fact nothing exists longer than an instant except the thing that we hold in memory.
—Sam Savage in Firmin
The fabric of existence weaves itself whole.
—Charles Ives
A God who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
—Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.
—Jules Renard
Humans—despite their artistic pretensions, their sophistication, and their many accomplishments—owe their existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.
—Unknown
The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.
—Jim Fowler
Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist.
—René Magritte
You must learn to understand the secret of gratitude. It is more than just so-called virtue. It is revealed to you as a mysterious law of existence. In obedience to it we have to fulfill our destiny.
—Albert Schweitzer
I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.
—Sylvia Plath
Your world is so… big. And what am I compared to that? How could my tiny existence be enough for you?
—Avery Williams in The Impossibility of Tomorrow
The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.
—Jacques Yves Cousteau