356 quotes found
“In his field, and with his means, Rilke carries out an operation that one could philosophically describe as the 'transformation of being into message' (more commonly, 'linguistic turn'). 'Being tha...”
“Certainly we can say that the pace of modern life, increased and supported by our technology in general and our personal electronics in particular, has resulted in a short attention span and an add...”
“You don't understand," Alecto replied vacantly. "It isn't that I want to die... I just don't want to exist.”
“If you want a great life try being kind.”
“Im in no hurry: the sun and the moon arent, either.Nobody goes faster than the legs they have.If where I want to go is far away, Im not there in an instant.”
“For there is no creature whose inward being is so strong that it is not greatly determined by what lies outside it.”
“The Human Being, as we imagine it, does not exist.”
“Only the power of light illuminates our thoughts and our being.”
“Being a writer means you write not only for yourself- but for others as well. That's what makes a writer a writer.”
“Being must be 'felt' it can not be 'thought.”
“Woven into our lives is the very fire from the stars and genes from the sea creatures, and everyone, utterly everyone, is kin in the radiant tapestry of being.”
“Not your thinking, but your being, is distinctiveness. Therefore not after difference,ye think it, must ye strive; but after YOUR OWN BEING. At bottom, therefore, there is only one striving, namely...”
“When you give others a new chance, a new chance is really being given to you.”
“Don't hate me for being different.Just be thankful I'm not you.”
“We are disposable tonight. We are regrettable tonight. We cant touch one another without the world imploding, tonight.”
“His life coiled back into the brown murk of the past like a twined filament of electric wire; he gave life, a pattern, and movement to these million sensations that Chance, the loss or gain of a mo...”
“Marriage is more than finding the right personit is being the right person!”
“Mithorden: 'We become what we do, Zalos.”
“Man has his being in truth--if he sacrifices truth he sacrifices himself. Whoever betrays truth betrays himself. It is not a question of lying--but of acting against one's conviction.”
“To deal with things knowledge of things is needed. To deal withpeople, you need insight, sympathy. To deal with yourself, you neednothing. Be what you are--conscious being--and don't stray away fro...”
