Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.
If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.
Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.
The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.
This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it, human and otherwise, are imaginary, excepting only certain of the fairy folk, whom it might be unwise to offend by casting doubts on their existence. Or lack thereof.
Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.
As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.
It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.
By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by its very existence chills free speech.
It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of Arthur Conan Doyle.
Playwrights are like men who have been dining for a month in an Indian restaurant. After eating curry night after night, they deny the existence of asparagus.
I want to look at life - at the commonplaces of existence - as if we had just turned a corner and run into it for the first time.
In my plays I want to look at life - at the commonplace of existence-as if we had just turned a corner and run into it for the first time.
Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt.
When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.