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Existence

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Aldous Huxley Novelist, Essayist
Existence

"Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him. It is a gift for dealing with the accidents of existence, not the accidents themselves."

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Cormac McCarthy Novelist, Screenwriter
Existence

"Deep in each man is the knowledge that something knows of his existence. Something knows, and cannot be fled nor hid from."

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Ramana Maharshi Spiritual Teacher
Existence

"Existence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according to the one who conceives. Find out who you are and the other problem will solve itself."

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Seth Musician
Existence

"On the one hand you take life too seriously, and on the other, you do not take playful existence seriously enough."

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