T Quotes
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“The existence of a prime mover- nothing can move itself; there must be a first mover. The first mover is called God.”
“The existence of a privileged class is absolutely necessary for the preservation of the state.”
Source: African Anarchism: The History of a Movement
“The existence of a world without God seems to me less absurd than the presence of a God, existing in all of his perfection, creating imperfect man in order to make him run the risk of Hell.”
“The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism.”
Source: The Essential Santayana: Selected Writings
“The existence of any pure race with special endowments is a myth, as is the belief that there are races all of whose members are foredoomed to eternal inferiority.”
Source: Race and Democratic Society
“The existence of birthday cake ice cream suggests that we can no longer distinguish celebration foods from everyday ones. We are also not too sure whether we are children or adults.”
Source: First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
“the existence of broccoli does not in any way affect the taste of chocolate”
Source: The Fault in Our Stars
“The existence of evil does not negate the existence of a loving God; rather, it highlights the complexity of human free will and the need for a greater purpose beyond our present understanding”
“The existence of forgetting has never been proved: We only know that some things don't come to mind when we want them.”
“The existence of God is a matter of feeling! It is not a formula of algebra that we sit down and prove! If we carefully observe the humans, animals, nature etc., then the existence of God can certainly be felt. Say, I mentioned in one of my Facebook posts that the 4 fingers of our hands are located side by side but one finger, that is, the thumb is much away from other fingers, structurally small and much different compared to other fingers. Now, it would be foolishness to say that the location of the thumb is such by coincidence. God knows it well that if all the fingers in the hands were of same size and structure, then it would be rather difficult or impossible for us to hold anything or do any work! So, He placed the thumb of our hands in the distance. It would be clearer if I explain it in a different way. As the parents become exceedingly cautious about the newly born baby, its spontaneous feeding, walking, talking etc. are carefully monitored by them, likewise, God has given the specific formation, shape and structure to the humans and all the animals by keeping their overall well-being, advantages and easiness in mind!”
“The existence of God is evidenced by our need of a God, but our inability to be one.”
“The existence of God is infinite love itself.”
“The existence of God is not logically necessary, and yet, on the basis of some profound peculiar empirical order in the universe, it seems that He exists as the ultimate uncreated Being, implying a paradox, as no logically unnecessary entity can be uncreated. This paradox is the ultimate question asked by God, who is nothing but the ultimate questioner.”
“The existence of God is not subjective. He either exists or he doesn’t. It’s not a matter of opinion. You can have your own opinions. But you can’t have your own facts.”
“The existence of God is the ultimate paradox.”
“The existence of God, the why of life, was all that really only a question of glands?”
“The existence of good bad literature—the fact that one can be amused or excited or even moved by a book that one's intellect simply refuses to take seriously—is a reminder that art is not the same thing as cerebration.”
Source: The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell: In front of your nose, 1945-1950
“The existence of guilty sense is so
important in education and religion.”
Source: Master of Stupidity
“The existence of homosexuality, not as a circumstantial matter of passing sexual whim, but as a shared condition and identity, raises the intriguing possibility of homosexual culture, or at least of a minority subculture with sexual identity as its base. At the very least, by sympathetic identification with cultural texts which appeared to be affirmative, homosexual people saw a way to shore up their self-respect in the face of constant moral attack, and they found materials with which to justify themselves not only to each other but also to those who found their very existence, let alone their behaviour, unjustifiable.”
Source: A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition
“The existence of hypocrites does not prove the non-existence of true believers.”
Source: The Salt-cellars: Being a Collection of Proverbs, Together with Homely Notes Thereon
“The existence of inherent limits of experience in no way settles the question about the subordination of facts of the human world to our knowledge of matter.”
Source: Introduction to the Human Sciences
“The existence of Israel is called by the Qur'ånic term of batil, the liberation of Palestine and the establishment of an Islamic Palestinian state is viewed as haqq. The dichotomous character of the worldview advanced by the Qur'än is thus applied to the conflict with Israel. But — paradoxically or as a consequence — the fact that Israel is perceived to be based on religious laws, and the efficiency of world Jewry in achieving its religious interests at the same time, inspires profound admiration and serves as a model for a coming Islamic Palestinian state.”
Source: Muslim Palestine: The Ideology of Hamas
“The existence of life beyond Earth is an ancient human concern. Over the years, however, attempts to understand humanity's place in the cosmos through science often got hijacked by wishful thinking or fabricated tales.”
“The existence of mysterious relations between all these different domains is the most striking and delightful feature of mathematics (having no rational explanation).”
“The existence of nuclear weapons presents a clear and present danger to life on Earth.”
“The existence of nuclear weapons presents a clear and present danger to life on Earth. Nuclear arms cannot bolster the security of any nation because they represent a threat to the security of the human race. These incredibly destructive weapons are an affront to our common humanity, and the tens of billions of dollars that are dedicated to their development and maintenance should be used instead to alleviate human need and suffering”
“The existence of other people is essentially awkward.”
“The existence of our consciousness level is the only highest authority to decide and accept the roadmap ahead for uniting with the infinite divine love.”
Source: Enter Heaven
“The existence of pleasure is the first mystery. The existence of pain has prompted far more philosophical speculation. Pleasure and pain need to be considered together; they are inseparable. Yet the space filled by each is perhaps different. Pleasure, defined as a sense of gratification, is essential for nature”
Source: And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos
“The existence of poverty in the US should not be accepted as a necessary evil or insoluble problem, but should be considered a crisis requiring emergency measures. It is a matter of will and priorities, not a matter of resources.”
“The existence of poverty is the proof of an unjust and ill-organised society, and our public charities are but the first tardy awakening in the conscience of a robber.”
Source: Essays divine and human with thoughts and aphorisms
“The existence of radiation from black holes seems to imply that gravitational collapse is not as final and irreversible as we once thought. If an astronaut falls into a black hole, its mass will increase, but eventually the energy equivalent of that extra mass will be returned to the universe in the form of radiation. Thus, in a sense, the astronaut will be 'recycled'. It would be a poor sort of immortality, however, because any personal concept of time for the astronaut would almost certainly come to an end as he was torn apart inside the black hole! Even the types of particles that were eventually emitted by the black hole would in general be different from those that made up the astronaut: the only feature of the astronaut that would survive would be his mass or energy.”
Source: A Brief History of Time
“The existence of relative truth does not prove the non-existence of universal truth.”
Source: Reflections
“The existence of such a war chest might go far to strengthen our prestige and frighten off any would be assailant.”
“The existence of such an [international Islamic] army rules out the superpowers' interference in disputes among Muslim countries.”
“The existence of the Bible is the greatest blessing which humanity ever experienced.”
“The existence of the Bible, as a book for the people, is the greatest benefit which the human race has ever experienced. Every attempt to belittle it is a crime against humanity.”
“The existence of the corporation, as we have it with us today, was never dreamed of by the fathers . . .The corporation of today has invaded every department of business, and it’s powerful but invisible hand is felt in almost all activities of life . . . The effect of this change upon the American people is radical and rapid.
The individual is fast disappearing as a business factor and in his stead is this new device, the modern corporation . . . The influence of this change upon character cannot be overestimated. The businessman at one time gave his individuality, stamped his mental and moral characteristics upon the business he conducted . . .
Today the business once transacted by individuals in every community is in the control of corporations, and many of the men who once conducted an independent business are gathered into the organization, and all personal identity, and all individualities lost.”
“The existence of the EPA regulation will require large carbon polluters to look at their hole cards, and some of them have decided that they much prefer legislation.”
“The existence of the soldier, next to capital punishment, is the most grievous vestige of barbarism which survives among men.”
“The existence of the state is inseparable from the existence of slavery.”
Source: Selected essays
“The existence of the writer is an argument against the existence of the soul, for the soul has obviously taken flight from the real ego, but not improved itself, only become a writer.”
Source: Letters to friends, family, and editors
“The existence of the writer is to write, and to write is to tell the truth.”
“The existence of these patterns [fractals] challenges us to study forms that Euclid leaves aside as being formless, to investigate the morphology of the amorphous. Mathematicians have disdained this challenge, however, and have increasingly chosen to flee from nature by devising theories unrelated to anything we can see or feel.”
“The existence of trans people presents a threat to one of the central tenets of the white-supremacist, capitalist state - that we all need to just accept our place within its violent system.”
Source: Brick By Brick: How We Build a World Without Prisons
“The existence of tricks does not imply the absence of magic.”
Source: Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur
“The existence of trousers proves that God meant us to be bipeds.”
“The existence of true religion is predicated on the practice of goodness. Goodness is Godliness. There is nothing else. Religion lies in practice, not in bookish theories.”
“The existence of truth is evidenced by our fear of it.”
“The existence of very pious feelings, in conjunction with intolerance, cruelty, and selfish policy, has never ceased to surprise and perplex those who have viewed it calmly from a distance. ... It is impossible to exaggerate the evil work theology has done in the world. What destruction of the beautiful monuments of past ages, what waste of life, what disturbance of domestic and social happiness, what perverted feelings, what blighted hearts, have always marked its baneful progress!”