#existence

Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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My husband is not American. He was born in Brazil, where he grew up under a filthy, corrupt dictatorship. In his twenties, he moved to Europe, where he lived for a while under various socialist democracies. He spent a few years on a kibbutz in Israel, living out a utopian experiment in communal existence. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

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Married life is an existence with bars around it. ↗

— Al Goldstein

#bars #existence #life #married #married life

My existence was never a Francis Ford Coppola existence. ↗

— Victoria Gotti

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At a time when unbridled greed, malignant aggression, and existence of weapons of mass destruction threatens the survival of humanity, we should seriously consider any avenue that offers some hope. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

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The human psyche shows that each individual is an extension of all of existence. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

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It is possible to see the intermediate state between lives as being in a way more important than incarnate existence. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

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It is possible to spend one's entire lifetime without ever experiencing the mystical realms or even without being aware of their existence. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#being #entire #even #ever #existence

Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

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In the usual progress of things, the necessities of a nation in every stage of its existence will be found at least equal to its resources. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

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