earthly existence Quotes

All that seems earth is hell or heaven.

I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems... It's got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.

We only get 60 years, if we're really lucky, as adults on earth, and why not try to wake up every day and learn something and talk to people?

On this earth there is that which deserves life.

And when I was born, I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, which is of like nature; and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do.

Who promised you that only for joy were you brought to this earth?

To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.

All of us have a path to follow and the path begins on earth.

The elemental world we all live in is the darkness of the body.

As a Buddhist, I view death as a normal process, a reality that I accept will occur as long as I remain in this earthly existence. Knowing that I cannot escape it, I see no point in worrying about it. I tend to think of death as being like changing your clothes when they are old and worn out, rather than as some final end. Yet death is unpredictable: We do not know when or how it will take place. So it is only sensible to take certain precautions before it actually happens.

There is something more spiritual to us than what we are on this earth, but how you access it I'm not sure.

To the field we are scattered from the day we are born to grow wild and sleep rough til from the earth we are torn.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. He gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth. It is an awesome opportunity.

This earthly existence of ours is more brittle that the glass bangles that ladies wear.

The Christian Church does not exist in Heaven, but on earth and in time.

Most people think great god will come from the skies, take away everything, and make everybody feel high. But if you know what life is worth, you will look for yours on earth.

Every day above earth is a good day.

The only thing worth having in an earthly existence is a sense of humor.

When death comes, he respects neither age nor merit. He sweeps from the earthly existence the sick and the strong, the rich and the poor, and should teach us to live to be prepared for death.

Remain true to the earth.

Remain faithful to the earth, my brothers, with the power of your virtue. Let your gift-giving love and your knowledge serve the meaning of the earth. Thus I beg and beseech you. Do not let them fly away from earthly things and beat with their wings against eternal walls. Alas, there has always been so much virtue that has flown away. Lead back to the earth the virtue that flew away, as I do—back to the body, back to life, that it may give the earth a meaning, a human meaning.

Tall poplars--human beings of this earth!

Religion teaches us that our lives here on earth are to be used for transformation.