Being Quotes – Reflections on Existence and Conscious Life

Being quotes offer profound insights into human existence and the conscious experience of being in the world.

This collection of being quotes presents various perspectives on the conscious experience of existence. The selected aphorisms and reflections invite contemplation on the meaning and nature of human life. Being emphasizes the connection between the individual and their surroundings as well as personal responsibility. These quotes help to grasp the complexity of existence and encourage philosophical engagement.

"Become who you are. Make what only you can make."

Friedrich Nietzsche

"Is any of it real? I mean, look at this, look at it! A world built on fantasy! Synthetic emotions in the form of pills! Psychological warfare in the form of advertising! Mind altering chemicals in the form of food! Brainwashing seminars in the form of media! Controlled isolated bubbles in the form of social networks. Real? You want to talk about reality? We haven't lived in anything remotely close to it since the turn of the century! We turned it off, took out the batteries, snacked on a bag of GMOs, while we tossed the remnants into the ever expanding dumpster of the human condition. We live in branded houses, trademarked by corporations, built on bipolar numbers, jumping up and down on digital displays, hypnotizing us into the biggest slumber mankind has ever seen. You'd have to dig pretty deep, kiddo, before you can find anything real. We live in a kingdom of bullshit, that even you have lived in for far too long. So don't tell me about not being real: I'm no less real than the fucking beef patty in your big mac. As far as you are concerned, Elliot, I am very real. We are all together now, whether you like it or not."

Christian Slater

"Nothing's changed my life more. I feel better about myself as a person, being conscious and responsible for my actions and I lost weight and my skin cleared up and I got bright eyes and I just became stronger and healthier and happier. Can't think of anything better in the world to be but be vegan."

Alicia Silverstone

"If you think that being vegan is difficult, imagine being a factory farmed animal."

Davegan Raza

"Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people."

Fred McFeely Rogers

"A tremendous mystery unfolds in front of our senses every waking hour of our lives; a mystery more profound, more tantalizing, more penetrating and urgent than any novel or thriller. This unfolding mystery is nature’s challenge to us. Are we paying enough attention to it?"

Bernardo Kastrup

"In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time."

Niels Bohr

"My observation of the Universe convinces me that there are beings of intelligence and power of a far higher quality than anything we can conceive of as human; that they are not necessarily based on the cerebral and nervous structures that we know, and that the one and only chance for mankind to advance as a whole is for individuals to make contact with such beings."

Aleister Crowley

"Beauty is worth looking for."

Guy Consolmagno

"Seldom aware of the intricate connection between the patterns of their own lives and the course of world history, ordinary people do not usually know what this connection means for the kind of people they are becoming and for the kind of history-making in which they might take part."

Charles Wright Mills

"This is the true joy in life: Being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations."

George Bernard Shaw

"The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not."

Albert Schweitzer

"If Nirvana had remained a small, underground punk rock band, Kurt Cobain would still be alive. And he'd probably be living in Seattle, getting kind of fat and balding, be relatively happy and producing records for other people."

Moby