Quote of Simone de Beauvoir - There is no justification for present...
Biography - Simone de Beauvoir:
French writer, intellectual and philosopher.
Born: 1908 - Died: 1986
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1908 - Died: 1986
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: France
There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes about the present:
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
Quotes about the future:
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
Quotes about existence:
The universe confounds me! I cannot imagine that such a ‘clock’ can exist without there being a Clockmaker.
There are moments in life when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence immeasurably increased.
Man is nothing else than his plan; he exists only to the extent that he fulfills himself; he is therefore nothing else than the ensemble of his acts, nothing less than his life.
Simone de Beauvoir also said...
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