Ontological Proof Quotes

#1. I am not worthy of my suffering. A great sentence. It suggests not only that suffering is the basis of the self, its sole indubitable ontological proof, but also that it is the one feeling most worthy of respect; the value of all values.

Milan Kundera

#2. But now that the guerrilla fighting is over, the Spaniards are again men without a country or families or homes or work, though everyone appreciates very much what they did.

Martha Gellhorn

#3. We're in the midst of a boom in home-based businesses, and it shows no sign of slowing.

Paul Zane Pilzer

#4. I had heard so much negative talk about our generation, that we're slackers and young fogies, that I knew wasn't true of the people I know.

Eric Liu

#5. Gratitude, n. A sentiment lying midway between a benefit received and a benefit expected.

Ambrose Bierce

#6. For someone to be perfect, they must be real, however imperfect they are.

Johnny Rich

#7. The power of the Will in a man, is favoured by the Heavens. The man who sets his Heart and Word onto something, and says "I will" no matter what obstacle is placed in his way - joins the ranks of the demi-gods. All else remain in mortality and are soon forgotten.

C. JoyBell C.

#8. Evil is ancient, unchanging, and with us always. The more postmodern the West becomes - affluent, leisured, nursed on moral equivalence, utopian pacifism, and multicultural relativism - the more premodern the evil among us seems to arise in nihilistic response.

Victor Davis Hanson

#9. It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.

Joseph Addison