Philosophy Phrases That Sound Existentially Exciting but Aren't

How's that for a file folder?  I have just two items to put in it today.

"To be is to be perceived."  Surely this is about today's "look at me" way of life. If you just did something--planted a garden, hiked up a mountain, read a novel--and didn't tell the world on Twitter or Facebook or Google+ or by texting someone (etc) it didn't really happen, wasn't really worth doing.  That's what we're