Meaning Quotes
Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning.
Life must have its sacred moments and its holy places. We need the infinite, the limitless, the uttermost -- all that can give the heart a deep and strengthening peace.
But the meaning of life is not . . . explained by one's business life, nor is the deep desire of the human heart answered by a bank account.
The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.
Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation.
The true meaning of the precepts is that one should refrain not only from drinking alcohol but also from getting drunk on nirvana.
For me, the meaning of life is pretty clear: Living things strive to pass their genes into the future.
I simply painted images of what was before my eyes; it is for others to find hidden meaning in them.
I have lived my whole life on the stage and screen before you. I found purpose and meaning in your response.
I loved acting, which was never about money, the fame. It was about a search for meaning. It was painful.
Quit praying about yourself and spend your life for the sake of others as the bondservant of Jesus. That is the true meaning of being broken bread and poured-out wine in real life.
Sharing music is not a crime. It shouldn't be. There should be a deeper meaning to making music than just selling downloads.
When we begin to experience our life as the miraculous expression of divinity - not occasionally, but all the time - then we will know the true meaning of success.
If you contribute to other peoples happiness, you will find the true meaning of life. The key point is to have a genuine sense of universal responsibility
Nebraskans know the true meaning of life... work, spending time with loved ones, and Saturdays in the fall.
It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
PAIN was no longer a cause of suffering, but a source of pleasure, Because they were redeeming humanity from its sins. Pain becomes joy, the meaning of life, pleasure.
I wrote when I did not know life; now that I do know the meaning of life, I have no more to write. Life cannot be written; life can only be lived.
Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your books.
Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself.
Art—the meaning of the pattern of our common actions in reality. The cloth-of-gold that hides behind the sackcloth of reality, forced out by the pain of human memory.
In all natural disasters through time, man needs to attach meaning to tragedy, no matter how random and inexplicable the event is.
Words can be meaningless. If they are used in such a way that no sharp conclusions can be drawn.
We want to hear the story first and let the meaning unfold, rather than to be present with expectations of a certain significance into which all behavior is then fitted.
It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you.
It's all you can say, when the end comes: 'I did not waste my time.' I think that matters. I think it may be all that matters.
Better than a meaningless story of a thousand words is a single word of deep meaning which, when heard, produces peace.
Deeper meaning resides in the fairy tales told to me in my childhood than in the truth that is taught by life.
You cannot control what happens to you in life, but you can always control what you will feel and do about what happens to you.
Education is an adventurous quest for the meaning of life, involving an ability to think things through. --Z. Applewhite.
To grasp the true meaning of socialism, imagine a world where everything is designed by the post office, even the sleaze.