Meaning Quotes

Men live, and then they die. It is the quality of the process of living which matters, that and that alone.

For the gift of life, the only true thanks was in living fully, and facing death with honor.

When children reach the age of sixteen, they discover the meaning of life: car keys.

Search for meaning, eat, sleep. Search for meaning, eat, sleep. Die, search for meaning, search for meaning, search for meaning.

Is death that which gives meaning to life?

They're basically moments in which you're in touch with the meaning of life, when your relationship to the rest of the universe makes sense.

Man can find meaning in life only through devoting himself to society.

There is evil in the world, but it can be overcome through repentance ­and aspiration, and therein lies the true meaning and adventure of life.

Exactly!" said Deep Thought. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means.

There is one experience that brings joy or happiness to every living being. The experience of love.

if we possess a why of life we can put up with almost any how.

If everyone knew exactly what I was going to say, then there would be no point in my saying it, would there?

How can those who possess all knowledge, which must include knowledge of life that is worth living, be interested in using knowledge only for the insignificant aim of making money?

The will to matter is at least as important as the will to believe.

I can't design anything unless I'm excited by it, meaning I have an urge to wear it.

A part of me genuinely wanted to be the worst because I was so sick of everyone fighting to be the best.

If one should criticize one should always have a meaningful explanation to accompany.

Meaning. If you're going to die, you want to find meaning in life. You want to connect the dots.

I personally cannot discern a shred of evidence for ‘[intelligent] design.’ If 97% of all creatures have gone extinct, some plan isn't working very well!

A place without meaning is no place to be.

We ascribe meanings because it is our nature to do so..We can no more see a thing without searching for a meaning than we can see a snag in a robe without pulling on the loose thread.

The real meaning of things lies deep down and the real meaning of things is always beautiful because it is simply love.

There's no requirement that jobs be meaningful. If there was, half the country would be unemployed.

It's not an old book, or a treasure map. Nope. Staring up at me was a pile of rocks.

I think of you as a friend. I used to think "friend" was just another word... Nothing more, nothing less. But when I met you, I realized what was important was the word's meaning.

All pursuits are pointless and fruitless unless and until love and compassion are found and then are the foundation and destination of all you do

There is only Love -- and Stories. All else is but a shadow dream.

World is a divine play. At the beginning and at the end, we are the same.

Life is meaningless, when we take a life we take nothing of value.

Everyone now knows how to find the meaning of life within himself.

The greatest create of power you have on earth, whether you are an angel, a spirit, a man or woman or child is to help others.

Ye know full well that the meaning of life is to find your gift. To find your gift is happiness. Never tae find it is misery.

If my life had no meaning there was no reason not to end it.

Just say up on the hill is the meaning of life and someone knew it and they wanted everyone else to enjoy it. So they put a red vinyl sofa up there.

Through words to the meaning of thoughts with no words.

Neither death nor wisdom has a full stop. There are only commas-no destinations, only waiting rooms.

Why does every road eventually narrow into a point at the horizon? Because that's where the point lies.

What else is life from the time you were born but a struggle to matter, at least to someone?

You get on with your own life. Lettie gave it to you. You just have to grow up and try and be worth it.

God loves atheists. The former ones make the most compelling theists because they're so empirically familiar with how atheists think.

If we cannot come together to pause, to respect our dead and the heroic lives of meaning they led, then ours is truly a civilization lost.

I dropped out of high school when I was 16, after I had a huge argument with my English teacher over the meaning of the word 'existentialism.'

When I worked with wildlife a lot in the Eighties and Nineties, I learnt the meaning of patience. And when I worked with trees, I learned the meaning of humility.

The hope is indeed that some will experience and believe: The purpose of a number of spiritual gurus is to demonstrate to God-fearing men faux spirituality.

Man was created to glorify God. Now, that may encompass other things which God has planned for each man, but essentially, man was created to glorify God.

How much change can a person absorb before everything loses meaning Living for its own sake isn't life. People need meaning as much as they need air.

Women rescue men just as much as, if not more than, men rescue women.

Could a body broken and blood spilled two thousand years ago restore my own damaged life?

I wanted to be that quirky girl who writes funny songs that still have meaning.

Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live.