Quotes About Meaning

But whatever any of them thought one thing was always certain: even though they suffered and had to struggle at times to bring meaning and even the most basic dignity into their existence and even though in their search for justice and truthfulness they were beaten down and met with disappointment again and again—their lives were not available for use as an illustration. Theirs were not stories that could be read as an affirmation of another system.

Force has no meaning in the world, he had said to them, and holding his thumb and forefinger an inch apart to indicate the smallness of the bird, had added, God speaks through the least of His creatures.

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.

If you ask, 'What happens when we die? Why do we die?' you are asking, 'Why do we live?

You do realize this makes your wings even more unique. Are you saying you shot me as a cosmetic procedure?

I'd guess that you have some purpose to fulfill and that is why you were saved. But don't get a swelled head over it. A cabbage has a purpose when someone needs to make soup.

Eejits can feel pain, mi patron, otherwise I couldn't train them. I don't think they suffer in the same way we do. To suffer implies emotion, and eejits don't have that

this kind of story intrinsically satisfying.

It only shows, said Aunt Sadie, that nothing really matters the least bit, so why make these fearful efforts to keep alive? Oh, but it's the efforts that one enjoys so much, said Davey...

Undeniable; Jennifer was one of those women whose meaning, if they have one, is only apparent to husband and children

But beauty is more, after all, than bones, for, while bones belong to death and endure after decay, beauty is a living thing.

Inspired by its views of both the Atlantic and Lake Worth, Marjorie planned to call her home Mar-A-Lago from the Latin, meaning 'from sea to lake.

The bestowing of chrysanthemums indicates familial attachment and, by implication, affection.

Her estate's lawyer. "Is he…?" "Undead? Oh, yes. I never do business with daywalkers. Too temporary.

He was joking, right? A village garden competition wasn't like the Olympics.

If we rebuild our communities and begin to derive more meaning and a sense of the good life from them, many of us are going to be less susceptible to the siren song of mindless consumerism (and while we're at it, we might even spend less time producing and editing our personal brands on social media).

We are looking to [corporate] brands for poetry and for spirituality, because we're not getting those things from our communities or from each other.

The search for the true meaning of brands - or the brand essence, as it is often called - gradually took the agencies away from individual products and their attributes and toward a psychological/anthropological examination of what brands mean to the culture and to people's lives. This was seen to be of crucial importance, since corporations may manufacture products, but what consumers buy are brands.

wholeness, meaning, union, calling, God.

All shall love me and despair,' " I said. She was eyeing me very dubiously. "Galadriel? In Lord of the Rings?

He held his hand out to me across the table. It was harder to take it this time, to make that deliberate choice, without the useful distraction of desperation.

I'm sorry," I said, feeling stupid in the way I'm sorry always feels stupid when you mean it.

I had a feeling the Summoning wasn't really meant to be cast alone: as if truth didn't mean anything without someone to share it with; you could shout truth into the air forever, and spend your life doing it, if someone didn't come and listen.

I had a feeling the Summoning wasn't really meant to be cast alone: as if truth didn't mean anything without someone to share it with; you could shout truth into the air forever, and spend your life doing it, if someone didn't come and listen.