Quotes About Meaning

For man to be able to live he must either not see the infinite, or have such an explanation of the meaning of life as will connect the finite with the infinite.

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

The salvation of man does not lie in his holding himself far removed from the worldly, but in consecrating it to holy, to divine meaning.

While men believe themselves to be seeking truth for its own sake, they are in fact seeking life in truth.

The smallest pebble in the well of truth has its peculiar meaning, and will stand when man's best monuments have passed away.

Although a man may have no jurisdiction over the fact of his existence, he can hold supreme command over the meaning of existence for him.

How much does a man live, after all?/ Does he live a thousand days, or one only? For a week, or for several centuries?/ How long does a man spend dying?/ What does it mean to say 'for ever'?

The true meaning of a term is to be found by observing what a man does with it, not by what he says about it.

The man who says he has exhausted life generally means that life has exhausted him.

Gardens always mean something else, man absolutely uses one thing to say another.

The big painter is one who has something to say. He thus does not paint men, landscape or furniture, but an idea.

When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation.

Could anything be absurder than a man? The animal who knows everything about himself--except why he was born and the meaning of his unique existence.

With out some kind of god, man is not very intresting

No one has learned the meaning of living until he has surrendered his ego to the service of his fellow man. Service to others is akin to duty, the fulfillment of which brings true joy.

At any moment, man must decide, for better or for worse, what will be the monument of his existence.

Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of him—mentally and spiritually. He may retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp.

Words signify man's refusal to accept the world as it is.

Our public men are speaking every day on something, but they ain't saying anything.

No man means evil but the devil, and we shall know him by his horns.

The world needs heroes and it's better they be harmless men like me than villains like Hitler.

An artist is a man who tries to express the inexpressible.

Nothing is worth anything to dead men.

The purpose of man's life...is to become an abject zombie who serves a purpose he does not know, for reasons he is not to question.