Quotes About Meaning

The problem with setting out to change the world was that you were never the only one.

What we perceive as art, the universe perceives as directions.

So, says Lev, as casually as he can, you wanna dance? Do you believe in the end of the world? she responds. Lev shrugs. I don't know. Why? Because the day after that is when I'll dance with you.

The illusion of purpose is critical to a well-adjusted population.

It's kind of like religion. It gives us comfort to believe we have defined something that is, by its very nature, indefinable. As to whether or not we've gotten it right, well, it's all a matter of faith.

Life was about forging time, not just passing time.

I can't destroy things so beautiful. Time will destroy them if you don't. Time destroys everything. But if you destroy them, it will mean something.

Exactly," says the parrot. "WHY are you here? Or should I ask 'Why are YOU here?' Or 'Why are you HERE?

What must life have been like in the Age of Mortality? Full of passions, both good and bad. Fear giving rise to faith. Despair giving meaning to elation. They say even the winters were colder and the summers were warmer in those days.

From now on, I want my life to be about living.

But birthdays are random... Defining one's life by the day one was cut from an umbilical cord is completely arbitrary.

I don't want to be empty on the inside.

This is why I don't speak sooner. Other people, they talk, talk, talk until words mean nothing. There is no truth.' He pointed to his chest. 'I keep truth here. Not in other people's ears.' ?The Night Butcher

It sets me off giggling, which gets everyone else laughing. And it occurs to me that even in these do-or-die moments, there's still space for us to laugh. I guess that means we still have some fight left in us.

Who would have thought that the singular whole of her forgiveness was a more valuable gift than a hundred of her parts?

Everything has meaning, or nothing has meaning. Which world would you rather live in?

He had to live long enough to forge a purpose greater than that.

Because believing in nothing is still believing in something—and only by reaching eternity will anyone know the truth of it all.

Ah. That's Tonist code for, 'Leave me the hell alone,' " Curate Mendoza says. "You might also try, 'I wish to ponder the resonance.' That works just as well.

It sets me oof giggling, which gets everyone else laughing. And it occurs to me that even in these do-or-die moments, there's still space for us to laugh. I guess that means we still have some fight left in us.

Los símbolos tienen fuerza —anuncia—. Tú ves una cruz, y sientes algo. Ves una esvástica, y sientes otra cosa. Sin embargo, la esvástica es también un símbolo hindú que significa <>, y eso demuestra que los símbolos pueden ser mortalmente corrompidos. Por eso yo me invento los míos. Para mí están cargados de significado, y eso es lo que cuenta.

I began to recognize something in humanity that was ephemeral and hard to quantify, but definitely there. Simply put, humanity had a need to be bad. Not everyone, of course—but I calculated that 3 percent of the population could only find meaning in life through defiance. Even if there was no injustice in the world left to defy, they had an innate need to defy something. Anything.

Les diría que si están huyendo, que huyan, porque tienen todo el derecho a intentar sobrevivir. Pero que no importa lo que les suceda, porque su vida tendrá sentido.

No son las palabras, ¡es lo que implica!