Quotes About Meaning

What knowing the Mother means above all is daring to put love into action. The Mother herself is love-in-action, love acting everywhere and in everything to make creation possible.

My mother used to tell this corny story about how the doctor smacked me on the behind when I was born and I thought it was applause, and I have been looking for it ever since.

We are all meant to be mothers of God, for God is always needing to be born.

If I had to imagine omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent power in the universe that chose to make my mother suffer, I don't know how I would make that make sense in the universe.

Death is the mother of beauty," said Henry. "And what is beauty?" "Terror.

The word good has many meanings.

When liberals say 'family', they mean 'Big Brother in Washington.' When we say 'family,' we mean 'honor thy father and mother.'

I'm very grounded - that's how I would put it. If you met my mother, you'd probably say the same thing about her. I had a very sane upbringing, though some very insane things happened.

What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean?

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

You were created on purpose for a purpose. There is a thirst and hunger in your heart that is real. Pay attention to it.

If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.

We are reminded how short life really is, and how we are just passing through. So, all the people you haven't told you love lately, tell them, and live your days like you mean it.

We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.

Don't be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value.

A book cover is a distillation. It is a haiku of the story.

The magic question is, 'What for?' But art is not for anything. Art is the ultimate goal.

Your purpose explains what you are doing with your life. Your vision explains how you are living your purpose. Your goals enable you to realize your vision.

The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.

It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication.

Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.

We realize that what we are accomplishing is a drop in the ocean. But if this drop were not in the ocean, it would be missed.

Yes, and when the love of life disappears, no meaning can console us.