Quotes About Meaning

Do I believe in God? I don't know what that really means. I don't know what my personal connections with G-o-d are. But spirituality is soulfulness.

I believe in spirituality more than I believe in religion. But I like the idea of there being something bigger than us. What that is, I can't say for sure.

At different points in my life, I had grappled with the idea of going into the priesthood - in high school or law school. Where it ends, I'm not quite sure. Perhaps it ends with death, grappling with one's spirituality.

We have a world that is searching for answers, that is searching for a way back to spirituality.

I tend to place my own value in spirituality rather than religiosity.

Spirituality is very individualistic - to each his own. I feel it's about keeping the spirit alive and everything else follows.

I can't explain it, but spiritually it makes sense - though I don't understand how it does make sense.

I want to tell people how to live spiritually. After you've bought all your houses and your clothes, you want something bigger.

Spiritually, I'm a floating entity, but Buddhism is as close as I can get to describing it.

It is a strange experience to have another person spit on you.

I don't like to get too specific about lyrics. It places limitations on them, and spoils the listeners' interpretation.

There's a big difference between being privileged and being spoilt. My parents always said, 'Spoilt means ruined, and you're not ruined, just incredibly fortunate.'

I went to see Gerard Philipe and Jean Gabin in pictures. Gerard Philipe spoke beautiful French, while Jean Gabin spoke slang. And after a while I realized that when Gabin said, 'What's up, lady?' it meant the same thing as when Philipe said, 'Good evening, madam.'

I think 'Bittersweet' is one of the best songs ever written. The idea of it just really spoke to me.

Real spiritual authority has to do with the truth of the actual words being spoken, and the spirit of the person behind the words. Really, authority is about truth: honest-living truth.

One of the nuisances of the ballot is that when the oracle has spoken you never know what it means.

Spoken language's elaborate rhythms and inflections convey more meaning per word than the printed word.

I am attracted by almost any French word - written or spoken. Before I knew its meaning, I thought 'saucisson' so exquisite that it seemed the perfect name to give a child - until I learned it meant 'sausage!'

The Trudie Styler that is spoken of is extremely privileged in life and feels that privilege.

But stories don't only speak; they are spoken to, by the circumstances under which they are written.

I needed to understand this random bad bit of luck as part of a bigger design. Otherwise I was suffering meaninglessly. This made the suffering a lot worse.

I must have something to engross my thoughts some object in life which will fill this vacuum and prevent this sad wearing away of the heart.

All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.

Love your calling with passion, it is the meaning of your life.