Quotes About Meaning

zanshin. Translating this concept into English is like translating "fuckface" into Nipponese, but it might translate into "emotional intensity" in football lingo.

Classified," he said. "Never heard of him. Perhaps a Cornish name, is it? Protestant or Catholic?" "'Tisn't a name," he said. "It means I cannot tell you. I am under orders not to tell you.

Says right here you are gung-ho." "Sir, yes sir!" "What the hell does that mean?" "Sir, it is a Chinese word! There's a Communist there, name of Mao, and he's got an army. We tangled with 'em on more'n one occasion, sir. Gung-ho is their battle cry, it means 'all together' or something like that, so after we got done kicking the crap out of them, sir, we stole it from them, sir!

We don't believe in anything as simple as metempsychosis—the movement of an individual soul from one body to another. That's not what we mean by reincarnation at all." "What

What do you mean?" Yul asked.

There is only one purpose for all of life, and that is for you and all that lives to experience fullest glory.

Most of you, therefore, spend the bulk of your adult life searching for the "right" way to worship, to obey, and to serve God. The irony of all this is that I do not want your worship, I do not need your obedience, and it is not necessary for you to serve Me.

Words are really the least effective communicator. They are most open to misinterpretation, most often misunderstood.

Opportunity, not obligation, is the cornerstone of religion, the basis of all spirituality. So long as you see it the other way around, you will have missed the point.

1. Who am I? 2. Where am I? 3. Why am I where I am? 4. What do I intend to do about that?

The meaning of everything is the meaning I give it

Every tounge bit had another word to say.

Forget the midlife crisis," I say. "It's all about the sixth-life crisis.

I saw a painting once where the artist had actually done that--signed his work in blood. ... When I saw that, I thought it was as if the man who had painted the picture wanted to say to me, Well, you did ask what this actually cost.

So what is true for life itself is no less true for the universe: knowing where you came from is no less important than knowing where you are going.

You know that passage in the Bible that says, "And the meek shall inherit the Earth"? Always wondered if that was mistranslated. Perhaps it actually says, "And the geek shall inherit the Earth.

While most branches of science have ascended in this era, the field of astrophysics persistently rises to the top. I think I know why. At one time or another every one of us has looked up at the night sky and wondered: What does it all mean? How does it all work? And, what is my place in the universe?

We embark on this quest not from a simple desire, but from a mandate of our species to search for our place in the cosmos. The quest is old, not new. And has garnered the attention of thinkers great and small, across time and across culture. What we have discovered, the poets have known all along.

At one time or another every one of us has looked up at the night sky and wondered: What does it all mean? How does it all work? And, what is my place in the universe?

The cosmic perspective helps us to see beyond our circumstances, allowing us to realize that life is about more than money, popularity, clothes, sports, or even grades.

Tutti noi, a un certo punto, abbiamo alzato gli occhi al cielo di notte e ci siamo chiesti: che significa tutto questo? Come funziona? E qual è il mio posto nell'Universo

If you stopped tellin' people it's all sorted out after they're dead, they might try sorting it all out while they're alive.

And yet in the short space of half an hour all of life had changed, lost its color, its vividness, its whole meaning. No, she reflected, it wasn't that that had happened. Life about her, apparently, went on exactly as before.

Psaní dává lidskému životu urÃ…â"¢itou d?stojnost. I kdyby to nikdy nikdo ne?etl, aspo? nÄ›co dÄ›láte. Pracujete na té nejd?ležitÄ›jÅ¡í vÄ›ci... RozhodnÄ› je to lepÅ¡í než psát reklamní texty. Neutloukáte se aspo? v plytkostech. A máte Å¡anci pohovoÃ…â"¢it si s tÄ›mi, kteÃ…â"¢í se dosud nenarodili.