Quotes About Meaning

The most rigorous reading is to find what those words on that page mean in our own lives.

Remember," Father Maximos said as he escorted them to their car, "whatever good or bad things happen to us, they have only one single purpose, to awaken us to the reality of God and help us on the path toward union with Him. There is no other reason for being born on this planet, believe me. It is up to us whether or not we take advantage of these wake-up calls.

If you will pardon my arbitrary, presumptuous use of the first person plural, then allow me to put it this way: unable to find any ultimate meaning we feel crushed enough already to be fed up with a literature that pretends there is such a thing and keeps hinting at some ultimate meaning.

végsÅ' soron az egyszer? bizalmat abban, hogy van hagyomány, hogy ez a hagyomány a megfigyelésre, az ismétlésre és a természet belsÅ' rendjének és a dolgok természetének a tiszteletére épül, s hogy ennek a hagyománynak sem az értelme, sem a tisztasága kétségbe nem vonható.

I told you. You don't love someone because of their looks or their clothes or their car. You love them because they sing a song only your heart can understand.

I read in a book once that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but I've never been able to believe it. I don't believe a rose WOULD be as nice if it was called a thistle or a skunk cabbage.

I would say that if you're human, creating a space where you can regularly check in with yourself, refocus on what really matters, and then have that as the focus of action is invaluable.

The greatest poem is not that which is most skillfully constructed, but that in which there is the most poetry.

Life is not salvage to be saved out of the world, but an investment to be used in the world.

The meaning of life is not to be loved, but to love.

We´re eternal lonely in search for shelter in the life of another, cause we know that even the death we are alone.

If you're going to be bad, be bad with a purpose or else you're not worth forgiving.

Very touching," said a voice from the stairway. "Do you want me to imitate a violin?" - Damon

You don't love a girl because of beauty. You love her because she sings a song only you can understand.

You don't love a girl because of beauty. You love her because she sings a song only you can understand. . . .

You don't love somebody because of their looks or their clothes or their car. You love them because they sing a song that nobody but you can understand.

I read in a book once that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but I've never been able to believe it. I don't believe a rose WOULD be as nice if it was called a thistle or a skunk cabbage.

If life be wretched, it is hard to bear it; if it be happy, it is horrible to lose it ; both come to the same thing.

Great things only require to be simply told, for they are spoiled by emphasis; but little things should be clothed in lofty language, as they are only kept up by expression, tone of voice, and style of delivery.

Life is short, if we are only said to live when we enjoy ourselves; and if we were merely to count up the hours we spent agreeably, a great number of years would hardly make up a life of a few months.

A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring.

Our actions are like blank rhymes, to which everyone applies what sense he pleases.

There is no human being on earth who is capable of declaring who he is, with certainty. No one knows what he has come to this world to do, to what his acts, feelings, ideas correspond, or what his real name is, his imperishable Name in the registry of Light.

Si je vais à la boulangerie et n'en ressors qu'avec le pain, j'ai loupé la vie.