Quotes About Meaning

Faith is not about finding meaning in the world, there may be no such thing -- faith is the belief in our capacity to create meaningful lives.

When there is no family, what else is there to fight for? I was blinded with obsession, for something that could never fill me. I lost everything that mattered.

But what if the novels were right? What if sentimentality was closer to the truth of life and cynicism was the evasion

That's splendid. That will do. You got up this morning. You've made everyone understand that. You don't have to be amusing or make people laugh to be a good speaker. The important thing is that you said you hadn't anything to talk about & you did find something to say.

Ochii ei erau cu adev?rat poem iar privirile alc?tuiau fiecare un cântec.

Concepts such as age, place of birth and parentage can only have meaning within the context of personal history.

If churches are to be healthy, then pastors and teachers must be committed to discovering the meaning of Scripture and allowing that meaning to drive the agenda with their congregations.

Expositional listening is listening for the meaning of a passage of Scripture and accepting that meaning as the main idea to be grasped for our personal and corporate lives as Christians.

When we hear the Word preached, are we generally looking to have a need met (for example, to be entertained or to gather some practical advice) or are we primarily desiring to understand the original meaning of the text and apply it to our lives?

If we're all living in ourselves and mistaking it for life, then we're devaluing and desensitizing life.

My name is Thanos, and my name means Immortality.

Like a beautiful flower, full of colour but without scent, are the fine but fruitless words of him who does not act accordingly.

9 Romans 8:15-16 describes what is true of us if the Spirit lives in us and leads us. Think of what this can mean for your life. What attitudes and actions would you have if you seriously considered God your Abba? (Take a look at this passage in The Message for another way to think about it.)

To love love and not its meaning, hardens the heart in monstrous ways..." (The Rape Of The Swan) Footnote : A form of self-edification, infatuation, lust and the epitome of hedonism.

But my dreams, they aren't as empty, as my conscience seems to be

History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.

Amusement always means putting things out of mind, forgetting suffering, even when it is on display. At its root is powerlessness.

On their way toward modern science human beings have discarded meaning. The concept is replaced by the formula, the cause by rules and probability.

To say "we" and mean "I" is one of the most recondite insults.

Words of the jargon sound as if they said something higher than what they mean.

The jargon of authenticity ... is a trademark of societalized chosenness ... sub-language as superior language.

What is or is not the jargon is determined by whether the word is written in an intonation which places it transcendently in opposition to its own meaning; by whether the individual words are loaded at the expense of the sentence, its propositional force, and the thought content.

The only true thoughts are those which do not grasp their own meaning

The subjectivist approach to art simply fails to understand that the subjective experience of art in itself is meaningless, and that in order to grasp the importance of art one has to zero in on the artistic object rather than on the fun of the art lover.