Quotes About Meaning

Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.

All culture, whatever significance it may have, just as all education, civilization, development, is absolutely powerless to renew the inner man.

Factually and objectively, however, nothing is indifferent, neither in nature, nor in the state, nor in science and art. All things, even the most humble, have their specific place and meaning in the context of the whole. Human beings are indifferent only to what they do not, or do not sufficiently, know; they automatically assess and appreciate what they do know. God, who knows all things, is not indifferent to anything.

Niet dat ik per se wil sterven, maar het zou helpen om het leven draaglijker te maken.

O, ik weet het niet, maar besta, wees mooi. Zeg: kijk, een vogel en leer me de vogel zien. Zeg: het leven is een brood om in te bijten en de appels zien nog rood van plezier, en nog, en nog, zeg iets. Leer me huilen, en als ik huil, leer me zeggen: het is niets.

For me, however, that beloved, glowing little word happiness has become associated with everything I have felt since childhood upon hearing the sound of the word itself.

It comforted him because it could not be called suffering if it was a sign of Art.

the irrational invalidates any meaning attached to it.

A gift weighed down with obligations is scarcely a gift.

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.

Opinions mean nothing; they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, anyone can embrace or reject them.

As a commentary makes no sense without the text which it is expounding, so also the Confessions make no sense without the Bible.

But I am totally captive; the text there is too powerful and will not allow itself to be torn from its meaning.22

This is not to say that "what we do" is tantamount to "who we are," but for most of us, work is an important source of personal meaning and social definition. Work activities and relationships are tightly woven into the fabric of our lives. In fact, work often provides the defining framework within which we set priorities and make decisions about other important facets of our lives. It is no wonder we feel so lost when that framework is in question.

God is the most uninteresting answer to the most interesting questions.

what she found terrifying was the incoherence of his tirade, because she thought there was no greater violence than the one done to meaning.

More than the threatening tone, what she found terrifying was the incoherence of his tirade, because she thought there was no greater violence than the one done to meaning.

I used to fully commit to finishing a book, even if I disliked it. But since realizing that I am, in a general way, dying, I've decided there isn't enough time to finish books that weren't meant for me. Who thought finitude could be so liberating?

She thought there was no greater violence than the one done to meaning.

I was a little different. I still say I'm a little different, because success to me is not having the most money, or having the biggest car or the biggest house.

To combat death you don't need much of a life, just one that isn't yet finished.

Little treasures have a sign that says, Here I am. Bigger treasures have a sign that says, Do you remember. But the most precious treasures of all will have a sign saying, I was there.

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