Quotes About Meaning

Indeed, the exclusion of Purpose is convenient to the elimination of conscience.

This isn't business. This is poetry.

I was beginning to think that in life there might be some suffering that was worth enduring.

There are things that are more important than life.

Nothing goes perfectly for us. But... being incomplete is what pushes us onward to the next something... If we were even perfectly satisfied, what meaning would the rest of our lives hold, right?

Nie ma nic za darmo. Darmowa jest tylko ?mier?, cho? i ona kosztuje przecie? ?ycie.

Quella ciocca di capelli restò l'A del mio alfabeto, il primo mistero della mia Via Crucis, la prima reliquia della mia felicità; la prima parola scritta insomma della mia vita; varia com'essa, e quasi inesplicabile come quella di tutti.

Being happy or unhappy - is that really the most important thing? Knowing the truth would be a different kind of happiness - a more satisfying kind, I think, even if it turned out to be a sad kind.

The words that enlighten the soul r much more precious than Jewels.

Only the very greatest art invigorates without consoling.

Good motives butter no parsnips, and hell is paved with buttered parsnips.

Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.

A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective.

The question, then, is not "Is story telling science?" but "Can science learn to tell good stories?" (p. 50)

Words are a pretty fuzzy substitute for mathematical equations.

When a phrase is born, it is both good and bad at the same time. The secret of its success rests in a crux that is barely discernible. One's fingertips must grasp the key, gently warming it. And then the key must be turned once, not twice.

Consider this: Could it be true that, in all Russian literature, there isn't a single clear and joyous depiction of the sun?

It is necessary to distinguish the nationalism of the oppressing nations from the nationalism of the oppressed

A world without music is just a world full of noises that don't make sense.

Words are not that important when you recognize intentions.

Tout le grand charme poignant de la vie vient peut-être de la certitude absolue de la mort. Si les choses devaient durer, elles nous sembleraient indignes d'attachement.

If I could tell you what it meant, there would be no point in dancing it

A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life.