Quotes About Meaning

We must read and reread; the relationship with a text is alive.

Out of sight, out of body, there is nothing, there is no longer anything. And the words that humans invented to make themselves believe there was something, first of all the word "death" itself, fraught with terror and hope, only conceal the nothingness.

Early in my career, during my first few years at Oracle, I defined my success by making money and achieving power. By my early thirties, however, I realized that these superficial achievements did not provide real meaning or true happiness. Despite a list of impressive titles and a pile of material possessions, I felt that something was missing, and began to consider my place in the world and how I could make a difference.

Zapewne, gdyby?my nawet uznali, ?e historia do niczego poza tym nie s?u?y, nale?a?oby na jej plus zapisa? to, ?e jest bardzo zajmuj?ca (...).

Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life.

In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.

And I see that all is vanity and vexation of spirit under the sun,64 that the only good is to love God with all one's heart and to be poor in spirit here on earth.

all of the goods of earth and heaven are meant to help us on the way to salvation, but they can become obstacles if we relate to them with possessiveness.

C'est en regardant les objets du quotidien, tel un couteau à beurre, que l'on se rend compte que quelqu'un est parti et qu'il ne reviendra plus ; un stupide couteau à beurre qui taille à jamais des tranches de solitude dans votre vie.

On ne peut pas tout vivre, alors l'important est de vivre l'essentiel, et chacun de nous a "son essentiel".

You know what, Joshy? All the small things in life . . . They're not so small after all.

Finalement, le bonheur, n'est-ce pas ce après quoi nous courons tous sans être vraiment capable de le reconnaître ?

Du får lära dig att en viss sorts tystnad säger mer än tomma ord.

Je vais te dire pourquoi je suis "serein", comme tu dis. Parce que l'on ne peut pas tout vivre, alors l'important est de vivre l'essentiel et chacun de nous a "son essentiel".

Có nh?ng kho?nh kh?c vô cùng quý báu trong cuá»™c ??i r?t cuá»™c l?i xu?t phát t? má»™t vài Ä'i?u gi?n d?.

Years ago I did a particularly angry set onstage. I talked about AIDS, the end of the world, and how silly and hopeless life was. A guy came up to me after the show and asked, "Why comedy?" That was all he said. I was dumbfounded.

The modern word derives from the Old English cyning, meaning something like 'son of the kin'.

Thus I discovered that if one is the least bit welcoming in one's treatment of it, a word never comes alone. It brings along with it all those that belong to its clan...102

Everything important that I have done can be put into a little suitcase.

Art is not about itself but the attention we bring to it.

L'art est justifié dans la mesure où il ajoute à la vie juste ce qui lui manque pour être plus vraie qu'elle-même.

Les mots qui ont un son noble contiennent toujours de belles images.

Love is a striking example of how little reality means to us.

The only true paradise is paradise lost