Quotes About Meaning

Mind you, it's all bullshit with wine, isn't it? It's just f**king vinegar with a fizz, no matter what the tasters say.

And if it wasn't as good as before, what was the point of doing it? There wasn't a point, as far as I was concerned.

Was there any meaning to the life he had led? Not even that did he believe in. But this was something he knew nothing about. It was not for him to judge.

Idézet, "én", idézet vége, foglalta össze Esti Kornél a modern utáni irodalmi törekvéseket és azok nyomorúságát és szükségszer?ségét, majd meghalt, de nem bírt.

Az úgynevezett irodalmi szenzációk többnyire nem irodalmiak, bár mivel azt, mi az irodalom, nem tudja senki élÅ' ember, azt is jótékony homály fedi, mi az irodalmi szenzáció. Talán itt is úgy van, hogy az az, amit annak mondanak.

To grasp the true meaning of socialism, imagine a world where everything is designed by the post office, even the sleaze.

The capacity to care is what gives life its most deepest significance.

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.

But they are useless. They can only give you answers.

To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to be through with it, to kill it, to rid it of its soul, to give it its final blow the coup de grace for the painter as well as for the picture.

I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.

As far as I am concerned, a painting speaks for itself. What is the use of giving explanations, when all is said and done? A painter has only one language.

Art is a lie that tells the truth.

Por qué y cómo se construyó esta potente alegoría? ¿Qué hay detrás de El Álamo? ¿Quiénes reinventaron la batalla de El Á

human life doesn't have truth. We're born screaming in doubt, and we die suffocating in doubt, and human life consists of continually convincing ourselves we're alive. One of the ways we know we're alive is we love each other...

I'm gonna see an old lady with white hair, like the old ladies inna park, little bundles inna black shawl, waiting for the coffin. I'm fifty-six years old. What am I to do with myself? I have strength in my hands. I wanna cook. I wanna clean. I wanna make dinner for my children. I wanna be of use to somebody. Am I an old dog to lie in fronta the fire till my eyes close? These are terrible years, Theresa! Terrible years!

We were looking, looking, always looking for something. That's what we've been doing all night tonight. Going from one place to another, looking. What are we looking for? Go home, Eddie, go to bed. I'll take Arnold home, explain to everybody he was drunk, he didn't mean anything.

Isn't it true that there is a rare kind of person who perceives, as does a good dog, that life is doing something meaningful, and who discovers what it is and goes about doing it with a spirit of moderate hustle, and there is a not rare kind of person who perceives none of this and who goes about doing what is necessary in a spirit of aggrievedness?

Don't mistake mere words to be the meaning of the teachings. Mingle the practice with your own being and attain liberation from samsara right now.

Don't mistake mere words to be the meaning of the teachings. Mingle the practice with your own being and attain liberation from samsara right now. (p. 100)

When I quit working, I lost all sense of identity in about fifteen minutes.

I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.

I have always believed that if I pay strict attention while I am out in the physical world—and for me that often meant the natural world—the physical world will give me everything I need to tell my stories" (78). —Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country

You got some synchronicity happening in your life right now?