Quotes About Meaning

Happiness is a very proud word of our whole cultural heritage.

Happy persons seldom think of happiness. They are too busy losing their lives in the meaningful sacrifices of service.

Let's assume there really is no such thing as happiness, no such thing as peace, and no freedom either. But there are kind of attacks of senseless ecstasy. Can this be me?

Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable.

The only way to cure the disease is to find happiness and meaning now.

Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.

Perhaps no philosopher is more correct than the cynic. The happiness of the animal, that thorough cynic, is the living proof of cynicism.

What sets human beings apart from animals is not the pursuit of happiness, which occurs all across the natural world, but the pursuit of meaning, which is unique to humans.

Happiness will never come if it's a goal in itself; happiness is a by-product of a commitment of worthy causes.

The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open. Sure, everybody wants to play God, but for me it's a full-time job. What you don't understand, you can make mean anything.

We bring a deeper commitment to our happiness when we fully understand, that our time left is limited and we really need to make it count.

Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.

I believe that a worthwhile life is defined by a kind of spiritual journey and a sense of obligation.

This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.

There is only one inborn error. and that is the notion that we exist in order to be happy.

Why does a silly bird go on saying "chiff-chaff" all day long? Is it happiness or hiccups?

The inspired Scriptures make the clear distinction between false and true riches and make plain the reason why happiness is gained and fully enjoyed only by those who find true riches.

There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes.

Happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy - it must come as the unintended consequence of working for a goal greater than oneself.

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.

I have sometimes suspected that the only thing that holds no mystery is happiness, because it is its own justification.

The majority of human beings do not turn to God because they have not enough happiness but because happiness is not enough.

Pleasure is a by-product of doing something that is worth doing. Therefore, do not seek pleasure as such. Pleasure comes of seeking something else, and comes by the way.

The word happiness exists in every language; it is plausible the thing itself exists.