Quotes About Meaning

Emotion literally means "disturbance." The word comes from the Latin emovere, meaning "to disturb.

But we cannot really honor things if we use them as a means to self-enhancement, that is to say, if we try to find ourselves through them.

in essence there is and always has been only one spiritual teaching, although it comes in many forms. Some of these forms, such as the ancient religions, have become so overlaid with extraneous matter that their spiritual essence has become almost completely obscured by it. To a large extent, therefore, their deeper meaning is no longer recognized and their transformative power lost.

what you do to add to the human existence—that is what matters

I fear that there is something more serious than accident here, Mr. Brently, said the captain.

What is there, Owain wondered aloud, to the sky above him and the soil below, persuades this man still that my words do not mean what they seem to mean in sane men's ears?

Have you no errand I can do for you in hell?' he said. 'There's cleaner company there.

Poetry and art are the breath of life to her.

I had the sense that the deeper meaning of the story was in the gaps.

Was it love, she wondered, or a mere fortuitous combination of happy thoughts and sensations?

In reality they all lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world, where the real thing was never said or done or even thought, but only represented by a set of arbitrary signs;

Perhaps, after all, Susy reflected, it was the world she was meant for, since the other, the brief Paradise of her dreams, had already shut its golden doors upon her.

and I know how names can alter the colour of beliefs.

His father's death, and the misfortunes following it, had put a premature end to Ethan's studies; but though they had not gone far enough to be of much practical use they had fed his fancy and made him aware of huge cloudy meanings behind the daily face of things.

In reality they all lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world, where the real thing was never said or done or even thought, but only represented by a set of arbitrary signs; as

Though Harmon Gow developed the tale as far as his mental and moral reach permitted there were perceptible gaps between his facts, and I had the sense that the deeper meaning of the story was in the gaps.

In reality they all lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world, where the real thing was never said or done or even though but only represented by a set of arbitrary signs

Thus these politicians proceed, whilst little notice is taken of their doctrines; but when they come to be examined upon the plain meaning of their words, and the direct tendency of their doctrines, then equivocations and slippery constructions come into play.

All this world's glory seemeth vain to me, And all their shows but shadows, saving she.

The French word for "plot," trame , also means "heft" or "weave.

Love is a source of anxiety until it is a source of boredom; only friendship feeds the spirit.

Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.

her untimely death. Death for her meant death for us both.

Con la lengua se puede llegar a cualquier parte o a ninguna.