Quotes About Meaning

Indian philosophy separates what a man is from what he possesses. We are a set of thoughts and we have a set of things. Ram derives his strength from his thoughts, what he is, while Ravana derives his strength from his possessions, what he has. Ravana has knowledge; he may be learned, but he is not wise. Through Ravana, the bards draw attention to the learned brahmin priest who spouts hymns verbatim but fails to appreciate their meaning or transform himself because of them.

while Tolkien's stories were not historically real, they were true

Bagi saya, hidup terlalu singkat untuk dilewatkan dengan biasa biasa saja. - Kugy

Sekejap bersamamu menjadi tujuan peraduanku, sekali mengenalimu menjadi tujuan hidupku - Supernova, Gelombang @deelestari

Where do you live?' is ultimately a sacred question.

the future has already happened, just like the past. And one day you will see that there are no answers, only the places we make.

As he read the long narrative poem, Lewis was struck by two qualities in particular. He admired the realism of Tolkien's sub-created world, the depth and detail of Middle-earth. He also praised the mythical value of the story, the way the events were good in themselves and yet also suggested deeper layers of meaning to the reader. But

A new dress doesn't get you anywhere. It's the life you're living in the dress.

I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.

Words are small shapes in the gorgeous chaos of the world.

Of all the errands life seems to be running, of all the mysteries that enchant us, love is my favorite

And yet, words are the passkeys to our souls. Without them, we can't really share the enormity of our lives.

Absolutely," she said. "Artists use them

You do have the idea of being 'just good friends?'" He gave her a sideways look. "For so high and honorable an estate," Roshaun said, " 'just' seems a poor modifier to choose.

Why should a poem please even a majority of readers or listeners? Perhaps someone needs the particular poem that you wrote. You probably do, at any rate.

The poem is smarter than the poet and more rebellious. A strong poem will override its author's initial intentions.

As for you, you are alive. But it's not the same as living.

I don't like political poetry, and I don't write it. If this question was pointing towards that, I think it is missing the point of the American tradition, which is always apolitical, even when the poetry comes out of politically active writers.

Because, in fact, women, feminists, do read my poetry, and they read it often with the power of their political interpretation. I don't care that's what poetry is supposed to do.

Poetry is the art of saying what you mean but disguising it.

My husband said to me while I was swooning in his arms, 'Why are all the longest dances the draggiest?' I took this to mean that he has not loved me for a very long time. Everything means something, or it does not. I have expressed an opinion. Every effect has a source that is not unfamiliar. It's all so evil. ("The Uncanny")

If suffering like hers had any use, she reasoned, it was not to the sufferer. The only way that an individual's pain gained meaning was through its communication to others.

Life is meaningless without regrets.

time is the most valuable thing that we have, because it is the most irrevocable.