Quotes About Meaning

Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society's tools, neither more nor less.

In the vast majority of cases the secret society symbolism hearkens from two places - Ireland and Egypt.

...a metaphor that works in one society may seem preposterous in another.

It is not society's fault that most men seem to miss their vocation. Most men have no vocation.

In a mature society, 'civil servant' is semantically equal to 'civil master.'

Every object in the world can pass from a closed, silent existence to an oral state, open to appropriation by society, for there is no law, whether natural or not, which forbids talking about things

Everyone has a need for significance; and if we can't make that possible, or even probable, in our society, then it will be obtained in destructive ways.

All the things we value in society don't mean much in fiction.

What is it to enjoy life? Sit at the beach? No. What it is is that you have to do something, you have be productive, make a contribution to the society, to the family, to yourself.

This country is heaven, in the spiritual sense of the word. And I say, we prefer to die in heaven than survive in hell.

Spiritual people are not those who engage in certain spiritual practices; they are those who draw their life from a conversational relationship with God.

Through difficult experiences, life sometimes becomes more meaningful.

It is only when we realize that life is taking us nowhere that it begins to have meaning.

I'm fulfilled in what I do. I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes - the finer things of life - would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense.

The need to leave a legacy is our spiritual need to have a sense of meaning, purpose, personal congruence, and contribution.

The sense of spiritual relief which comes from rejecting the idea of God as a supernatural being is enormous.

I don't have any real spirituality in my life - I'm kind of an atheist - but when music can take me to the highest heights, it's almost like a spiritual feeling. It fills that void for me.

It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.

"What are you doing here anyway?" "'Here' as in your bedroom or 'here' as in the great spiritual question of our purpose here on this planet?"

Your career, interests and relationships are important, but they are only important insofar as they lead you toward a deeper understanding of yourself. Otherwise, they are irrelevant.

Just being the seeker, somebody whose open to spiritual enlightenment, is in itself the important thing and it's the reward for being a seeker in this world.

If you knew the immensity of what it means to be human, you would not talk about God or Heaven.

It is this spiritual freedom - which cannot be taken away - that makes life meaningful and purposeful.

Words are spiritual containers.