Quotes About Meaning

Life is essentially a question of values.

The story is a testament to the consolations that get me through and give meaning to every area of my life.

A night of endless dreams, inconsequent and wild, is this my life; none more worth telling than the rest.

All my writing has been an effort to sort out the paradoxes of my life.

We all have our own purpose in life and I feel very strongly that I have a bigger purpose than giving to just my immediate family and friends.

True masters are those who've chosen to make a life rather than a living.

What happiness this is: to fly, skimming over the earth just as we do in our dreams! Life has become a dream. Can this be the meaning of paradise?

PAIN was no longer a cause of suffering, but a source of pleasure, Because they were redeeming humanity from its sins. Pain becomes joy, the meaning of life, pleasure.

Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him.

Art matters not merely because it is the most magnificent ornament and the most nearly unfailing occupation of our lives, but because it is life itself.

Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason.

Think deeply about life, it's worth it!

What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do.

Meaning arises from loving life, not from goals or narratives.

Life's essential length is only a few pages long, as succinct as a line of verse and as brief as the title of a poem.

What is the purpose of life?...To be the eyes and ears and conscience of the Creator of the Universe, you fool!

Without self-expression, life lacks spontaneity and joy. Without service to others, it lacks meaning and purpose.

Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; without it, we are little, false, and mean.

Any moment that opens us up to the reality that life is good is a parable of the supreme end for which we were made.

I think of a myth as a story that helps you explain all the different pieces of your life. In that broad sense, there is no way to live without mythology.

Life comes from death. To the degree that I can live in the death of Jesus - to that degree I can channel God's life to others.

Surrealism is anathema for me. Because the surrealists made a joke of everything. And I consider life a tragedy.

The world was more than a place. Life was more than an event. It was all one thing, and that thing was: story.

Let us give today first the vital things of life and all the grace and ornaments of life will follow.