Quotes About Meaning

And what I really intended to say in the end remains unsaid.

The fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance of being infinite.

I am dead and despise anyone who isn't

And actually it's not at all you I love, but rather the existence you have bestowed on me.

I am more uncertain than I ever was; I feel only the power of life. And I am senselessly empty.

When I say something, this thing immediately and definitively loses its importance. When I write it down, it also loses it, but sometimes gains another importance.

Cara signora Milena, la giornata è molto breve, con Lei e soltanto con qualche altra inezia è bell'e passata e terminata. E' molto se rimane un po' di tempo per scrivere alla vera Milena perché quella ancor più vera era qui tutto il giorno nella camera, sul balcone, nelle nuvole.

When I say something it immediately and definitively loses its importance, when I write it down it always loses it too, but sometimes gains a new one.

He is a land surveyor, well, perhaps that is something, he has trained at something, but if there's nothing you can do with that training then it means nothing.

?ki saatlik ya?am iki sayfal?k bir yaz?dan daha iyidir diye emin olmay?n. Yaz? yoksuldur ama daha temizdir.

Concerning this a man once said:Why such reluctance? If you only followed the parables you yourselves would become parables and with that rid of all your daily cares. Another said: I bet that is also a parable. The first said: You have won. The second said: But unfortunately only in parable. The first said: No, in reality; in parable you have lost.

Fragen war die Hauptsache

Milena lütfen bana yard?m edin! Söyleyebildiklerimden daha da fazlas?n? anlamaya çal???n.

Language is but a poor translation.

Der Tod ist vor uns, etwa wie im Schulzimmer an der Wand ein Bild der Alexanderschlacht. Es kommt darauf an, durch unsere Taten noch in diesem Leben das Bild zu verdunkeln oder gar auszulöschen.

Der Sinn für die Darstellung meines traumhaften innern Lebens hat alles andere ins Nebensächliche gerückt, und es ist in einer schrecklichen Weise verkümmert und hört nicht auf, zu verkümmern. Nichts anderes kann mich jemals zufriedenstellen.

And what is meant by the girls' innocence is not the usual chastity, but the innocence of sacrifice, an innocence which has just as much to do with the body.

Ensimmäinen merkki kajastavasta ymmärryksestä on kuoleman kaipuu.

Ainoastaan käsityksemme ajasta antaa meille mahdollisuuden puhua viimeisestä tuomiosta, vaikka kyseessä on itse asiassa sotaoikeus.

Z k?amstwa robi si? istot? porz?dku ?wiata.

The church tower, firm in line, soaring unfalteringly to its tapering point, topped with red tiles and broad in the roof, an earthly building – what else can men build? – but with a loftier goal than the humble dwelling-houses and a clearer meaning than the muddle of everyday life.

One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

Pregunto acaso [...] con la pretensión de que se me conteste? ¿Tengo unas esperanzas tan estúpidas?

Czy pani rozumie, droga panienko, co to za nag?a uciecha, gdy si? zosta?o tak ?wietnie zrozumianym, mimo ?e nawet si? do tego nie zmierza?o?