Quotes About Meaning

A useless life is an early death.

I pity those who make much ado about the transitory nature of all things and are lost in the contemplation of earthly vanity: are we not here to make the transitory permanent? This we can do only if we know how to value both.

What dazzles is a Momentary act: What's true is left for posterity, intact.

Men always believe, when they hear words, [2565] There must be thought behind them, too.

Îmi vine câteodat? s?-mi sfâ?ii pieptul ?i s?-mi sf?râm creierii când v?d cât de pu?in putem însemna unii pentru al?ii. Ah! Iubirea, bucuria, c?ldura ?i voluptatea, pe care nu le am, cel?lalt nu mi le va da, iar eu, cu o inim? plin? de fericire, nu voi ferici pe cel?lalt, care st? în fa?a mea rece ?i f?r? vlag?.

ak?am, gün do?u?unu izlemeyi tasarl?yorum ve sabah yataktan kalkam?yorum; gün boyunca ay ?????n? bekliyorum, sonra da ak?am, odamdan ç?kam?yorum. ne u?runa uyand???m?, ne u?runa uykuya yatt???m? bilmiyorum.

O via?? f?r? iubire, f?r? vecin?tatea celui iubit nu e decât o comédie à tiroirs, o proast? comedie cu sert?ra?e. Le tragi afar? unul dup? altul ?i le împingi iar??i la loc, trecând în grab? la cel?lalt. Tot ce se petrece, fie chiar bun ?i însemnat, abia dac? se înl?n?uie. Trebuie pretutindeni s-o iei de la început ?i ai vrea pretutindeni s? termini.

All things transitory But as symbols are sent.

?çimden, gö?sümü parçalamak ve beynimi da??tmak geliyor; insanlar?n, birbirleri için ne kadar az bir anlam? var. Ah! Sevgi, sevinç, yak?nl?k ve co?ku kendi içimden gelmiyorsa, bir ba?kas? da bunlar? veremeyecektir bana; so?uk ve güçsüz bir halde kar??mda duran birini, ben de mutlulukla dolup ta?an yüre?imle mutlu edemem.

I could often tear my heart open and beat my poor head on seeing how little people can mean to each other. If I do not offer love and joy, happiness and warmth, ah! the other will not bring them to me either; nor will my heart, overflowing with rapture, move him at all if he is cold and listless.

Nema sunca bez svetlosti, ni ?oveka bez ljubavi.

The whole art of living consists in giving up existence in order to exist.

Vorbei! ein dummes Wort. Warum vorbei? Vorbei und reines Nicht, vollkommnes Einerlei. Was soll uns denn das ew'ge Schaffen, Geschaffenes zu nichts hinwegzuraffen? Da ist's vorbei! Was ist daran zu lesen? Es ist so gut als wär es nicht gewesen, Und treibt sich doch im Kreis als wenn es wäre. Ich liebte mir dafür das Ewig-Leere.

Wilhelm, che cos'è per il nostro cuore il mondo senza l'amore? È una lanterna magica senza luce.

Che voialtri, parlando di una cosa dobbiate subito dire: questo è folle e questo è ragionevole, questo è bene e questo è male! Ha forse un senso tutto ciò? Con ciò avete forse indagato i movimenti interiori di un'azione? Sapete forse determinare esattamente le cause per cui è stata compiuta, per cui doveva essere compiuta? Se così fosse, non sareste tanto sbrigativi nei vostri giudizi.

Non esiste al mondo gioia così intensa e genuina come il vedere una grande anima schiudersi a qualcuno.

Cuando el hombre no se encuentra a sí mismo, no encuentra nada.

Yes, here within thy sanctified walls there's a soul in each object,

O Bestimmung des Menschen!

You have to tell this ship to turn around!" He had a feeling she was serious, so he managed not to laugh. Well,he tried-and failed. "I'm sure the 'ship' won't listen to reason. No,really,I'm positive it won't." "You know what I mean!" she shrieked at him.

Then what is the purpose of a church?" the others kept asking.

To him the Bible was written not by God, but by inspired people, drawing from both history and experience, who sought to understand better the larger meaning of life and death.

The word hairesis in Greek means choice; a heretic is one who is able to choose.

A new awakening, it consecrates your life with sacraments of pain you do not understand and promised joy you will never fully call your own. Such awakenings may happen only once in a lifetime, or many times. But when they do, what you took for granted before is presented as a gift: difficult, yet precious and good. Not that you know what to do with your gift, or even what it really means, only how much it matters.