Quotes About Meaning

The famous peace symbol, it is often forgotten, originally came from the semaphore code for N–D, meaning nuclear disarmament.)

Gillie caught Delilah's hand before it struck, and held it firmly in his own. He stared at her for a long time, but said nothing. Then at last he spoke softly, "Don't you hurt her. Not ever. If you ever hurt her I will come back and witch you, old trollop, and you will wish you had never been born." His words were so soft, so measured, and so filled with meaning that a shiver went through the room.

Purpose: A lifetime goal is called a purpose. To identify your purpose, ask yourself "If my age was a hundred today and I looked back at my life, what is it that I want to say is my accomplishment?" The answer is your purpose. Mission: A mission is an action that leads a person to a purpose through a philosophy.

Worthiness is what gives meaning and fulfillment. Success without fulfillment is empty. That's like good looks without goodness. In life we need substance over form, not form over substance.

Bukan kulit luar yang penting, tetapi menjadikan pengalaman kita menjadi sesuatu yang terbaik bagi jiwa kita.

The true value of a gift is the sentiment behind the gifting.

Christopher McCandless:"I will miss you too, but you are wrong if you think that the joy of life comes principally from the joy of human relationships. God's place is all around us, it is in everything and in anything we can experience. People just need to change the way they look at things.

you will find the worst horse is the most valuable one. In your very imperfections you will find the basis for your firm, way-seeking mind... But those who find great difficulties in practicing Zen will find more meaning in it. So I think that sometimes the best horse may be the worst horse, and the worst horse can be the best one.

Which is more important… to make a million dollars, or to enjoy your life in your effort, little by little, even thought it is impossible to make that million; to be successful, or to find some meaning in your effort to be successful?

Which is more important: to attain enlightenment, or to attain enlightenment before you attain enlightenment; to make a million dollars, or to enjoy your life in your effort, little by little, even though it is impossible to make that million; to be successful, or to find some meaning in your effort to be successful? If you do not know the answer, you will not even be able to practice zazen; if you do know, you will have found the true treasure of life.

Those who find great difficulties in practicing Zen will find more meaning in it.

Quel est le plus important : réussir ou trouver un sens à votre effort de réussir ?

To be aware of the meaning of your life, you practice zazen.

The most important thing is to express your true nature in the simplest, most adequate way and to appreciate it in the smallest existence.

When we say something, our subjective intention or situation is always involved. So there is no perfect word; some distortion is always present in a statement.

In our everyday life we are usually trying to do something, trying to change something into something else, or trying to attain something. Just this trying is already in itself an expression of our true nature. The meaning lies in the effort itself. We should find out the meaning of our effort before we attain something.

Perhaps it was an accident, I told myself. Perhaps he didn't mean to expose himself to me deliberately. But then again, wasn't he the very same person who told our class that there were no accidents or coincidences? That every action we make creates a ripple in the universe which meant that all actions are interconnected?

For life to really be meaningful.... you need to start defining it.

No matter how significant the numbers are according to their own logic, statistics fail to convey the true, lived meaning of the suffering they contain and can thus leave us numbly indifferent.

What is the cause of the accident? This question is just as bizarre as asking what the cause is of not having an accident.

behind each word is a meaning. Some words are friendly; some are not. Some will cause you pain. Some will make you cry. Some will protect you. Some will deceive you. Still, words and their meaning can be indispensable in preparing you for the battles you must win in order to survive. The

The goal of all life is death.

Understood: language would end up falsifying everything, as language always does. Writers know this only too well, they know it better than anyone else, and that is why the good ones sweat and bleed over their sentences, the best ones break themselves into pieces over their sentences, because if there is any truth to be found they believe it will be found there.

You don't just choose a name at random. A name is a name. A major responsibility.