Quotes About Meaning

And the odd think in Dad's voice was the sound truth makes being said.

The truth of art keeps science from becoming inhuman, and the truth of science keeps art from becoming ridiculous.

The truth of the matter is that when you write about religion like I do, you're writing about something that people take very seriously.

If you replace the word God in the Bible with the word Truth, it reads exactly right.

One truth is that suffering raises profound questions with the universe. The other truth is that grace, gift and generosity also raise profound questions.

I ask God in spirit and in truth 'what are we?'. It's the questions first.

I believe that if you can discover something of the truth of a person, then you will start to understand, and to understand is to move towards, if not like, then at least an empathy of some kind.

The language doesn't mean anything anymore, folks. Truth doesn't mean anything anymore.

If the truth didn't help anyone, and love didn't last, what was there left to struggle toward?

Don't you know yet that men are full of words that mean nothing? The silence of a woman is a thousand times weightier. You must learn to trust silence. To load it with truth, and to wait.

And make no mistake, my friend, your pointless life will end; but before you go, can you look at the truth?

At the centre of every fairy tale lay a truth that gave the story its power

I think for some reason people are drawn to stories of all kinds, for some reason they land harder when they are "true." And yet in fiction, I think there is a lot of deeper truth, too.

Truth in drama is elusive. You never quite find it, but the search for it is compulsive.

The truth is, narratives of self-justification burble beneath more of our relationships and endeavors than we would care to admit.

The truth is not simply what you think it is; it is also the circumstances in which it is said, and to whom, why, and how it is said.

After all, what is a lovely phrase? One that has mopped up as much Truth as it can hold.

But what is truth? 'Twas Pilate's question put To Truth itself, that deign'd him no reply.

To know an object is to lead to it through a context which the world provides

I am well aware how odd it must seem to some of you to hear me say that an idea is true so long as to believe it is profitable to our lives

The reason authors almost always put a dedication on a book is, because their selfishness even horrifies themselves in the end.

A story has value whether it's true or not.

Life's true value and meaning can only be known if we speak for the truth, not for our advocacy, but for the truth itself.

God created you for His higher purpose and for your better good