Quotes About Significance

trivial,—there are no trivial facts in humanity, nor little leaves in vegetation,—are useful.

other words, and with a still wider significance, so long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of Les Misérables cannot fail to be of use.

The beautiful is as useful as the useful. ... perhaps more so.

The inordinate weight of this man was disturbing the balance of human destiny. This individual alone counted for more than the rest of the world put together. These excessive quantities of human vitality concentrated in a single person – the world going to one man's head – would be fatal to civilization if it were to continue.

Love matters. Maybe its the only thing that does.

Because of them, I know now what matters, and it is not what I have lost. It is my memories. Wounds heal. Love lasts. We remain.

And what would she have to show for her life? How would her time on this earth be marked? Who would remember her, and for what?

I finally learned that life is not made up of BIG moments and sudden epiphanies, but rather of tiny bits of time, some so small they pass by unnoticed.

Las palabras tenían importancia.

Books are the mile markers of my life.

Please, don't apologize. These are the moments I live for. Reuniting a book with its rightful owner can be magical.

Remember: the planes cost a bloody fortune. You, on the other hand, are easily replaceable. Act accordingly

That story always seemed very symbolic to me...Yes, but I forget what it symbolised.

Tu cumpleaños es el diecisiete de diciembre. —Y el tuyo es el veinticuatro de diciembre. —Es decir que, desde que nací, no ha habido un solo segundo en que tú no hayas estado en este mundo.

It's really easy for us to miss each other in this big, big world... People I've met after a long time of looking; my important people.

Las personas que encuentran dentro de sí mismas la facultad de enamorarse hacen un descubrimiento más importante que los que han ganado el Premio Nobel. Y si no se da cuenta, o si no quiere darse cuenta, el ser humanoes mejor que se extinga. Que haya una colisión con un planeta, o algo por el estilo, y que desaparezca pronto...

The most rigorous reading is to find what those words on that page mean in our own lives.

La persona que descubrió la capacidad de querer a alguien, seguramente descubrió algo más importante que las descubiertas del premio Nobel. Si el ser humano no es capaz o no quiere dar la debida importancia a eso, mejor sería si el hombre fuera extinto para siempre. Ojalá ocurra una colisión de planetas o algo que valga y todo sea rápidamente destruido.

Ma amare una persona significa pensare che lei viene prima di tutto. Se non avessimo abbastanza cibo, darei a te la mia parte. Se avessimo pochi soldi, piuttosto che acquistare qualcosa per me, comprerei quello che tu desideri. Se mangi qualcosa di buono tu, è come se avessi la pancia piena anch'io, se sei felice tu, allora lo sono anch'io. Questo significa amare una persona. Credi che esista qualcosa di più importante? A me non viene in mente nulla.

Nothing that's worth anything is ever simple. That's what makes it worth it

To by?a sprawa ?ycia i ?mierci, a ona jest osob? kompetentn?. Nie jakim? mazgajem, nie dzieciakiem, ale osob? kompetentn?.

Recognition of his own value, by himself and others, was of paramount importance to the car-hire driver.

That split second an invisible battery opened up with a salvo. Patton had to raise his voice to a still higher pitch, as he exclaimed, "Compared to war, all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance. God, how I love it!

outcome of the present struggle between Russia and Japan, its significance lies in the fact that a nation of the East, equipped with Western weapons and girding itself with Western energy of will, is deliberately measuring strength against one of