Meaning Quotes - Page 2

Where we fall are the stepping-stones for our journey.

The difference between impossible and possible is a willing heart.

Purpose drives the process by which we become what we are capable of being.

What comes, when it comes, will be what it is.

We're wired to expect the world to be brighter and more meaningful and more obviously interesting than it actually is. And when we realize that it isn't, we start looking around for the real world.

Superior poets say what they really feel. Mediocre poets say what they decide to feel. Inferior poets say what they think they should feel.

Perfection itself is not the ultimate goal
but the ultimate condition of life.

The process of leniency involves accepting the reality of the current situation and finding a satisfying meaning therein, as opposed to misconstruing or denying the facts of the situation.

We can’t worry about meaning. Ari proposed to us that meaning is a consumer item. Some people manufacture it through religion, philosophy, nationhood, politics, and some people buy it. But an artist is not a manufacturer.

Sometimes, silence speaks louder than words. Just because it is peaceful, it doesn’t mean it is still and void, as a few may think. It is insightful, powerful and full of meaning. It is when one can’t lie to oneself. You have to learn to listen to what she is not saying. Listen to her silence. And listen to yours, too.

To me, science is an expression of the human spirit, which reaches every sphere of human culture. It gives an aim and meaning to existence as well as a knowledge, understanding, love, and admiration for the world. It gives a deeper meaning to morality and another dimension to esthetics.

LOVE ~ TRUTH ~ FREEDOM
are three words that mean the smae,
and none may exist without the other present.

The world is changeable, and its ability to change is so fragile that a single person can be responsible for it.

Where words lose their meaning, people lose their lives.

There’s a drive in a lost soul - in one that is searching for acceptance, companionship, belonging, whatever you want to call it. The slightest coincidence ignites a spark that one hopes will lead to something meaningful.

I decided that life rationally considered seemed pointless and futile, but it is still interesting in a variety of ways, including the study of science. So why not carry on, following the path of scientific hedonism? Besides, I did not have the courage for the more rational procedure of suicide.

Through words to the meaning of thoughts with no words.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.

Words, he decided, were inadequate at best, impossible at worst. They meant too many things. Or they meant nothing at all.

Better than a thousand sayings
Made up of useless words
Is one word of meaning
Which calms you to hear it.