Meaning Quotes - Page 6

Faith is not about finding meaning in the world, there may be no such thing - faith is the belief in our capacity to create meaningful lives.

The little boy nodded at the peony and the peony seemed to nod back. The little boy was neat, clean and pretty. The peony was unchaste, dishevelled as peonies must be, and at the height of its beauty.(...) Every hour is filled with such moments, big with significance for someone.

Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning.

The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.

Your life is enriched with meaning when allow yourself to become inspired, set goals, and charge after them with passion.

We are born, we grow up, we live our lives as best we can. If we are thoughtful we are good parents and good partners. If we are wise we strive for integrity and intimacy. If we are fortunate we discover love and joy. If we are able, we make the world a little better than we found it. That is all there is for any of us.

Whenever we proceed from the known into the unknown we may hope to understand, but we may have to learn at the same time a new meaning of the word 'understanding.

…Our sunsets have been reduced to wavelengths and frequencies. The complexities of the universe have been shredded into mathematical equations. Even our self-worth as human beings has been destroyed.

Evolution did not design us to believe only true facts, nor to buy only useful products, nor to say only meaningful sentences

If science wants to be truthful,
What science is more truthful than the science of things without science?
I close my eyes and the hard earth where I’m lying
Has a reality so real even my back feels it.
I don’t need reason - I have shoulderblades.

La pensée n'est qu'un écliar au milieu d'une longue nuit. Mais c'est cet éclair qui est tout.

Thought is only a flash in the middle of a long night. But this flash means everything.

My only armor is my belief that life has meaning...

Meaningful prayer is a matter of the heart, not the eloquence of the words.

I just want to tell you if that's what You have planned for me, if I am meant to be an obscure flower in the corner of the expansive garden, I will live there and I will love You and I will bloom just for You - only, always, ever.

Rejoice in the works of your hands, be happy and thankful that you are valuable, that what you say and do insn't taken for a ride, that you have rejected the notion of self-doubt and fear, that God isn't blind towards propagating your positive influence, and finally that you'll leave a meritorious legacy.

If you're not grateful for what you already have, why should you be blessed with more...

Exercising a spiritual gift without showing true love is meaningless.

In the absence of a story or foundation that gives hope or meaning, life has become a never-ending quest for pleasure and experience. Instead of being good, people want to feel good.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

A person's Acts of #Kindness far outlives their lifespan,for they leave behind a true, meaningful legacy.