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To think what is true, to sense what is beautiful and to want what is good, hereby the spirit finds purpose of a life in reason.

The Tao Te Ching is partly in prose, partly in verse; but as we define poetry now, not by rhyme and meter but as a patterned intensity of language, the whole thing is poetry. I wanted to catch that po...

Meaning Definition

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mean

(n.) That which is meant or intended; intent; purpose; aim; object; as, a mischievous meaning was apparent.

(n.) That which is signified, whether by act lanquage; signification; sence; import; as, the meaning of a hint.

(n.) Sense; power of thinking.

So now do you see why books are hated and feared? They show the pores in the face of life. The comfortable people want only wax moon faces, poreless, hairless, expressionless. We are living in a time...

Meaning. If you're going to die, you want to find meaning in life. You want to connect the dots.

To design is much more than simply to assemble, to order, or even to edit: it is to add value and meaning, to illuminate, to simplify, to clarify, to modify, to dignify, to dramatize, to persuade, and...

Each of us has his own inner concentration camp... We must deal with, with forgiveness and patience-as full human beings, as we are and what we will become.

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

What's the meaning of ignore? You hear somebody, but you never asnwer to him!

If you zoom in far enough, the information is there but it contains no meaning. The meaning emerges as a collective principle of organization.

I speak of the power of trying, because I have fallen and struggled to stand. I speak of generosity because I battle selfishness. I speak of joy because I have known sorrow. I speak of faith because I...

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.

Nothing is less real than realism. Details are confusing. It is only by selection, by elimination, by emphasis, that we get at the real meaning of things.

When a person can't find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.

When love is part of a game, it means nothing. When love is love, it means everything.

Grab tightly to the reigns of passion and ride into glory for without it life would be stagnant and you would be a spirit without cause.

Don't waste time defending your intentions. History will judge you by the outcomes of your actions

Anger elicits anger, fear elicits fear, no matter how well meaning we may be.

(Dune's Frank) Herbert made religion the inescapable instrument of cultural change.

Death is the destroyer and giver of sense.

She wasn't the perfect mom. However, she was the perfect Mother for me.