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A philosopher is a lover and searcher of truth, beauty, meaning, and wisdom.

There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers.

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.

I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I'm in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part...

You’re so quiet and subdued! You worry me. Are you well?Quite well. Deflated, perhaps. I have been deserted by my enemies. The affair is over. I am done.

You could study the connections for years and never work it out-it was all about things coming together,things falling apart,time warp, my mother standing out in front of the museum when time flickere...

Art—the meaning of the pattern of our common actions in reality. The cloth-of-gold that hides behind the sackcloth of reality, forced out by the pain of human memory.

A meaningless question has only meaningless answers.

If I were doing something that the Bible condemns, I have two choices. I can straighten up my act, or I can somehow distort and twist and change the meaning of the Bible.

Every new car, you open the door, and you look at all those internal mellifluous swoopy bits, and they have no meaning.

We need to rediscover the essence of the meaning of 'the use.' Architecture is, above all, here for a better living. Every gesture, every shape must be justified by various reasons that would reinforc...

Happiness means nothing to me. I just want to have meaning and purpose.

[T]here is nothing to say about life. It has no meaning. You make meaning. If you want a meaning in your life, find a meaning and bring it into your life, but life won't give you a meaning. Meaning is...

When people view their lives as insignificant, they escape using pleasure.

If I let the past and my goals be the only thing that drives me in life, I will never know the meaning of being happy.

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional." Pain is what the world brings on us, suffering is what we do to ourselves emotionally and Spiritually.Most Spiritual teachings tell us (in one form or anoth...

In having compassion for another's Spiritual blindness, I can learn to Forgive myself.

Do not let time pass you by -- make it a part of you.

Real shapes and real patterns are things you would observe in nature, like the marks on the back of a cobra's hood or the markings on a fish or a lizard. Imaginary shapes are just that, symbols that c...

It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.

Cut privet still smells of sour apples, as it did when I was sixteen; but this is a rare, lingering exception. At that age, everything seemed more open to analogy, to metaphor, than it does now. There...