Top Meaning Quotes

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.

Giving Thanks unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have, no matter how little, into more than enough. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. Gratitude can cha...

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.

If I must have regrets, I Pray that all of them are for fearlessly jumping in with both feet, rather than for having never sampled the water at all.

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...

Every single human soul has more meaning and value than the whole of history.

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

The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage. We are the custodians of life's meaning. We long for a Parent to care for us, to forgive us...

Mostly we tell the story of our lives, or mostly we're taught to tell it, as a quest to avoid suffering, though if your goal is a search for meaning, honor, experience, the same events may be victorie...

Later on in life, you expect a bit of rest, don't you? You think you deserve it. I did, anyway. But then you begin to understand that the reward of merit is not life's business.

Chaos is more freedom; in fact, total freedom. But no meaning.

Books were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget. There's nothing magical in them at all. Magic is only what books mean, what books say. How they s...

Being pregnant finally helped me understand what my true relationship was with my body - meaning that it wasn't put on this earth to look good in a swimsuit.

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

I don't follow anything blindly. I have to know the entire thing, if I have to get in to it. It might sound funny to you, but it's like using English language. I use an English word only when I know i...

I think we spend so much of our lives trying to pretend that we know what's going to happen next. In fact we don't. To recognize that we don't know even what will happen this afternoon and yet having...

To help, to continually help and share, that is the sum of all knowledge; that is the meaning of art.

When I worked with wildlife a lot in the Eighties and Nineties, I learnt the meaning of patience. And when I worked with trees, I learned the meaning of humility.

I create lies for people in order for them to find something true about themselves. I teach people that lies are doors that opens up to truth. Either you accept the lie, or you run away from it, thus,...

Encased in an elaborate illusion of unlimited power and progress, each of us subscribes, at least until one's midlife crisis, to the belief that existence consists of an eternal, upward spiral of achi...

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