“ Say that we are a puff of warm breath in a very cold universe. By this kind of reckoning we are either immeasurably insignificant or we are incalculably precious and interesting. I tend toward the sec… Marilynne Robinson
“ You could try making sense out of the universe, but you were too small and the parts you needed to see were too large or even smaller. Kathryn Davis
“ It's the pointless things that give your life meaning. Friendship, Compassion, Art, Love. All of them are pointless. But, they're what keeps life from being meaningless. Tim Winton
“ When I carried the world entire upon my shoulders, so much of me was painfully dedicated to "fixing" myself, till finally I invited Christ into my Life and discovered that I had never been "broken" at… Raymond D. Longoria Jr.
“ Well, there's just some universal truths in a way that I've just observed to be true. You read Voltaire. You read modern literature. Anywhere you go, there's these observations about romantic love and… Feist
“ 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… Jim Woodring
“ The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it. Mary Catherine Bateson
“ 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. Jack Vance
“ A span of life is nothing. But the man who lives that span, he is something. He can fill that tiny span with meaning, so its quality is immeasurable though its quantity may be insignificant. Chaim Potok
“ 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. Amy Adams
“ Separate inherently is not equal. There's a reason why $45 million was spent against marriage equality. It's because people understand the word does have meaning. And equality comes when we accept the… Gavin Newsom
“ It's perfectly clear to me that religion is a myth. It's something we have invented to explain the inexplicable. My religion and the spiritual side of my life come from a sense of connection to the hu… Hugh Hefner
“ Crossing the Rubicon of absolute pain is the only journey of purpose and meaning in life. Bryant McGill
“ [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… Joseph Campbell
“ 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… Irvin D. Yalom
