meaning Quotes

"To grasp the meaning of the world of today we use a language created to express the world of yesterday. The life of the past seems to us nearer our true natures, but only for the reason that it is... ...

"Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself."

"The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them."

"We live not by things, but by the meaning of things. It is needful to transmit the passwords from generation to generation."

"The one thing that matters is the effort. It continues, whereas the end to be attained is but an illusion of the climber, as he fares on and on from crest to crest; and once the goal is reached it... ...

A tragedy is that moment where the hero comes face to face with his true identity.

Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.

"It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure."

Shipping magnate of the 20th century If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.

Art aims to show the inner meaning of things, not just how they look on the outside.

You'll understand what life is if you think about the act of dying. When I die, how will I be different from the way I am right now? In the first moments after death, my body will be scarcely different... ...

"We do not pray for immortality, but only not to see our acts and all things stripped suddenly of all their meaning; for then it is the utter emptiness of everything reveals itself."