34 Quotes About Search-for-meaning

See what's in front of you as a reflection of yourself. This is not narcissisme. It's called self-reflection

If I have one piece of advice to give you all about what to search for in your quest for What Next, it's to find where the line blurs between hard work and happiness for you. To find that thing where working hard at it makes you happy, and where you're happy to work hard at it.

I've never had a moment when I thought: "Tom, you've made it!", and I don't think I want to, because that feels like you've reached the end; that you've crossed the finish line. But to me there is no end. An achievement is not a finish line; it's a checkpoint on a far greater journey. It's a moment to pause, to take a breath and look back and enjoy what you've experienced and be grateful for it, but then to turn around and look towards the next checkpoint, the next achievement.

Thou art but a feeble flower in the garden of the universe, yet thou hath a purpose much greater than thyself.

As humans, we innately search for meaning in life, constantly seeking answers from outside ourselves. But true meaning comes from inside us - specifically, in the form of dreams.

Those who dare seek, shall find what they are seeking for.

Nothing changes everything.

I lined a fishing net with heavy-gauge plastic. Inside I placed what I thought was the right amount of nesting material for two such enormous birds. It approximated to three days’ fuel. This was no insignificant amount and I knew that I might be colder because I had given it away. But what is a few days of feeling cold compared to a new albatross in the World?..

The art schools... you get young kids doing the most vile and meaningless crap. I think the believe every bit of it.