1,900 Quotes About Meaning

Just as the soul animates the body, so, in a way, meaning breathes life into a word.

I refuse to write out lyrics for any of my domestic releases. I remember when I was 11 or 12 years old and I would listen to a song over and over and I would make up my own lyrics because I couldn't understand what they were saying. And later when I got the internet I googled the lyrics: What was he really saying?

Hoping will create suffering. Suffering will create meaning. Meaning will make your life beautiful.

A part of me genuinely wanted to be the worst because I was so sick of everyone fighting to be the best.

The greatest thing about writing is that you get to shape more than one life.

The power of speech does not rely upon meaning. Words carry energy all by themselves. They vibrate through the air, with the intention of the speaker, shaping consciousness and touching hearts whether understood or not.

To find doesn't always require to search.

Any fact becomes important when it’s connected to another. The connection changes the perspective; it leads you to think that every detail of the world, every voice, every word written or spoken has more than its literal meaning, that it tells us a Secret.

...not all encounters with the world affect the mind equally. Studies have demonstrated that if the brain appraises an event as "meaningful," it will be more likely to be recalled in the future.