1,900 Quotes About Meaning

The stars we are given. The constellations we make. That is to say, stars exist in the cosmos, but constellations are the imaginary lines we draw between them, the readings we give the sky, the stories we tell.

Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the Book of Job: Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit.

Silence is of different kinds, and breathes different meanings.

Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being - like a worm.

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

I have one life and one chance to make it count for something... My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.

Words can be meaningless. If they are used in such a way that no sharp conclusions can be drawn.

The order that our mind imagines is like a net, or like a ladder, built to attain something. But afterward you must throw the ladder away, because you discover that, even if it was useful, it was meaningless.

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.