1,900 Quotes About Meaning

Transported to a different culture, thought often loses its subtlety and can even rampage like a wild beast.

The white-hot singularity at the core of the Machine is – ultimately - a fear of death. It's the inevitability of a journey's end and the threat of a question nobody can honestly answer: what does it mean to make the most of a life? How can you tell that you've spent your time well? There is no metric, no answer key at the back of the book. It's a question that I think everyone had to answer for themselves, and hold tight onto that answer with both hands.

I am not here to be average, I am not here to be great, I am not here to be successful, and I am not here to be happy, I am here to simply be all of me.

At its best, this is my calling. At its worst, it is a mad compulsion that I just can’t shake.

Something acquires meaning for an organism to the extent that it relates (either positively or negatively) to the norm of the maintenance of the organism's integrity.

Jeg fik udi min Ungdom engang Tiltale af en Præst, efterdi en Prædiken, som jeg holdt for ham, havde kun varet et Qvarteer. Men jeg meenede, at, naar Tautologier og u-nødige Repetitioner bleve borttagne af hans Taler, vi prædikede lige længe. Thi, ligesom en Times god Søvn er lige saa kraftig, som 4 Timers Slummer; Saa kand en med faae Linier betyde det samme, som andre med heele Ark.

Love is silent. Yet it could fill the spaces no other sound can ever do. Truth is there’s no sound without silence. We can listen to all the beautiful songs, but unless we can hear where the music is coming from, the empty spaces of our lives can never be filled and the song we sing will have no meaning.

Empiricism assumes that objects can be understood independendy of observing subjects. Truth is therefore assumed to lie in a world external to the observer whose job is to record and faithfully reflect the attributes of objects. This logical empiricism is a pragmatic version of that scientific method which goes under the name of 'logical positivism', and is founded in a particular and very strict view of language and meaning.

There are many things that you can avoid by just knowing something. Knowledge of self is the most notable knowledge I pursue. By knowing myself, I avoided dead dreams and a meaningless life.