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Meaning Quotes

Advice for a human. 81. You can’t find happiness looking for the meaning of life. Meaning is only the third most important thing. It comes after loving and being. 82. If you think something is ugly, look harder. Ugliness is just a failure of seeing Picture Quote #1

It’s not fair. It’s not. But then, that’s the game. It makes life great. The fact that it ends when we don’t want it to. The ending gives it meaning Picture Quote #1

Teachings that do not speak of pain have no meaning... because humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return Picture Quote #1

If you are living in the past or in the future, you will never find a meaning in the present Picture Quote #1

I think it is a peculiarity of myself that I like to play about with equations, just looking for beautiful mathematical relations which maybe don’t have any physical meaning at all. Sometimes they do.At age 60 Picture Quote #1

Symmetry, as wide or as narrow as you may define its meaning, is one idea by which man through the ages has tried to comprehend and create order, beauty and perfection Picture Quote #1

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It is hope that gives life meaning. And hope is based on the prospect of being able one day to turn the actual world into a possible one that looks better Picture Quote #1

Circumstance has no value. It is how one relates to the situation that has value. All the meaning resides in the personal relationship to a phenomenon, what it means to you Picture Quote #1

Of true knowledge at any time, a good part is merely convenient, necessary indeed to the worker, but not to an understanding of his subject: One can judge a building without knowing where to buy the bricks; one can understand a violin sonata without knowing how to score for the instrument. The work may in fact be better understood without a knowledge of the details of its manufacture, of attention to these tends to distract from meaning and effect Picture Quote #1

Is there a meaning to music? Yes. Can you state in so many words what the meaning is? No Picture Quote #1

Peace, to have meaning for many who have only known suffering in both peace and war, must be translated into bread or rice, shelter, health and education, as well as freedom and human dignity Picture Quote #1

Love is energy: it can neither be created nor destroyed. It just is and always will be, giving meaning to life and direction to goodness... Love will never die Picture Quote #1

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We are more curious about the meaning of dreams than about things we see when awake Picture Quote #1

$We are all functioning at a small fraction of our capacity to live fully in its total meaning of loving, caring, creating and adventuring. Consequently, the actualizing of our potential can become the most exciting adventure of our lifetime Picture Quote #1$

We need to build millions of little moments of caring on an individual level. Indeed, as talk of a politics of meaning becomes more widespread, many people will feel it easier to publicly acknowledge their own spiritual and ethical aspirations and will allow themselves to give more space to their highest vision in their personal interactions with others. A politics of meaning is as much about these millions of small acts as it is about any larger change. The two necessarily go hand in hand Picture Quote #1

Autumn is the eternal corrective. It is ripeness and color and a time of maturity; but it is also breadth, and depth, and distance. What man can stand with autumn on a hilltop and fail to see the span of his world and the meaning of the rolling hills that reach to the far horizon? Picture Quote #1

If we fail to nourish our souls, they wither, and without soul, life ceases to have meaning... The creative process shrivels in the absence of continual dialogue with the soul. And creativity is what makes life worth living Picture Quote #1

To me it’s a question of being able to look backward and give the present a root... To give meaning to where we are today, we need to look at where we have come from Picture Quote #1

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If there is no solace in the fruits of our research, there is at least some consolation in the research itself. Men and women are not content to comfort themselves with tales of gods and giants, or to confine their thoughts to the daily affairs of life; they also build telescopes and satellites and accelerators and sit at their desks for endless hours working out the meaning of the data they gather Picture Quote #1

What most of us need, almost more than anything, is the courage and humility really to ask for help, from the depths of our hearts: to ask for the compassion of the enlightened beings, to ask for purification and healing, to ask for the power to understand the meaning of our suffering and transform it; at a relative level to ask for the growth in our lives of clarity, peace, and discernment, and to ask for the realization of the absolute nature of mind that comes from merging with the deathless wisdom mind of the master Picture Quote #1

There is evil in the world, but it can be overcome through repentance andshy;and aspiration, and therein lies the true meaning and adventure of life Picture Quote #1

The meaning that we are seeking in evolution is its meaning to us, to man. The ethics of evolution must be human ethics. It is one of the many unique qualities of man, the new sort of animal, that he is the only ethical animal. The ethical need and its fulfillment are also products of evolution, but they have been produced in man alone Picture Quote #1

The true meaning of the precepts is not just that one should refrain from drinking alcohol, but also from getting drunk on nirvana Picture Quote #1

If you were all alone in the universe with no one to talk to, no one with which to share the beauty of the stars, to laugh with, to touch, what would be your purpose in life? It is other life; it is love, which gives your life meaning. This is harmony. We must discover the joy of each other, the joy of challenge, the joy of growth Picture Quote #1

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The basic meaning of etiquette is to be quick at both the beginning and end and tranquil in the middle Picture Quote #1

Giving builds loyal customers and turns those customers into supporters... You can find passion and profit and meaning all at once, right now Picture Quote #1

I believe we are put on this earth to be of service. It’s how I find meaning in my life. And it’s fun! Picture Quote #1

Moment by moment throughout our lifetime, our brains hum with the work of making meaning: weaving together many thousands of threads of information into all manner of thoughts, feelings, memories, and ideas Picture Quote #1

To live is to play at the meaning of life... The upshot of this... is that it teaches us once and for all that childlike foolishness is the calling of mature men Picture Quote #1

Saying yes means getting up and acting on your belief that you can create meaning and purpose in whatever life hands you Picture Quote #1

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Advice for a human. 81. You can’t find happiness looking for the meaning of life. Meaning is only the third most important thing. It comes after loving and being. 82. If you think something is ugly, look harder. Ugliness is just a failure of seeing (Meaning Quotes) It’s not fair. It’s not. But then, that’s the game. It makes life great. The fact that it ends when we don’t want it to. The ending gives it meaning (Meaning Quotes) Teachings that do not speak of pain have no meaning... because humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return (Meaning Quotes) If you are living in the past or in the future, you will never find a meaning in the present (Meaning Quotes) I think it is a peculiarity of myself that I like to play about with equations, just looking for beautiful mathematical relations which maybe don’t have any physical meaning at all. Sometimes they do.At age 60 (Meaning Quotes) Symmetry, as wide or as narrow as you may define its meaning, is one idea by which man through the ages has tried to comprehend and create order, beauty and perfection (Meaning Quotes) It is hope that gives life meaning. And hope is based on the prospect of being able one day to turn the actual world into a possible one that looks better (Meaning Quotes) Circumstance has no value. It is how one relates to the situation that has value. All the meaning resides in the personal relationship to a phenomenon, what it means to you (Meaning Quotes) Of true knowledge at any time, a good part is merely convenient, necessary indeed to the worker, but not to an understanding of his subject: One can judge a building without knowing where to buy the bricks; one can understand a violin sonata without knowing how to score for the instrument. The work may in fact be better understood without a knowledge of the details of its manufacture, of attention to these tends to distract from meaning and effect (Meaning Quotes) Is there a meaning to music? Yes. Can you state in so many words what the meaning is? No (Meaning Quotes) Peace, to have meaning for many who have only known suffering in both peace and war, must be translated into bread or rice, shelter, health and education, as well as freedom and human dignity (Meaning Quotes) Love is energy: it can neither be created nor destroyed. It just is and always will be, giving meaning to life and direction to goodness... Love will never die (Meaning Quotes) We are more curious about the meaning of dreams than about things we see when awake (Meaning Quotes) We are all functioning at a small fraction of our capacity to live fully in its total meaning of loving, caring, creating and adventuring. Consequently, the actualizing of our potential can become the most exciting adventure of our lifetime (Meaning Quotes) We need to build millions of little moments of caring on an individual level. Indeed, as talk of a politics of meaning becomes more widespread, many people will feel it easier to publicly acknowledge their own spiritual and ethical aspirations and will allow themselves to give more space to their highest vision in their personal interactions with others. A politics of meaning is as much about these millions of small acts as it is about any larger change. The two necessarily go hand in hand (Meaning Quotes) Autumn is the eternal corrective. It is ripeness and color and a time of maturity; but it is also breadth, and depth, and distance. What man can stand with autumn on a hilltop and fail to see the span of his world and the meaning of the rolling hills that reach to the far horizon? (Meaning Quotes) If we fail to nourish our souls, they wither, and without soul, life ceases to have meaning... The creative process shrivels in the absence of continual dialogue with the soul. And creativity is what makes life worth living (Meaning Quotes) To me it’s a question of being able to look backward and give the present a root... To give meaning to where we are today, we need to look at where we have come from (Meaning Quotes) If there is no solace in the fruits of our research, there is at least some consolation in the research itself. Men and women are not content to comfort themselves with tales of gods and giants, or to confine their thoughts to the daily affairs of life; they also build telescopes and satellites and accelerators and sit at their desks for endless hours working out the meaning of the data they gather (Meaning Quotes) What most of us need, almost more than anything, is the courage and humility really to ask for help, from the depths of our hearts: to ask for the compassion of the enlightened beings, to ask for purification and healing, to ask for the power to understand the meaning of our suffering and transform it; at a relative level to ask for the growth in our lives of clarity, peace, and discernment, and to ask for the realization of the absolute nature of mind that comes from merging with the deathless wisdom mind of the master (Meaning Quotes) There is evil in the world, but it can be overcome through repentance andshy;and aspiration, and therein lies the true meaning and adventure of life (Meaning Quotes) The meaning that we are seeking in evolution is its meaning to us, to man. The ethics of evolution must be human ethics. It is one of the many unique qualities of man, the new sort of animal, that he is the only ethical animal. The ethical need and its fulfillment are also products of evolution, but they have been produced in man alone (Meaning Quotes) The true meaning of the precepts is not just that one should refrain from drinking alcohol, but also from getting drunk on nirvana (Meaning Quotes) If you were all alone in the universe with no one to talk to, no one with which to share the beauty of the stars, to laugh with, to touch, what would be your purpose in life? It is other life; it is love, which gives your life meaning. This is harmony. We must discover the joy of each other, the joy of challenge, the joy of growth (Meaning Quotes) The basic meaning of etiquette is to be quick at both the beginning and end and tranquil in the middle (Meaning Quotes) Giving builds loyal customers and turns those customers into supporters... You can find passion and profit and meaning all at once, right now (Meaning Quotes) I believe we are put on this earth to be of service. It’s how I find meaning in my life. And it’s fun! (Meaning Quotes) Moment by moment throughout our lifetime, our brains hum with the work of making meaning: weaving together many thousands of threads of information into all manner of thoughts, feelings, memories, and ideas (Meaning Quotes) To live is to play at the meaning of life... The upshot of this... is that it teaches us once and for all that childlike foolishness is the calling of mature men (Meaning Quotes) Saying yes means getting up and acting on your belief that you can create meaning and purpose in whatever life hands you (Meaning Quotes)

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