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  • In these pages, and in my memories, she reminds me that a short life can also be a good and rich life, that it is possible to live with depression without being consumed by it, and that meaning in life is found together, in family and friendship that transcends and survives all manner of suffering. As the poet wrote in the Bible's Song of Solomon, 'Love is strong as death.' Or perhaps even stronger.

    Love   Song   Strong  
  • Don't take life too seriously.

    RuPaul (2010). “Workin' It!: RuPaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style”, p.12, Harper Collins
  • Our main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life.

    "Man's Search for Meaning". Book by Viktor Frankl, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1946.
  • You'll enjoy it. There is much you can learn from books and scrolls," said Jeod. He gestured at the walls. "These books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life." "It sounds intriguing," admitted Eragon. "Always the scholar, aren't you?" asked Brom. Jeod shrugged. "Not anymore. I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile.

    Wall   Book   Laughing  
    Christopher Paolini (2011). “Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr Omnibus”, p.111, Random House
  • Institutions do all the things that are supposed to be bad. They impede personal exploration. They enforce conformity. But they often save us from our weaknesses and give meaning to life.

  • Death? Translated into the heavenly tongue, that word means life!

    Death   Mean   Tongue  
    Henry Ward Beecher (1855). “Star Papers: Or, Experiences of Art and Nature”, p.213, New York : Boston : J.C. Derby ; Phillips, Sampson & Company
  • Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself.

    Life   Purpose   Ifs  
  • Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded.

    "Wind, Sand and Stars" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, translated by Lewis Galantière, (Ch. II), 1939.
  • The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

    Leo Tolstoy (2016). “The Kingdom of God Is Within You”, p.269, Xist Publishing
  • To watch King Lear is to approach the recognition that there is indeed no meaning in life, and that there are limits to human understanding.

    Peter Ackroyd (2005). “Shakespeare: The Biography”, Vintage
  • Activity does not necessarily mean life.

    Life   Mean   Doe  
    Philip K. Dick (2011). “A Scanner Darkly”, p.253, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Some people seek meaning in life through personal gain, through personal relationship, or through personal experiences. However, it seems to me that being blessed with the intellect to divine the ultimate secrets of nature gives meaning enough to life.

    Blessed   People   Giving  
    FaceBook post by Dr. Michio Kaku from Feb 16, 2010
  • How come life in prison doesn't mean life? Until it does, we're not ready to do away with the death penalty. Stop thinking in terms of "punishment" for a minute and think in terms of safeguarding innocent people from incorrigible murderers.

    "I Ain't Got Time To Bleed". Book by Jesse Ventura, 1999.
  • Writing sustains me. But wouldn’t it be better to say it sustains this kind of life? Which doesn't mean life is any better when I don’t write. On the contrary, it is far worse, wholly unbearable, and inevitably ends in madness. This is, of course, only on the assumption that I am a writer even when I don’t write - which is indeed the case; and a non-writing writer is, in fact, a monster courting insanity.

    Writing   Mean   Insanity  
  • The first beneficiary of compassion is always oneself. When compassion, or warmheartedness, arises in us and our focus shifts away from our own narrow self-interest, it is as if we open an inner door. It reduces fear, boosts confidence and brings us inner strength. By reducing distrust, it opens us to others and brings us a sense of connection to others, and sense of purpose and meaning in life.

  • Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.

  • Despite all the troubles of our world, in my heart I have never given up on the love in which I was brought up or on man's hope in love. In life, just as on the artist's palette, there is but one single colour that gives meaning to life and art–the colour of love

    Art   Men   Our World  
    Jacob Baal-Teshuva, Marc Chagall (2008). “Marc Chagall: 1887-1985”, Taschen America Llc
  • Magic underlies the relationship between us, and the greater immensities of birth and death. Thus the experience of being in the presence of something magical is an empowering, uplifting experience. Magic, understood this way, contributes meaning to life.

  • The certainty of a God giving meaning to life far surpasses in attractiveness the ability to behave badly with impunity. The choice would not be hard to make. But there is no choice and that is where the bitterness comes in. The absurd does not liberate; it binds.

    Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.67, Vintage
  • I have to pick myself up every day and say, 'The show must go on,' meaning life as I know it must go on, whatever the obstacle is, I know I can handle it, and I can get through it.

  • There is more to life than increasing its speed.

  • I want an ending that’s satisfying. I’m more of a classical writer than a modernist one in that I want the ending to be coherent and feel like an ending. I don’t like when it just seems to putter out. I mean, life is chaotic enough.

    Mean   Want   Life Is  
    Interview with Juliette Lewis, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 24, 2011.
  • We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed; 2. by experiencing a value; and 3. by suffering.

    Viktor E. Frankl (1964). “Man S Search For Meaning”, p.101, Ratna Sagar
  • We are heirs of the ages because throughout the ages mankind has devised and fashioned new things, and step by step added new conquests to our domain in that incessant contest with nature which means life. But we are decadent heirs if we cannot use the instruments that the ages have put into our hands. The acquisition of these, in the largest scope, is education.

    Education   Mean   Hands  
    Arthur Lynch (1921). “Moods of Life: Popular Psychological Studies of Affairs of Every Day”
  • These tasks, and therefore the meaning of life, differ from man to man, and from moment to moment. Thus it is impossible to define the meaning in life in a general way.

    Viktor E. Frankl (2015). “Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition”, p.63, Beacon Press
  • Life in itself has no meaning. Life is an opportunity to create meaning. Meaning has not to be discovered; it has to be created. You will find meaning only if you create it. It is not lying there somewhere behind the bushes, so you can go and you search a little bit and find it. It is not there like a rock that you will find. It is a poetry to be composed, it is a song to be sung, it is a dance to be danced.

  • To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.

    Life   Time   Memories  
    Emily Dickinson, Frances Schoonmaker Bolin (1994). “Emily Dickinson”, p.7, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
  • Having killed God, the atheist is left with no reason for being, no morality to espouse, no meaning to life, and no hope beyond the grave.

    Ravi Zacharias (2004). “The Real Face of Atheism”, p.98, Baker Books
  • There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers.

    Life   Power   Men  
    Erich Fromm (2013). “Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics”, p.52, Open Road Media
  • You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

    "Youthful Writings". Book by Albert Camus, October 1932.
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