“In tracking what people have to say about schooling, I notice that most of the conversation is about means, rarely about ends.… — Neil Postman, The End of Education Copy Share Image
Guess you all thought wrong of me after all. I'm a useless human being, who's trying to find their meaning in this… — Iimyotherdarkside Copy Share Image
“Any meaning of life derives from amiably accepting our anonymous role in the singular order of the universe. Such gracious reception of… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
She didn't need to understand the meaning of life; it was enough to find someone who did, and then fall asleep in… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Large numbers of young people are waking up. And they are saying, "We are not here just to work for multinational corporations… — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
Man is a tragic animal. Not because of his smallness, but because he is too well endowed. Man has longings and spiritual… — Peter Wessel Zapffe Copy Share Image
My hands were too soft.. I had to find some special occupation, some kind of work that would not force me to… — Marc Chagall Copy Share Image
“Humans have always wondered about the meaning of life... life has no higher purpose than to perpetuate the survival of DNA... life… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Our reward for surviving the hard knocks of a corporal life is arguably paltry. The inevitability of the big sleep is our… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Superior men spend their time off contemplating the meaning of life. They are in a perpetual quest for truth and understanding in… — VD Copy Share Image
“You haven’t realized it yet but your life is precious. I always say that people should not do something that has no… — Melissa Rose Lawrence Copy Share Image
“As each situation in life represents a challenge to man and presents a problem for him to solve, the question of the… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“There’s a dream I keep having,“ Sheridan whispered into the telephone. “The dream has always been the same—until tonight.” “And what happened… — Phillip White Copy Share Image
“But Miss Kilman did not hate Mrs. Dalloway. Turning her large gooseberry-coloured eyes upon Clarissa, observing her small pink face, her delicate… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Ecclesiastes This is a book of the Old Testament. I don't believe I've ever read this section of the Bible - I… — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
It is the acquisition of skills in particular, irrespective of their utility, that is potent in making life meaningful. Since man has… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Life keeps going...love is meaningful and it means something special...but happiness is the key to making your dreams come true...if you dont… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Good begets good; evil begets evil; and even if the good you give is met by evil, you have no choice but… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“What is the meaning of human life, or of organic life altogether? To answer this question at all implies a religion. Is… — Albert Einstein The World As I See It Copy Share Image
There is wisdom in waves. Some surfers see it right away, others never do. To find success in surfing, we must learn… — Gerry Lopez Copy Share Image
When I look back at that freedom of childhood, which is in a way infinite, and at all the joy and the… — Karl Ove Knausgaard Copy Share Image
“She folds the pages of the books she reads when she wants to remember something important. Her favorite books are accordions, testaments… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
“Sophie Bach from The Maker: You’re a human being with a personality and a will, and you make choices and think and… — Wes Moore Copy Share Image
Deus ex machina not only erases all meaning and emotion, it's an insult to the audience. Each of us knows we must… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
“Men's lives are short . The hard man and his cruelties will be Cursed behind his back and mocked in death. But… — Robert Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Morality is not just any old topic in psychology but close to our conception of the meaning of life. Moral goodness is… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“While some waste their time looking for the meaning of life, there are others who understand there is none and just get… — Derek Haines Copy Share Image
“As a society of unbelief, Western culture is devoid of a sense of journey, of adventure, because it lacks belief in much… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
“As to the causation, of the feeling of meaningless, one may say, albeit in an oversimplifying way, that people have enough to… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Love yourself, flirt with your understanding, romance with dreams get engaged with simplicity, marry genuineness, divorce the ego. That is a good… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As a child, I wondered often, 'Why are we? What is the meaning of life?' These questions made me realize that life… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
I was drawn to astronomy by a teenage existential quest. Around 13, I was deep into wondering about the meaning of life… — Carolyn Porco Copy Share Image
To live is to play at the meaning of life...The upshot of this . . . is that it teaches us once… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
Word-work is sublime... because it is generative; it makes meaning that secures our difference, our human difference-the way in which we are… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
You Cannot Always Wait For The Perfect Time, Sometimes You Must Dare To Jump. Life Is All About Risks And It Requires… — Don Kel Copy Share Image
“We cannot measure a person’s value to the human race by tabulating the size of his estate. We must judge each person… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Teenagers are extremely funny, and extremely clever and intellectually curious. But they're also willing to ask questions about the meaning of life… — John Green Copy Share Image
Taking away a person's control of her own life - meaning her bank account - is one of the greatest infringements a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Our lives are a divine expression no matter how messy and weird they may be. How much more meaningful can it get?… — Enza Vita Copy Share Image
“Depending on one’s point of view, Hagakure represents a mystical beauty intrinsic to the Japanese aesthetic experience, and a stoic but profound… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
