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> [To feel that life is meaningless unless “I” can be permanent is like having fallen desperately in love with an inch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/to-feel-that-life-is-meaningless-unless-i-can-be-permanent-is-like/)

[Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/)

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> [“Free trade is meaningless unless there is also fair trade.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-crichton/free-trade-is-meaningless-unless-there-is-also-fair-trade/)

[Michael Crichton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-crichton/)

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> [Death is meaningless unless it happens to someone you know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bradley-denton/death-is-meaningless-unless-it-happens-to-someone-you-know/)

[Bradley Denton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bradley-denton/)

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> [“A great idea, valuable advice, or a wonderful opportunity is meaningless unless you act on it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-sonnenberg/a-great-idea-valuable-advice-or-a-wonderful-opportunity-is/)

[Frank Sonnenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-sonnenberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cb/frank-sonnenberg-2672_act-on-your-dreams_a-great-idea-valuable-advice-or-a-wonder_2024426.jpg)

> [“Other people’s judgments were meaningless unless you allowed them to mean something.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/other-people-s-judgments-were-meaningless-unless-you-allowed-them-to/)

[Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/)

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> [To feel life is meaningless unless "I" can be permanent is like having desperately fallen in love with an inch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/to-feel-life-is-meaningless-unless-i-can-be-permanent-is-like-having/)

[Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/)

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> [The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/the-secret-to-life-is-meaningless-unless-you-discover-it-yourself/)

[W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/)

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> [“The venture into space is meaningless unless it coincides with a certain interior expansion, an ever-growing universe within, to correspond with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loren-eiseley/the-venture-into-space-is-meaningless-unless-it-coincides-with-a/)

[Loren Eiseley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loren-eiseley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78c/loren-eiseley-3848_science_the-venture-into-space-is-meaningless-un_1105614.png)

> [life is meaningless unless you bring meaning to it; ... it is up to us to create our own existence. Unless you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/life-is-meaningless-unless-you-bring-meaning-to-it-it-is-up-to-us-to/)

[Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4f/alan-alda-1859_existence_life-is-meaningless-unless-you-bring-mea_39258.jpg)

> [“Your happiness is meaningless unless it is linked with the total liberation of people around you! You matter; others also matter! Live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/your-happiness-is-meaningless-unless-it-is-linked-with-the-total/)

[Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/)

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> [I have no word of yours to assure me that our brief friendship held for you the same significance it held for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-george-speare/i-have-no-word-of-yours-to-assure-me-that-our-brief-friendship-held/)

[Elizabeth George Speare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-george-speare/)

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