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title: "19 Question Meaning Quotes by 17 authors"
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> [O love-why can't you leave me alone? Which is a rhetorical question meaning: for heaven's sake, don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/o-love-why-can-t-you-leave-me-alone-which-is-a-rhetorical-question/)

[Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/)

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> [“Why isn’t he dead?’ he said eventually. ‘That is a good question. After all, meaning well hasn’t been a completely adequate shield…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-spufford/why-isn-t-he-dead-he-said-eventually-that-is-a-good-question-after/)

[Francis Spufford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-spufford/)

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> [Whatever sociology may be, it is the result of constantly asking the question, what is the meaning of this?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-wright-mills/whatever-sociology-may-be-it-is-the-result-of-constantly-asking-the/)

[C. Wright Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-wright-mills/)

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> [“A moment later she asked me if I loved her. I said that sort of question had no meaning, really; but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/a-moment-later-she-asked-me-if-i-loved-her-i-said-that-sort-of/)

[Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/)

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> [Faced with the nonsense question 'What is the meaning of a word?' and perhaps dimly recognizing it to be nonsense, we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-l-austin/faced-with-the-nonsense-question-what-is-the-meaning-of-a-word-and/)

[J. L. Austin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-l-austin/)

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> [“To be religious is to have found an answer to the question, 'What is the meaning of life?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quoting-einstein-victor-e-frankl/to-be-religious-is-to-have-found-an-answer-to-the-question-what-is/)

[quoting Einstein Victor E. Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quoting-einstein-victor-e-frankl/)

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> [Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/being-religious-means-asking-passionately-the-question-of-the-meaning/)

[Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/)

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> [Those who are driven by poverty, those who're free from material worries hunger exhausting labor a joyless existence ask the same question,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-acker/those-who-are-driven-by-poverty-those-who-re-free-from-material/)

[Kathy Acker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-acker/)

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> [I asked: 'What is the meaning of my life, beyond time, cause, and space?' And I replied to quite another question: 'What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/i-asked-what-is-the-meaning-of-my-life-beyond-time-cause-and-space/)

[Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/)

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> [“Modern society has sent men on a quest that is perhaps an inquiry just as thought-provoking as the popular question: what is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cage-j-madison/modern-society-has-sent-men-on-a-quest-that-is-perhaps-an-inquiry/)

[Cage J. Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cage-j-madison/)

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> [I think the whole question of meaning in music is difficult enough even if you hear me playing live right now in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-parker/i-think-the-whole-question-of-meaning-in-music-is-difficult-enough/)

[Evan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-parker/)

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> [Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/religion-is-the-state-of-being-grasped-by-an-ultimate-concern-a/)

[Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/)

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> [“Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/religion-is-the-state-of-being-grasped-by-an-ultimate-concern-a-2/)

[Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/)

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> [“You know as well as we do that right is a question that only has meaning in relations between equals in power.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-allison/you-know-as-well-as-we-do-that-right-is-a-question-that-only-has/)

[Graham Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-allison/)

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> [If a specific question has meaning, it must be possible to find operations by which an answer may be given to it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percy-williams-bridgman/if-a-specific-question-has-meaning-it-must-be-possible-to-find/)

[Percy Williams Bridgman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-williams-bridgman/)

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> [“When truth is at odds with meaning, it is meaning that wins. Why this should be so is a delicate question. Why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gray/when-truth-is-at-odds-with-meaning-it-is-meaning-that-wins-why-this/)

[John Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gray/)

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> [ “\[T\]he question "What is everything?" has no meaning, even though it seems to be profound. \[...\] The point is, perhaps, that I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-w-watts/t-he-question-what-is-everything-has-no-meaning-even-though-it-seems/)

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

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> [“One note is not music. It is what lies between the notes that makes the music. And what is between them is:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-safina/one-note-is-not-music-it-is-what-lies-between-the-notes-that-makes/)

[Carl Safina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-safina/)

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> [“Decide yourself who was right: you or the one who questioned you then? Recall the first question; its meaning, though not literally,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoyevsky/decide-yourself-who-was-right-you-or-the-one-who-questioned-you-then/)

[Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoyevsky/)

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