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Ask me if Christianity (my version of it, yours, the Pope's, whoever's) is orthodox, meaning true, and here's my honest answer: a little, but not… — Brian D. McLaren
Through salvation our past has been forgiven, our present is given meaning, and out future is secured. — Rick Warren
The way in which we experience and interpret the world obviously depends very much indeed on the kind of ideas that fill our minds. If… — E F Schumacher
Culture is public, because meaning is — Clifford Geertz
Retire from your job but never from meaningful projects. If you want to live a long life, you need eustress, that is, a deep sense… — Stephen Covey
There's almost a fear that if you understood too deeply the way you arrived at choices, you could become self-conscious. In any case, many ideas… — Peter Weir
Translation is a kind of transubstantiation; one poem becomes another. You can choose your philosophy of translation just as you choose how to live: the… — Anne Michaels
To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. When you say something, say what you know. When… — Confucius
The meaning in life is not out there but inbetween our ears. In many ways this makes us the lords of creation. — Stephen Hawking
Love is infectious. You know, God is infectious-God flowing through us and us being little-baby creators and s--. But His energy and His love and… — Kanye West
In the world of human thought generally, and in physical science particularly, the most important and fruitful concepts are those to which it is impossible… — Unknown Author
Many who know something but not enough about dreams and their meaning...are liable to succumb to the prejudice that the dream actually has a moral… — Carl Jung
The Jewish people and their fate are the living witness for the absence of redemption. This, one could say, is the meaning of the chosen… — Leo Strauss
Every reading is partial, but that does not absolve us from the quest for meaning, which defines us as a species. — Camille Paglia
Life's meaning has always eluded me and I guess always will. But I love it just the same. — Elwyn Brooks White
The close observer soon discovers that the teacher's task is not to implant facts but to place the subject to be learned in front of… — Nathan M. Pusey
What gives life meaning is a form of rebellion, rebellion against reason, an insistence on believing passionately what we cannot believe rationally. The meaning of… — Robert C. Solomon
The three horrors of modern life - talk without meaning, desire without love, work without satisfaction. — Mignon McLaughlin
My art, what do you want to say about it? Do you think you can explain the merits of a picture to those who do… — Edgar Degas
There are those who insist that it is a very bad thing to question God. To them, “why?” is a rude question. That depends, I… — Elisabeth Elliot
We cannot grasp the true meaning of the divine holiness by thinking of someone or something very pure and then raising the concept to the… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
It is the experiences, the memories, the great triumphant joy of living to the fullest extent in which real meaning is found. God it's great… — Jon Krakauer
To grasp the true meaning of socialism, imagine a world where everything is designed by the post office, even the sleaze. — P.J. O'Rourke
My dog doesn't worry about the meaning of life. She may worry if she doesn't get her breakfast, but she doesn't sit around worrying whether she… — Joko Beck
Ultimately the way to win the game of life, is found in only one thing: Our ability to choose meaning in any life circumstance. Become… — Tony Robbins

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