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If we want happiness, I think we should follow classic Greek wisdom and live with areté. The word directly translates as 'excellence' or 'virtue,' but… — Brian Johnson
The full meaning of life, the collective meaning of all human desires, is fundamentally a mystery beyond our grasp. As a young man, I chafed… — Eugene Wigner
Either your understanding of the meaning of music is there from the beginning or it is not. — Gordon Getty
The absurd is a shadow cast over everything we do and even if we try to live life as if it has meaning as if… — Albert Camus
When one begins to purposefully perform acts of kindness, the spirit changes and soon doing good deeds becomes a focal point for our life; doing… — Gary Blair
Life is so full of meaning and of purpose, so full of beauty - beneath its covering - that you will find that earth but… — Giovanni Giocondo
Life has no meaning except in terms of responsibility. — Reinhold Niebuhr
The sun shines, snow falls, mountains rise and valleys sink, night deepens and pales into day, but it is only very seldom that we attend… — Reginald Horace Blyth
How would man exist if God did not need him, and how would you exist? You need God in order to be, and God needs… — Martin Buber
This nation, this generation, in this hour has man's first chance to build a Great Society, a place where the meaning of man's life matches… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Testimony is a result of choice, not circumstance. In all seasons of my life, testimony has been a conscious choice - and this choice has… — Elaine L. Jack
As we increasingly become aware of the One Life breathing in each brother form of life, we learn the meaning of compassion, which literally means… — Christmas Humphreys
Priority-wise, it simply makes sense to take care of yourself before you start searching for a higher meaning. You aren't much good to anyone else… — Scott Adams
Living wisdom cannot be confined within words, but it can be hinted at through situations, much as a specific feature of an otherwise undistinguished landscape… — Robert Svoboda
I scarcely know the meaning of your question; much less can I answer it. — Boethius
Wisdom is not in words; Wisdom is meaning within words. — Khalil Gibran
To speak of certain government and establishment institutions as 'the system' is to speak correctly . . . They are sustained by structural relationships even… — Robert M. Pirsig
No matter what the world thinks about religious experience, the one who has it possesses a great treasure, a thing that has become for him… — Carl Jung
By a symbol I do not mean an allegory or a sign, but an image that describes in the best possible way the dimly discerned… — Carl Jung
In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order... we are caught and entangled in aimless experience... It is a moment… — Carl Jung
The word soul has lost its meaning and even its plausibility.... Faith, hope and love can no longer be seen simply as virtues or graces;… — Unknown Author
When you know that language, it's easy to believe that someone in the world awaits you, whether it's in the middle of the desert or… — Paulo Coelho
We may be able to tell how many stars are in the Milky Way; we may be able to count the petals of every flower,… — Henry Van Dyke
The word 'vegetable' has no precise botanical meaning in reference to food plants, and we find that almost all parts of plants have been employed… — Charles Heiser
What is the purpose and meaning and nature of sexual intercourse? It seems to me to be quite clear. It's for two things. It's for… — Janet E. Smith

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