The Meaning Of Things Quotes
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We are more curious about the meaning of dreams than about things we see when awake.
— Diogenes Laertius
Sometimes thou seem'st not as thyself alone, But as the meaning of all things that are.
— Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Simplicity is not a goal, but one arrives at simplicity in spite of oneself, as one approaches the real meaning of things.
— Herbert Read
I try not to interpret things of the world into a single meaning. Rather, I try the opposite.
— Kim Ki-duk
What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love.
— Nicholas Sparks
If the existentialists are right, that life is meaningless, and if we acknowledge that, we are better equipped to find pleasure in small things.
— Chloe Thurlow
Things are the way they are in our universe because if they weren't, we wouldn't be here to notice.
— Brian Greene
Both, the thoughts as well as the senses, were pretty things, the ultimate meaning was hidden behind both of them,
— Hermann Hesse
Life's like that. As we grow and change, some things we've experienced before take on new meaning. It'll happen for the rest of your life.
— Richelle Mead
My dear girl, you must cultivate a taste for the finer things. Civilized pleasures give meaning to life.
— Barbara Taylor Bradford
The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living.
— Viktor E. Frankl
I don't talk things, sir,' said Faber. 'I talk the meaning of things. I sit here and know I'm alive.
— Ray Bradbury
In art, one does not aim for simplicity; one achieves it unintentionally as one gets closer to the real meaning of things.
— Constantin Brancusi
I swear I begin to see the meaning of these things. It is not the earth, it is not America, who is so great, it is I who am great or to be great ...
— Walt Whitman
Sometimes, the simple things are more fun and meaningful than all the banquets in the world ...
— E.A. Bucchianeri
Dreams are madness, my dear. It's things that happen in the waking world, while one is asleep, that one would be glad to know the meaning of.
— Joseph Conrad
Education that consists in learning things and not the meaning of them is feeding upon the husks and not the corn
— Mark Twain
The company of true friends, the taste of good food, the blossoms in spring, all the ordinary things that make the texture and meaning of life
— Alison Croggon
I crave the indulgence of my senses but this is countered by an interior desire that is even keener than my senses to know the meaning of things
— Errol Flynn
I don't talk things, sir. I talk the meaning of things.
— Ray Bradbury
Maybe in the general scheme of things he couldn't find any meaning in life, but on a smaller scale it was okay. Not always, but a lot of the time.
— Etgar Keret
The thing to do is to exploit the meaning of the life you have.
— Ralph Ellison
High on the list of things I've been meaning to do since I moved to New York in 2004 is going up to a Columbia University football game.
— Willie Geist
The best things in life make you sweaty.
— Edgar Allan Poe
The purpose of existence is the education of the will. And the meaning of life is to learn to love the right things.
— Brandon Mull
Because there is no meaning to be found in the arbitrary nature of things., It's all random. Just as space is blue. And birds fly through it.
— Douglas Kennedy
A gift isn't a gift unless it has meaning. Just giving things to people, especially children, create the expectation of more things.
— Oprah Winfrey
So is it just human nature to believe that things happen for a reason - to find some shred of meaning even in the worst experiences?
— Christina Baker Kline
The purpose of art is to represent the meaning of things. This represents the true reality, not external aspects.
— Aristotle.
We live not by things, but by the meaning of things. It is needful to transmit the passwords from generation to generation.
— Antoine De Saint-Exupery
A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together.
— Norman Cousins
We do not have control
over many things
in life and death
but we do have control
over the meaning we give it. — Nathalie Himmelrich
over many things
in life and death
but we do have control
over the meaning we give it. — Nathalie Himmelrich
I tend to navigate by indirection, meaning that most of the major things in my life have happened when I've been thinking about something else.
— Lauren Willig
Education is an adventurous quest for the meaning of life, involving an ability to think things through.
Z. Applewhite. — Stephanie S. Tolan
Z. Applewhite. — Stephanie S. Tolan
One of the annoying things when you're in a movie is that gets talked about is everyone projects meaning onto everyone's intentions.
— Heather Langenkamp
The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.
— Antoine De Saint-Exupery
The purpose of life is to live. The meaning of life is whatever you choose. The secret to life is balance in all things ...
— James A. Murphy
Things don't have significance: they only have existence.
Things are the only hidden meaning of things. — Alberto Caeiro
Things are the only hidden meaning of things. — Alberto Caeiro
Most of the things that give life its depth, meaning, and value are impervious to science.
— Rachel Naomi Remen
Perhaps fate has a way of turning things around and making something good out of the action of someone who failed humanity without meaning to.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
It's the special things close to home, and the breadth of life, that makes our time on this earth so valuable.
— Fennel Hudson
The real meaning of things lies deep down and the real meaning of things is always beautiful because it is simply love.
— Mary Balogh
Words are things. The words he is in possession of he cannot be deprived of. Their authority transcends his ignorance of their meaning.
— Cormac McCarthy
The wonderful things in life are the things you do, not the things you have.
— Reinhold Messner