Quotes about Meaning
Is it sinless? It is not worth while tocontend for a term It is "salvation from sin.
— John Wesley
Our time here is short. We can pass through this world but once; as we pass along, let us make the most of life.
— Ellen White
I should not want to live unless I could live to do some good to others.
— Ellen White
What oxygen is to the lungs, such is hope to the meaning of life.
— Emil Brunner
I suspect that God's plan, whatever it is, works on a scale too large to admit our mortal tribulations; that in a single lifetime, accidents and happenstance determine more than we care to admit; and that the best we can do is to try to align ourselves with what we feel is right and construct some meaning out of our confusion, and with grace and nerve play at each moment the hand that we're dealt.
— Barack Obama
The great wisdom traditions of the world all recognize that the main impediment to living a life of meaning is being self-absorbed.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
They sounded different from the mouth of a young mother than they did from the mouth of a widow. This was because the words did not come straight off the page. They percolated up through the silt and gravel of real people's lives so that the meaning in them was fluid, not fixed.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
Religion is more than a source of conflict or a calculated way to stay out of hell. Religions are treasure chests of stories, songs, rituals, and ways of life that have been handed down for millennia.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
Somewhere along the line we bought—or were sold—the idea that God is chiefly interested in religion. We believed that God's home was
— Barbara Brown Taylor
Whoever you are, you are human. Wherever you are, you live in the world, which is just waiting for you to notice the holiness in it. So welcome to your own priesthood, practiced at the altar of your own life. The good news is that you have everything you need to begin.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
People know when their gifts are being wasted, and this knowledge can eat away at the soul like a cancer. Call me a romantic, but I think most people want to be good for something.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
I know that nothing strengthens community like a common enemy. I know that when religious people are feeling overwhelmed by a world with little use for their ancient truths, they can find new meaning by identifying a great evil to oppose.
— Barbara Brown Taylor