Quotes about Meaning

Inspire (from the Latin inspirare) means to breathe life into another.

I want the joy of knowing that I am doing something with my life, the joy of battle.

PAIN was no longer a cause of suffering, but a source of pleasure, Because they were redeeming humanity from its sins. Pain becomes joy, the meaning of life, pleasure.

Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason.

What is the purpose of life?...To be the eyes and ears and conscience of the Creator of the Universe, you fool!

Life comes from death. To the degree that I can live in the death of Jesus - to that degree I can channel God's life to others.

It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you.

But how can we effectively represent Christ, who in sacrificial love gave his life for others, if we don't deeply care about those he died for? And since "God is love" (1 John 4:8), doesn't it follow that the one great distinguishing characteristic of Christians everywhere should be a self-sacrificing love for people? Doctrine, apologetics, spiritual gifts, and prophecy charts are all great, but God is love. Without love, everything becomes meaningless (1 Cor. 13).

Earlier in my life I thought the things that mattered were the things that you could see, like your car, your house, your wealth, your property, your office. But as I've grown older I've become convinced that the things that matter most are the things that you can't see -- the love you share with others, your inner purpose, your comfort with who you are.

I'm drawn to almost any piece of writing with the words 'divine love' and 'impeachment' in the first sentence. But I know the word 'divine' makes many progressive people run screaming for their cute little lives, and so one hesitates to use it.

I think art is communication. To that extent, it can be the words between the words. It has a possibility of communicating something more than people can do with prose or just talking.

Art isn't meaningless... It is in itself. It isn't in that it tries to make life less so.