Quotes about Meaning
If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
— John Calvin
Cats are put on earth to remind us that not everything has a purpose.
— Oscar Wilde
God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.
— Joseph Campbell
For God is good — or rather, of all goodness He is Fountainhead, and it is impossible for one who is good to be mean or grudging about anything.
— Athanasius of Alexandria
More consequences for thought and action follow the affirmation or denial of God than from answering any other basic question.
— Mortimer Adler
We cannot understand the meaning of many trials; God does not explain them. To explain a trial would be to destroy its object, which is that of calling forth simple faith and implicit obedience.
— Alfred Edersheim
Waiting means going about our assigned tasks, confident that God will provide the meaning and the conclusions.
— Eugene Peterson
The deep meaning of the cross of Christ is that there is no suffering on earth that is not borne by God.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The question is not what we intended ourselves to be, but what He intended us to be when He made us.
— CS Lewis
The Word of God is either absolute or obsolete.
— Vance Havner
Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.
— Henry Ward Beecher
God never does anything accidentally.
— Rick Warren