Quotes about Meaning
All the Christmas presents in the world are worth nothing without the presence of Christ.
— David Jeremiah
It came without ribbions, It cames without tags, It came without packages, boxes, or bags. Christmas can't be bought from a store. Maybe Christmas means a little bit more.
— Dr. Seuss
People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Without courage all other virtues lose their meaning.
— Winston Churchill
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
— Epicurus
It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.
— Mark Twain
When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is.
— Ayn Rand
Death, the most dreaded of evils, is therefore of no concern to us; for while we exist death is not present, and when death is present we no longer exist.
— Epicurus
The years seem to rush by now, and I think of death as a fast approaching end of a journey-double and treble reason for loving as well as working while it is day.
— George Eliot
The way we view death determines, to a surprising degree, the way we live our lives.
— Billy Graham
The friend who cares makes it clear that whatever happens in the external world, being present to each other is what really matters. In fact, it matters more than pain, illness, or even death.
— Henri Nouwen
To put the issue bluntly, are the Beatitudes true? If so, why doesn't the church encourage poverty and mourning and meekness and persecution instead of striving against them? What is the real meaning of the Beatitudes, this cryptic ethical core of Jesus' teaching?
— Philip Yancey