Quotes about Meaning
Man is not the centre. God does not exist for the sake of man. Man does not exist for his own sake.
— CS Lewis
Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well.
— George Bernard Shaw
Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
God created man on purpose, and for a purpose.
— Zig Ziglar
Man is to be understood only in his relationship to God.
— CS Lewis
Man is a means for turning things into spirit and turning spirit into things.
— John Updike
Art is one of the means whereby man seeks to redeem a life which is experienced as chaotic, senseless, and largely evil.
— Aldous Huxley
What is the highest of all goods achievable by action? ...both the general run of man and people of superior refinement say that it is happiness ...but with regard to what happiness is they differ.
— Aristotle
Meaninglessnes s inhibits fullness of life and is therefore the equivalent to illness. Meaning makes a great many things endurable--perh aps everything.
— Carl Jung
Man's search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
— Viktor E. Frankl
This is the man my mother lived for. My career means something now because I've worked with Robert Redford.
— Jennifer Lopez
Tell me what gives a man or woman their greatest pleasure and I'll tell you their philosophy of life.
— Dale Carnegie