Quotes about Meaning
A difference which makes no difference is no difference at all.
— William James
The pragmatic method starts from the postulate that there is no difference of truth that doesn't make a difference of fact somewhere; and it seeks to determine the meaning of all differences of opinion by making the discussion hinge as soon as possible upon some practical or particular issue.
— William James
Religious feeling is thus an absolute addition to the subject's range of life. It gives him a new sphere of power. When the outward battle is lost, and the outward world disowns him, it redeems and vivifies an interiour world which otherwise would be an empty waste.
— William James
Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure.
— Henri Nouwen
What interests me most is neither still life nor landscape, but the human figure. It is through it that I best succeed in expressing the almost religious feeling I have towards life.
— Henri Matisse
I have found it very important in my own life to try to let go of my wishes and instead to live in hope. I am finding that when I choose to let go of my sometimes petty and superficial wishes and trust that my life is precious and meaningful in the eyes of God something really new, something beyond my own expectations begins to happen for me. (Finding My Way Home)
— Henri Nouwen
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
— Henry David Thoreau
Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to point us to that realm which is the real and endless home of the heart.
— Henry Ward Beecher
We are convinced that believing in God is worthwhile. We thereby want to express the conviction that it is not death that has the last word but life; it is not the absurd but the full meaning in life that wins the day.
— Leonardo Boff
Mark Twain stated, "The two most important days in your life are the day you were born, and the day you realize why you were born.
— Les Brown
Life is the gift that keeps on giving. Appreciate that blessing for what it is.
— Les Brown