Quotes about Meaning of Life

There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself. Votes: 6

Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human. Votes: 6

Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning. Votes: 6

For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment. Votes: 5

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. Votes: 4

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life. Votes: 4

Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has no meaning. Votes: 4

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another. Votes: 4

I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive. Votes: 4

The meaning of life. The wasted years of life. The poor choices of life. God answers the mess of life with one word: 'grace.' Votes: 4

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. Votes: 4

The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life. It is present in the infinity of forms and phenomena that exist in all of creation. Votes: 4

The meaning of life is life. Votes: 2

The meaning of life is to see. Votes: 2

I was looking for what the meaning of life was. Votes: 2

What is the meaning of life? To be happy and useful. Votes: 2

Biology, meaning the science of all life, is a late notion. Votes: 2

You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. Votes: 2

I don't want to live. I want to love first, and live incidentally. Votes: 2

Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal. Votes: 2

Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportunities are worth the risk. Votes: 2

The meaning of life... I think the meaning of life is, I think it's love. Votes: 2

Being a mom makes me feel whole and like I understand the meaning of life. Votes: 2

Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life. Votes: 2

Sixty-four thousand dollars for a question, I hope they are asking you the meaning of life. Votes: 2

The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience. Votes: 2

The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live - moreover, the only one. Votes: 2

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. Votes: 2

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. Votes: 2

There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers. Votes: 2

The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. Votes: 2

It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives. Votes: 2

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life. Votes: 2

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives. Votes: 2

Love of man for woman - love of woman for man. That's the nature, the meaning, the best of life itself. Votes: 2

Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded. Votes: 2

When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it. Votes: 2

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love. Votes: 2

It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is. Votes: 2

For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer. Votes: 2

If not for music, I would probably be a very frustrated scientist. It's one way to answer the question, 'What is the meaning of life?' I feel music answers it better. Votes: 2

Morality is not just any old topic in psychology but close to our conception of the meaning of life. Moral goodness is what gives each of us the sense that we are worthy human beings. Votes: 2

No matter how much we try to run away from this thirst for the answer to life, for the meaning of life, the intensity only gets stronger and stronger. We cannot escape these spiritual hungers. Votes: 2

Faith consists in being vitally concerned with that ultimate reality to which I give the symbolical name of God. Whoever reflects earnestly on the meaning of life is on the verge of an act of faith. Votes: 2

Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in danger of lacking meaning; quite the contrary, we are gorged with meaning and it is killing us. Votes: 2

The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves. Votes: 2

I know exactly what my values are and what I love to do. That's worth additional years right there. I say no to a lot of stuff that would be easy money but deviates from my meaning of life. Votes: 2

We can think so much about life and take ourselves so seriously; I mean, I like to tell people, 'Don't take life too seriously' because you'll cloud the experience. That's what the meaning of life is to me - being able to enjoy the moment. Votes: 2

One should not search for an abstract meaning of life ... Life can be made meaningful in a threefold way: first, through what we give to life ... second, by what we take from the world ... third, through the stand we take toward a fate we no longer can change ... Votes: 2

The meaning of life is not to be discovered only after death in some hidden, mysterious realm; on the contrary, it can be found by eating the succulent fruit of the Tree of Life and by living in the here and now as fully and creatively as we can. Votes: 2

My dog doesn't worry about the meaning of life. She may worry if she doesn't get her breakfast, but she doesn't sit around worrying about whether she will get fulfilled or liberated or enlightened. As long as she gets some food and a little affection, her life is fine. Votes: 2

When I look back at that freedom of childhood, which is in a way infinite, and at all the joy and the intense happiness, now lost, I sometimes think that childhood is where the real meaning of life is located, and that we, adults, are its servants - that that's our purpose. Votes: 2

Hamlet' is one of the most dangerous things ever set down on paper. All the big, unknowable questions like what it is to be a human being; the difference between sanity and insanity; the meaning of life and death; what's real and not real. All these subjects can literally drive you mad. Votes: 2

Love, life, meaning...over. Votes: 0

Life is existence with meaning Votes: 0

Life without pain has no meaning. Votes: 0

The meaning of life is happiness. Votes: 0

Purpose is what gives life meaning. Votes: 0

Love gives life purpose and meaning. Votes: 0

Give life meaning through your commitments. Votes: 0

We are the custodians of life's meaning. Votes: 0

Life without purpose, is time without meaning. Votes: 0

What's the meaning of life? Other people. Votes: 0

Life's meaning heavily benefits from lifelong bonds. Votes: 0

Purpose is what gives life a meaning. Votes: 0

Is death that which gives meaning to life? Votes: 0

Poke gave him life. Ender gave it meaning. Votes: 0

My life carries its own meaning in itself. Votes: 0

There is always a double meaning in life... Votes: 0

The meaning of life is that it stops. Votes: 0

"¦the book creates meaning, the meaning creates life. Votes: 0

Love life more than the meaning of it? Votes: 0

Only through communication can human life hold meaning. Votes: 0

Knowing your purpose gives meaning to your life. Votes: 0

Life without dreaming is a life without meaning. Votes: 0

Despite everything, life is full of beauty and meaning. Votes: 0

Life has no meaning except in terms of responsibility. Votes: 0

Life takes on the meaning that you give it. Votes: 0

Why does man need a meaning to life?— Votes: 0

Resist doing things that have no meaning for life. Votes: 0

The meaning of life is 'the ultimate questioner's vanity.' Votes: 0

Knowing life's purpose would invest everything one did with meaning. Votes: 0

Meaning arises from loving life, not from goals or narratives. Votes: 0

Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. Votes: 0

The meaning of life can be revealed but never explained. Votes: 0

The meaning of life is to live a meaningful life. Votes: 0

A room without books is like a life without meaning. Votes: 0

We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life. Votes: 0

For me, the meaning of life is the next generation. Votes: 0

maybe the meaning of life lies in looking for it Votes: 0

It is up to you to give life a meaning. Votes: 0

Each life contains as much meaning as all of history. Votes: 0

The meaning of life is to get meaning for life. Votes: 0

Life's deepest meaning is not found in accomplishments , but in relationships Votes: 0

If justice perishes, human life on Earth has lost its meaning. Votes: 0

Faith gives you a certain structure and meaning to your life. Votes: 0

Man's search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life. Votes: 0

Most people are looking for something to give their life meaning. Votes: 0

Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they changed it. Votes: 0

Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Votes: 0

The meaning of your life comes through your obligations to others. Votes: 0

Meaning equals emotion and emotion equals life. Choose consciously and wisely. Votes: 0

The pursuit of meaning, not happiness, is what makes life worthwhile. Votes: 0

Each day is an adventure in discovering the meaning of life. Votes: 0

If youre not interested in life, then photography has no meaning Votes: 0

A life of kindness is the primary meaning of divine worship. Votes: 0

The meaning of life is that it is to be lived. Votes: 0

The meaning of life is to create meaning for your life. Votes: 0

What can be greater to life than to understand its meaning. Votes: 0

The meaning of life is found by diving deep, deep within. Votes: 0

God made life, and God alone can tell us its meaning. Votes: 0

Life has meaning for anyone who takes an interest in it. Votes: 0

The causes of life's history [cannot] resolve the riddle of life's meaning. Votes: 0

The neurotic believes that life has meaning, but that his life hasn't. Votes: 0

Hope is life's essential nutrient, and love is what gives life meaning Votes: 0

The meaning of life is simply the meaning we give to it. Votes: 0

Art should startle the viewer into thinking about the meaning of life. Votes: 0

Man can find meaning in life only through devoting himself to society. Votes: 0

We never ask the meaning of life when we are in love. Votes: 0

The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life. Votes: 0

Always engage in the quest for life's meaning, which is inner peace. Votes: 0

What is the meaning of life?Whatever you want it to be. Votes: 0

To believe in God is to see that life has a meaning. Votes: 0

Everyone now knows how to find the meaning of life within himself. Votes: 0

The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning. Votes: 0

Often in life those seemingly ordinary moments hold the most extraordinary meaning. Votes: 0

Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Votes: 0

The life of which meaning one never ponders is not worth living Votes: 0

Nothing in life has any meaning except the meaning you give it. Votes: 0

Creativity is at the root of love and meaning in this life. Votes: 0

The meaning of life consists in the love and service of God. Votes: 0

If you knew the meaning of life, would you necessarily like it? Votes: 0

Love your calling with passion, it is the meaning of your life. Votes: 0

Life has meaning only if you do what is meaningful to you. Votes: 0

In our factions, we find meaning, we find purpose, we find life. Votes: 0

The meaning of life is that nobody knows the meaning of life. Votes: 0

Real life is to be found in natural things that have meaning. Votes: 0

Yes, and when the love of life disappears, no meaning can console us. Votes: 0

Free will, determinism, meaning, existence, etc. are academic problems, not problems in life. Votes: 0

I am sustained by the certainty that life has meaning...as does death. Votes: 0

I like to think that death gives life meaning. I like that philosophy. Votes: 0

The fertilising conflict of individualities is the ultimate meaning of the personal life. Votes: 0

She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life. Votes: 0

Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal Votes: 0

If life has no meaning, why don't we create a meaning for it? Votes: 0

Painting gave meaning to my life which without it would not have had Votes: 0

Our main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life. Votes: 0

Life is filled with meaning as soon as Jesus Christ enters into it. Votes: 0

Recovery is about purpose and meaning in life, not "sobriety" and meetings. Votes: 0

Nothing in this life will bring true meaning and happiness apart from God. Votes: 0

The whole of life is symbolic because the whole of it has meaning. Votes: 0

To give life a meaning, one must have a purpose larger than self. Votes: 0

The literal meaning of the Chinese characters for revolution is elimination of life Votes: 0

The meaning of my life is to help others find meaning in theirs. Votes: 0

The earthly meaning of eternal life was death, and she refused to die. Votes: 0

Exercising adaptive leadership is about giving meaning to your life beyond your own ambition. Votes: 0

Maybe there isn't a meaning to life. Maybe there's only a meaning to living. Votes: 0

If my life had no meaning there was no reason not to end it. Votes: 0

To live is to experience things, not sit around pondering the meaning of life. Votes: 0

The meaning of life is not celebrating your birth, it is celebrating your work. Votes: 0

I've struggled all my life to get maximum meaning in the simplest possible form, Votes: 0

The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder. Votes: 0

There's no meaning to life without music. Everybody has their own connect with music. Votes: 0

Act with courage and dignity; stick to the ideals that give meaning to life. Votes: 0

Some old guy once said that the meaning of life is that it ends. Votes: 0

You are free to give life meaning, whatever meaning you want to give it. Votes: 0

Human life is inexplicable, and still without meaning: a fool may decide its fate. Votes: 0

What oxygen is to the lungs, such is hope to the meaning of life. Votes: 0

The meaning of life cannot be told; it has to HAPPEN to a person. Votes: 0

What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning. Votes: 0

What is the meaning of life? Life has the meaning that you give it. Votes: 0

Every time you use the phrase all my life it has a different meaning. Votes: 0

Grow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life. Votes: 0

The thing to do is to exploit the meaning of the life you have. Votes: 0

Death is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected. Votes: 0

In a life which has meaning in it, past and future sustain each other. Votes: 0

[Woman's] life-long economic parasitism has utterly blurred her conception of the meaning of equality. Votes: 0

True love is rare, and it's the only thing that gives life real meaning. Votes: 0

I believe the meaning of life is the relationships we have with each other. Votes: 0

Selfless acts are a source of profound meaning for your self and your life. Votes: 0

The ultimate meaning of the active life is to make possible the happiness of contemplation. Votes: 0

Engaging in activities devoid of difficulty, lounging in risk-free zones, is life without great meaning. Votes: 0

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. Votes: 0

The past isn't fixed and frozen in place. Instead, its meaning changes as life unfolds. Votes: 0

Each of us must become impassioned, finding meaning and self-fulfillment in our own life's journey. Votes: 0

Developing compassion and wisdom and helping those in need is the true meaning of life. Votes: 0

Life's battle is a conquest for the strong; The meaning shows in the defeated thing. Votes: 0

When children reach the age of sixteen, they discover the meaning of life: car keys. Votes: 0

Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason. Votes: 0

Human values should predominate in men's thoughts. Human life has no meaning without these values. Votes: 0

I'm killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness. Votes: 0

My cat knows the meaning of life, but has no interest in sharing the secret. Votes: 0

A man must fill his life with meaning, meaning is not automatically given to life. Votes: 0

There is no life without death. That is the true meaning of yin and yang Votes: 0

To be truly happy, you need a clear sense of meaning and purpose in life. Votes: 0

Life is an accomplishment and each moment has a meaning and you must use it. Votes: 0

If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering. Votes: 0

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others... Votes: 0

The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life. Votes: 0

Passion is the relentless pursuit of those life-enhancing activities or experiences that give our souls meaning. Votes: 0

No birth is an accident, No experience is without meaning, and no life is without value. Votes: 0

The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience. Votes: 0

The meaning of life is found in openness to being and "being present" in full awareness. Votes: 0

That's the whole meaning of life, isn't it? Trying to find a place for your stuff. Votes: 0

The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live --moreover, the only one. Votes: 0

The true office of any faith is to give life a meaning which death cannot destroy. Votes: 0

What is important is family, friends, giving back to your community and finding meaning in life. Votes: 0

The three horrors of modern life - talk without meaning, desire without love, work without satisfaction. Votes: 0

Unfortunately, the only meaning that society attributes to life today is an opportunity to make money. Votes: 0

Without self-expression, life lacks spontaneity and joy. Without service to others, it lacks meaning and purpose. Votes: 0

Gratefulness is the inner gesture of giving meaning to our life by receiving life as gift. Votes: 0

Is there any meaning in my life that the inevitable death awaiting me does not destory? Votes: 0

Life is more than breath and a heartbeat; meaning and purpose are the life of life. Votes: 0

I have a more developed sense of my priorities. Life has so much more meaning now. Votes: 0

...and I discovered something: the meaning of my life was whatever I wanted it to be. Votes: 0

Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself. Votes: 0

In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of meaning and love. Votes: 0

Real success means creating a life of meaning through service that fulfills your reason for being here. Votes: 0

We have children to pursue other elements of well-being. We want meaning in life. We want relationships. Votes: 0

What is the meaning of life? It is too great a phenomenon to fit into any meaning. Votes: 0

It was like the beginning of life and laughter. It was the real meaning of the sun Votes: 0

Education, possessions, or people cannot replace passion, but they are given meaning by your passion in life. Votes: 0

Death is our constant companion, and it is death that gives each person's life its true meaning. Votes: 0

Reason is incompetent to answer any fundamental question about God, or morality, or the meaning of life. Votes: 0

Focusing on values does not simplify your life. It gives meaning and direction-and a lot more complexity. Votes: 0

Dignity has no price ... when someone starts making small concessions, in the end life loses all meaning. Votes: 0

Just as the soul animates the body, so, in a way, meaning breathes life into a word. Votes: 0

Religion reveals the meaning of life, and science only applies this meaning to the course of circumstances. Votes: 0

A major part of the meaning of life is contained in the very process of discovering it. Votes: 0

The point of creativity is to express and challenge yourself, to make meaning, to embrace your life. Votes: 0

I love sport as long as its kept as an entertainment - not a meaning of life. Votes: 0

Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life. Votes: 0

Sometimes you have to cross the boundaries of Death in order to discover the meaning of Life. Votes: 0

I love sport as long as it's kept as an entertainment - not a meaning of life. Votes: 0

Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning. Votes: 0

The source of sorrows lies not in leaving life, but in leaving that which gives it meaning. Votes: 0

Life may have no meaning. Or even worse, it may have a meaning of which I disapprove. Votes: 0

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence. Votes: 0

music is not technique and melody, but the meaning of life itself, infinitely sorrowful and unbearably beautiful. Votes: 0

Marriage is the aim and end of all sensible girls, because it is the meaning of life. Votes: 0

The two biggest self-deceptions of all are that life has a 'meaning'and each of us is unique. Votes: 0

Have all the hopes of ages come to naught? Is life no more with noble meaning fraught? Votes: 0

The worst insult I can inflict on life is that I do not reflect on its meaning. Votes: 0

You want to change your life? Control the only thing you can control: the meaning you give something. Votes: 0

For the Absolute, as we now know, all life is individual, but is individual as expressing a meaning. Votes: 0

Some might think that the creativity, imagination, and flights of fancy that give my life meaning are insanity. Votes: 0

True meaning in life comes through understanding your own nature and learning to accept all aspects of yourself. Votes: 0

My dear girl, you must cultivate a taste for the finer things. Civilized pleasures give meaning to life. Votes: 0

Some of life's biggest and most positive changes are propelled by mini conspiracies of a few well-meaning folks. Votes: 0

...because a life without meaning, without drive or focus, without dreams or goals, isn't a life worth living. Votes: 0

Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner. Votes: 0

Nebraskans know the true meaning of life... work, spending time with loved ones, and Saturdays in the fall. Votes: 0

Depression: the healthy suspicion that modern life has no meaning and that modern society is absurd and alienating. Votes: 0

My whole being was seeking for something still unknown which might confer meaning upon the banality of life. Votes: 0

Like art, religion is an imaginative and creative effort to find a meaning and value in human life. Votes: 0

In a world where the dead have returned to life, the word" trouble' loses much of its meaning. Votes: 0

Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life. Votes: 0

You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you. Votes: 0

In whatever form it takes, life sings because it has a song. The meaning is in the lyrics. Votes: 0

Meaning isn't something we discover, it is what we bring to life, either by choice or by chance. Votes: 0

The meaning of life is basically to be the kind of person you would want to be around. Votes: 0

Life's meaning has always eluded me and I guess always will. But I love it just the same. Votes: 0

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. Votes: 0

It is only when we realize that life is taking us nowhere that it begins to have meaning. Votes: 0

Meaning. If you're going to die, you want to find meaning in life. You want to connect the dots. Votes: 0

The ultimate meaning to which all stories refer has two faces: the continuity of life, the inevitability of death. Votes: 0

Yes, that's right... love should come before logic ... Only then will man come to understand the meaning of life. Votes: 0

Bach opens a vista to the universe. After experiencing him, people feel there is meaning to life after all. Votes: 0

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Votes: 0

Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward. Votes: 0

The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it. Votes: 0

What the meaning of human life may be I don't know: I incline to suspect that it has none. Votes: 0

When you make Service your sole purpose in life, it eliminates fear, focuses your mind and gives you meaning. Votes: 0

Life gives meaning to life. The answer to the meaning of life is hidden right there inside the question. Votes: 0

When goals go, meaning goes. When meaning goes, purpose goes. When purpose goes, life goes dead on our hands. Votes: 0

By understanding the meaning of common dreams, you can identify issues that want your attention in your waking life. Votes: 0

For me, the meaning of life is pretty clear: Living things strive to pass their genes into the future. Votes: 0

Life is the leaves which shape and nourish a plant, but art is the flower which embodies its meaning Votes: 0

Life is not inherently meaningful. We make meaning happen through the attention and care we express through our actions. Votes: 0

The only meaning of life worth caring about is one that can withstand our best efforts to examine it. Votes: 0

You know, the one with all the well meaning rules that don't work out in real life, uh, Christianity. Votes: 0

Objects do not have meaning. But if an object is thoughtful we project meaning onto it in daily life. Votes: 0

Philosophers can debate the meaning of life, but you need a Lord who can declare the meaning of life. Votes: 0

Sharing your life with someone will have much more meaning coming from a place of independence rather than co-dependence. Votes: 0

Education is an adventurous quest for the meaning of life, involving an ability to think things through. --Z. Applewhite. Votes: 0

Throughout the life cycle we consciously and unconsciously edit the events of our life, trying to give them meaning. Votes: 0

Love of man for woman--love of woman for man. That's the nature, the meaning, the best of life itself. Votes: 0

The greatest lessons to be learned about life, love, purpose, meaning, and priority are to be learned from children. Votes: 0

Life in itself is so beautiful that to ask the question of the meaning of life is simply nonsense. Votes: 0

Don't go searching for a meaning for life as there is none other than the one you create yourself. Votes: 0

I'm seeking to make sense of life, looking for its meaning and how we can have a better humanity. Votes: 0

Those that can be troubled to muse upon the meaning of life are general disappointed when they figure it out. Votes: 0

My life, the most truthful one, is unrecognizable, extremely interior, and there is no single word that gives it meaning. Votes: 0

Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none. Votes: 0

Your life is enriched with meaning when allow yourself to become inspired, set goals, and charge after them with passion. Votes: 0

Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none. Votes: 0

If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol. Votes: 0

Cease conceiving of education as mere preparation for later life, and make it the full meaning of the present life. Votes: 0

Is death that which gives meaning to life? And I said, no, life is that which gives meaning to life. Votes: 0

A Singularitarian is someone who understands the Singularity and has reflected on its meaning for his or her own life. Votes: 0

Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals. Votes: 0

A satyagrahi lays down his life, but never gives up. That is the meaning of the 'do or die' slogan. Votes: 0

The only real meaning in life can be found in a good man. And maybe Paris. Preferably the two together. Votes: 0

Human life has meaning only to that degree and as long as it is lived in the service of humanity. Votes: 0

Did you ever wish you had a book that would explain the full meaning of life's random happenings to you? Votes: 0

I have discovered the meaning of life. It resides in what I can wrest from each day that I live. Votes: 0

Hold tight to the mentality of being a student, meaning hold on to curiosity and approach life as a student. Votes: 0

The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning. Votes: 0

It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life. Votes: 0

I have lived my whole life on the stage and screen before you. I found purpose and meaning in your response. Votes: 0

Coming to terms with incest is not easy. Learning to be a survivor, not a victim, gives new meaning to life Votes: 0

One must love life before loving its meaning ... yes, and when the love of life disappears, no meaning can console us. Votes: 0

Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope. Votes: 0

What is the meaning of human life, or of organic life altogether? To answer this question at all implies a religion. Votes: 0

Life provides losses and heartbreak for all of us-but the greatest tragedy is to have the experience and miss the meaning. Votes: 0

The appreciation of the merits of art of the emotions it conveys depends upon an understanding of the meaning of life... Votes: 0

It is in struggle and service with our brothers and sisters, individually and collectively, that we find the meaning of life. Votes: 0

Man's main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life. Votes: 0

The ability to find meaning in the most difficult times, I think, is one of the most important skills of life. Votes: 0

Don't let anyone or anything rob you of the beauty and meaning at the heart of life. It's your birthright gift. Votes: 0

But religions are only temporarily successful attempts to cope with the lack of meaning in life; they are not permanent answers. Votes: 0

The question is not to know what is the meaning of life, but what meaning I can give to my life. Votes: 0

I consider it to be the meaning of my whole life and my obligation to serve my fatherland and our people. Votes: 0

Jews were the first to believe that history itself has meaning and that progress, not repetition, is the law of life. Votes: 0

Life has no meaning but what we give it. I wish a few more of ye would give it a little. Votes: 0

It's not the meaning of life we seek but our aliveness. Once we have that, the meaning of life is obvious. Votes: 0

If there was a little more light and truth in the world through one human being, his life has had meaning. Votes: 0

The story is a testament to the consolations that get me through and give meaning to every area of my life Votes: 0

Go after what it is that creates meaning in your life and then trust yourself to handle the stress that follows. Votes: 0

To do good things in the world, first you must know who you are and what gives meaning to your life. Votes: 0

Crap.It's all crap.Living is crap.Life has no meaning.None. Nowhere to be found.Crap.Why doesn't anybody realize this~? Votes: 0

Love is our only weapon. Only love can turn mere life into a miracle, and draw precious meaning from suffering and fear. Votes: 0

It's something that I had been pushing down my whole life. The search for meaning, I guess, the whispering of the soul. Votes: 0

Meaninglessnes s inhibits fullness of life and is therefore the equivalent to illness. Meaning makes a great many things endurable--perh aps everything. Votes: 0

Saying yes means getting up and acting on your belief that you can create meaning and purpose in whatever life hands you. Votes: 0

The great wisdom traditions of the world all recognize that the main impediment to living a life of meaning is being self-absorbed. Votes: 0

We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed; 2. by experiencing a value; and 3. by suffering. Votes: 0

Earn by your efficiency and enthusiasm, The right to play higher and higher roles ,That is the meaning and purpose of life. Votes: 0

The objective of two lovers is almost always the same; to find meaning in their individual lives and in their life together. Votes: 0

The yoga tradition addresses how to live and how to shape your life with a commanding sense of purpose, capacity and meaning. Votes: 0

My fans are who I am. You give meaning to my life. You will never know the connection I feel to you. Votes: 0

Living is the purpose of life, And meaning can be found therein. I finds thou. Thou becomes it. And it begins again. Votes: 0

Darwinism did not strip meaning from the world but intensified it, 'by identifying it in as many aspects of life as possible'. Votes: 0

Finding the meaning of life is easy. Simply get a dictionary, go to the 'L' section, and find the word 'life.' Votes: 0

Wake up and create a purpose for yourself. Don't ask the meaning of life, ask yourself the meaning of each given day. Votes: 0

Deeper meaning resides in the fairy tales told to me in my childhood than in the truth that is taught by life. Votes: 0

I feel lucky. I think acting can help to keep you young. It does make you feel there's meaning in your life. Votes: 0

If you love, you will suffer, and if you do not love, you do not know the meaning of a Christian life. Votes: 0

If our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater. Votes: 0

In every remark he found a meaning, but not always the true meaning, and his life, though vivid, was largely a dream. Votes: 0

The meaning in life is not out there but inbetween our ears. In many ways this makes us the lords of creation. Votes: 0

To invent your own life's meaning is not easy, but it's still allowed, and I think you'll be happier for the trouble. Votes: 0

The right to choose death when life no longer holds meaning is not only the next liberation but the last human right. Votes: 0

My art is rooted in a single reflection: why am I not as others are? ... my art gives meaning to my life. Votes: 0

Crap.It's all crap.Living is crap.Life has no meaning.None. Nowhere to be found.Crap.Why doesn't anybody realize this? Votes: 0

A mode of knowledge rooted in silence and intuitive insight which gives meaning to life but which cannot be explained in rational terms. Votes: 0

We want to help everyone find meaning in their life and help translate the story that each person actually matters in the world. Votes: 0

A person of character seeks true happiness in living a life of purpose and meaning, placing a higher value on significance than success. Votes: 0

With good health all the activities of life are greatly enhanced... It gives our every experience in life more zest and more meaning. Votes: 0

I don't want to think my life as a career. I'm interested in my work only because of the meaning I can make. Votes: 0

The selfless giving, the service, the kindness which you give out into this world that is the currency of (the) meaning (of life). Votes: 0

Freedom isn't about having permission to do whatever we want... it's about having the courage to do whatever fills our life with meaning. Votes: 0

Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle! Votes: 0

I'd love to have a family one day. Having kids is the meaning of life and I can't wait to be a mom. Votes: 0

The Goal of Science is understanding lawful relations among natural phenomena. Religion is a way of life within a larger framework of meaning. Votes: 0

I think essentially the meaning of life is probably the journey and not really any one thing or an outcome or a result. Votes: 0

I believe we are put on this earth to be of service. It's how I find meaning in my life. And it's fun! Votes: 0

You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning. Votes: 0

God loves us despite our shortcomings and sins, and his love gives meaning to our lives and to the life of the world. Votes: 0

Care less for your harvest than for how it is shared and your life will have meaning and your heart will have peace. Votes: 0

Hope is not a feeling of certainty that everything ends well. Hope is just a feeling that life and work have a meaning. Votes: 0

. . . the weal of the race, and the cause of humanity, here and now, are enough To give life meaning and death as well. Votes: 0

Writers seek to create order out of the chaos of everyday life, and to extract meaning from both the tragic and the mundane Votes: 0

Unless you can surround yourself with as many beautiful things as you can afford, I don`t think life has very much meaning. Votes: 0

The most successful people recognize that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation. Votes: 0

On certain continents poverty is more spiritual than material, a poverty that consists of loneliness, discouragement, and the lack of meaning in life. Votes: 0

Being stigmatied by sex is being marked by its meaning in a human life of loneliness and imperfection, where some pain is indelible. Votes: 0

The more ready you are to give yourselves to God and to others, the more you will discover the authentic meaning of life. Votes: 0

Life and death are not properly scientific concepts but rather political concepts, which as such acquire a political meaning precisely only through a decision. Votes: 0

Meaning is something we experience more than we attain. It's like finding a nice, easy current in a river that carries you through life. Votes: 0

Our perception of songs that we've written... the meaning changes from day to day... to whatever stage we're at in our life and careers. Votes: 0

Life is meaning less when you realized that you are about to die. Till then, everything negative however trifle they may be, depress you. Votes: 0

Live to start your stupid ideas, and start to live a life without regret--a life filled with meaning, freedom, happiness, fun, authenticity, and influence. Votes: 0

The latin word responsibility reveals its true meaning: the capacity to respond, to act. - Over-anxiety ultimately banishes every trace of joy from life. Votes: 0

Intimate relationships cannot substitute for a life plan. But to have any meaning or viability at all, a life plan must include intimate relationships. Votes: 0

They're basically moments in which you're in touch with the meaning of life, when your relationship to the rest of the universe makes sense. Votes: 0

All talk of method and style seemed suddenly trivial; I became interested in meaning. I wanted to say something musically about life and living. Votes: 0

You cannot create a life of fulfillment, joy, and meaning while you are barricading yourself from others and from the opportunities Life offers you. Votes: 0

The true meaning of Christ's teaching consists in the recognition of love as the supreme law of life, and therefore not admitting any exceptions. Votes: 0

Until we can comprehend the beguiling beauty of a single flower, we are woefully unable to grasp the meaning and potential of life itself. Votes: 0

Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked. Votes: 0

The meaning of life, Nikodemos, is to live life with meaning. The purpose of life is merely to live it, perhaps to give it. Votes: 0

Some instinct - and I think it was a correct one - led me to do something difficult enough to give my life meaning. Votes: 0

Living a life with meaning means spreading the word. Even if you can't move, you can have a powerful effect with what you say. Votes: 0

I wasn’t lonely. I experienced no self-pity. I was just caught up in a life in which I could find no meaning. Votes: 0

The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life. Votes: 0

...a rainy day ceases to have meaning for a person who has lived in the open under a monsoon cloud most of his life. Votes: 0

I tend to navigate by indirection, meaning that most of the major things in my life have happened when I've been thinking about something else. Votes: 0

It's not like during your normal day, anyone says, 'How do having meaning in your life? How do you make meaning in your life?' Votes: 0

Instead of pondering the meaning of life, create it. Bring forth a purpose that has grown from the depths of your soul. Water it everyday. Votes: 0

Life's like that. As we grow and change, some things we've experience before take on new meaning. It'll happen for the rest of your life. Votes: 0

The more you create authentic power, the more the characteristics of authentic power become yours, and the more meaning, purpose and joy enter your life. Votes: 0

How many times have you noticed that it's the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest extra-special meaning? Votes: 0

My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right? Votes: 0

In my art I have tried to explain to myself life and its meaning. I have also tried to help others to clarify their lives. Votes: 0

A life of short duration...could be so rich in joy and love that it could contain more meaning than a life lasting eighty years. Votes: 0

To watch King Lear is to approach the recognition that there is indeed no meaning in life, and that there are limits to human understanding. Votes: 0

The Russian yearning for the meaning of life is the major theme of our literature, and this is the real point of our intelligentsia's existence. Votes: 0

The meaning of the Street in all ways and at all times is the need for sharing life with others and the search for community. Votes: 0

I'm not living the life I thought I would lead, but it does have meaning, purpose. There is love... there is joy... there is laughter. Votes: 0

Death alone gives meaning to life, and you will never fully live until you know you must die. And make your peace with that knowledge. Votes: 0

It's the pointless things that give your life meaning. Friendship, compassion, art, love. All of them pointless. But they're what keeps life from being meaningless. Votes: 0

Suddenly life has new meaning to me, there's beauty up above and things we never take notice of, you wake up suddenly you're in love. Votes: 0

To turn away from the great questions and dilemmas of life is a tragedy, for the quest for meaning and truth makes life worth living. Votes: 0

Across the sea of space lies an infinite emptiness. I can feel it, suffocating me. It is without meaning. But each life creates its own reality. Votes: 0

The mantram becomes one's staff of life and carries one through every ordeal. Each repetition has a new meaning, carrying you nearer and nearer to God. Votes: 0

Ye know full well that the meaning of life is to find your gift. To find your gift is happiness. Never tae find it is misery. Votes: 0

Well, to find, not the meaning of life because I believe in mysteries, I believe that there is a mystery that goes far beyond our understanding. Votes: 0

But the meaning of life is not . . . explained by one's business life, nor is the deep desire of the human heart answered by a bank account. Votes: 0

If you want the meaning of families and life and religion and philosophy rolled into one package, all you need to read is The Brothers Karamazov. Votes: 0

Having killed God, the atheist is left with no reason for being, no morality to espouse, no meaning to life, and no hope beyond the grave. Votes: 0

I've never done anything but dream. This, and this alone, has been the meaning of my life. My only real concern has been my inner life. Votes: 0

Horror can be contained within a book, given form and meaning. But in life, horror has no more form than it does meaning. Horror just is. Votes: 0

I am waiting for a sign that will indicate to me what meaning I must give to my life, but right now my existence is satisfactory. Votes: 0

Whatever we are, whatever we make of ourselves, is all we will ever have - and that, in its profound simplicity, is the meaning of life. Votes: 0

There is philosophy, which is about conceptual analysis - about the meaning of what we say - and there is all of this ... all of life. Votes: 0

There is evil in the world, but it can be overcome through repentance ­and aspiration, and therein lies the true meaning and adventure of life. Votes: 0

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. Votes: 0

The mind can ask all the questions on the meaning of life. But it cannot answer one of them, for the answers are beyond the mind. Votes: 0

We learn words by rote, but not their meaning; that must be paid for with our life-blood, and printed in the subtle fibres of our nerves. Votes: 0

If he wants meaning-the meaning of his dreams, his secrets, his life-a man must reinhabit his past, however dark, and live for the future, however uncertain. Votes: 0

If I let the past and my goals be the only thing that drives me in life, I will never know the meaning of being happy. Votes: 0

Do not wait another day to become fully engaged in your life, to learn to love and to forgive, and to live with greater purpose & meaning. Votes: 0

The meaning of culture" is nothing less than the conduct of life itself, fortified, thickened, made more crafty and subtle, by contact with books and with art. Votes: 0

Don't be intimidated by Caesar's Hollywood fake versions of religiosity. If life has a meaning for you beyond the TV-studio game, you are religious! Spell it out! Votes: 0

People have presences, both online and in real life. You can choose to show everything, meaning all sides of you, or you can choose to be selective. Votes: 0

What is an Extraordinary Life? A life of meaning, a magnificent life, a life of joy, happiness, love, passion, success, and fulfillment. Life experienced on your terms. Votes: 0

Man positively needs general ideas and convictions that will give a meaning to his life and enable him to find a place for himself in the universe. Votes: 0

What allows us, as human beings, to psychologically survive life on earth, with all of its pain, drama, and challenges, is a sense of purpose and meaning. Votes: 0

Life has no meaning a priori"¦ It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose. Votes: 0

I think every script has meaningful messages no matter what it is, because inherently life is full of meaning and every single day we lean a lesson. Votes: 0

How much change can a person absorb before everything loses meaning Living for its own sake isn't life. People need meaning as much as they need air. Votes: 0

The struggle for existence is a struggle 'for' something; it is purposeful and only in so being is it meaningful and able to bring meaning into life. Votes: 0

If you are not personally free to be yourself in that most important of all human activities... the expression of love... then life itself loses its meaning. Votes: 0

The land is like poetry: it is inexplicably coherent, it is transcendent in its meaning, and it has the power to elevate a consideration of human life. Votes: 0

If you contribute to other peoples happiness, you will find the true meaning of life. The key point is to have a genuine sense of universal responsibility Votes: 0

What allows us, as human beings, to psychologically survive life on earth, with all of its pain, drama, and challenges, is a sense of purpose and meaning Votes: 0

If you want the meaning of families and life and religion and philosophy rolled into one package, all you need to read is 'The Brothers Karamazov.' Votes: 0

The meaning of life is that it is to be lived, and it is not to be traded and conceptualized and squeezed into a patter of systems. Votes: 0

And I say, the meaning of life is what you make it. There will be as many different meaningful lives as there are people to live them. Votes: 0

Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or you don't, regardless of the state of the world that surrounds you. Votes: 0

Sometimes the best course in the search for the meaning of life is to busy yourself until you forget that you don't know the meaning of life Votes: 0

Art and psychoanalysis give shape and meaning to life and that is why we adore them, but life as it is lived has no shape and meaning ... Votes: 0

The more I see of life the more I perceive that only through solitary communion with nature can one gain an idea of its richness and meaning. Votes: 0

The meaning of Sannyas is not well defined. Its meaning is not static; it is redefined after short periods of time in the life of a Sannyasi. Votes: 0

At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life. Votes: 0

I think that all things are spirit and are derived from spirit. When you look at life from that perspective, it takes on a whole new meaning. Votes: 0

The seeker is at liberty to extract from this treasure any meaning he likes, so as to enable him to enforce in his life the central teaching. Votes: 0

Life ceases to be so oppressive: we are free to give our own lives meaning and purpose, free to redeem our suffering by making something of it. Votes: 0

The only answer to the question of the meaning of life has to begin from the fact of our human finitude, of our vulnerability and our fallibility. Votes: 0

A passionate obsession with the outside world or the private lives of others is an attempt to compensate for a lack of meaning in one's own life Votes: 0

All have dreams, Life for them, they add meaning to LIFE. The only thing that differentiates us from other beings is the fact that US can dream. Votes: 0

The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The work of life is to develop it. The meaning of life is to give your gift away. Votes: 0

Struggle is the meaning of life; defeat or victory is in the hands of God. But struggle itself is man’s duty and should be his joy. Votes: 0

My life had no meaning at all. I found only brief interludes of satisfaction. It was like my whole life had been about my whole basketball career. Votes: 0

To the believer Marxism presents, first, a system of ultimate ends that embody the meaning of life and are absolute standards by which to judge events and actions... Votes: 0

The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less. Votes: 0

I live by 'Earnin' and burnin'.' Meaning, I like to make money and spend it before I even have it. That's the way I live my life. Votes: 0

Now the answer ... is plain, but it is so unpalatable that most men will not face it. There is no reason for life and life has no meaning. Votes: 0

The modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should it end? What is the value of life? How do we measure it? Votes: 0

We are not slaves of the market. Our human life has a greater meaning than making money, making profit, and working for the market or for multinational corporations. Votes: 0

It is the meaning of what my life has been since a youth "“ to try to fight for the dignity and the freedom of my own people. Votes: 0

Never be too busy for the people you love. Never allow pursuits or possessions to become bigger priorities than your relationships. Love is what gives meaning to life. Votes: 0

What Alpha offers, and what is attracting thousands of people, is permission, rare in secular culture, to discuss the big questions - life and death and their meaning. Votes: 0

You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think we are wise enough to read God's mind? Votes: 0

Good men are a bit like border collies: we're happiest when we're useful. That's why the life of a good man involves constant striving for direction and meaning. Votes: 0

A birthday:-and now a day that rose With much of hope, with meaning rife- A thoughtful day from dawn to close: The middle day of human life. Votes: 0

If you reconnect with nature and the wilderness you will not only find the meaning of life, but you will experience what it means to be truly alive. Votes: 0

No matter how many times you have failed you must keep going forward. Only when you have become humble will you begin to grasp the meaning of life. Votes: 0

When I'm with you, my world is complete. When I touch you, I understand the meaning of life. When I lost you, I completely shattered. You. Own. Me. Votes: 0

Meditation has only one meaning, and that is going beyond the mind and becoming a witness. In your witnessing is the miracle - the whole mystery of life Votes: 0

To have meaning, our lives require both passion and purpose. A life without passion is like a furnace without fuel, and without purpose, like a ship without a rudder. Votes: 0

Why is Form beautiful? Because, I think, it helps us confront our worst fear: the suspicion that life may be chaos and that therefore our suffering is without meaning. Votes: 0

Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer. Votes: 0

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.. Votes: 0

What happiness this is: to fly, skimming over the earth just as we do in our dreams! Life has become a dream. Can this be the meaning of paradise? Votes: 0

He did not look up because he knew how senseless the landscape would appear. It takes energy to invest life with meaning, and at present this energy was lacking. Votes: 0

Love is energy: it can neither be created nor destroyed. It just is and always will be, giving meaning to life and direction to goodness... Love will never die. Votes: 0

The whole motley confusion of acts, omissions, regrets and hopes which is the life of each one of us finds in death, not meaning or explanation, but an end. Votes: 0

I don't think people are really seeking the meaning of Life. I think we're seeking an experience of being alive"¦we want to feel the rapture of being alive Votes: 0

I honestly want to help. I don't believe I feel differently from other people. I think we all want justice and equality, a chance for a life with meaning. Votes: 0

We decided that it was no good asking what is the meaning of life, because life isn't an answer, life is the question, and you, yourself, are the answer. Votes: 0

Snow is diamonds for a faery's feet;Blithely and bonnily she trips along,Her lips a-carol with a merry song,And in her eyes the meaning... Life is sweet! Votes: 0

A good teacher does not get lost in the details, but points to what is essential so that the child or student can find meaning and joy in life. Votes: 0

If you can find meaning in the type of running you need todo to stay on this team, chances are you can find meaning in another absurd pastime: Life. Votes: 0

As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life. Votes: 0

Depression is an illness that robs one of the meaning of life. Heal the illness. As the depression heals, enthusiasm, well-being, and a sense of life's purpose will return. Votes: 0

Each new generation asks – What is the meaning of life? A more fertile way of putting the question would be – Why does man need a meaning to life? Votes: 0