Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Meaning Quotes
CommunicationInterpretationMeaningStorytelling Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.
FulfillmentMeaningPassionPurposeResilience Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.
Essential Needs vs LuxuryExistence ValueFriendshipMeaningQuality of Life Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
MeaningSenselessnessSuffering What really raises one's indignation against suffering is not suffering intrinsically, but the senselessness of suffering.
CommunityEnlightenmentGrowthHigher PurposeMeaning Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.
InspirationMeaningPurpose I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems... It's got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.
HappinessJourneyMeaningPurposeStruggle Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.
ImportanceMeaningPurposeQualityValue The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.
MeaningPerseverancePurposeTransitionUncertainty Being on tour is like being in limbo. It's like going from nowhere to nowhere.
ActionCommunicationMeaningMovementPoetry I'm not someone that loves dialogue - I am someone that loves movement. Action, if it's well done, can be very poetic and meaningful.
Absence Of MeaningExistential CrisisMeaningMindReality The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.
KnowledgeLearningMeaningUnderstanding If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?
CareerMeaningPrioritiesPurposeValue Well, I don't think there's any need for people to focus on my career.
IntentionalityMeaningPurpose It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?
CommunicationEffectLanguageMeaningPerception Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects.
MeaningSelf-DiscoverySuffering A psychoneurosis must be understood, ultimately, as the suffering of a soul which has not discovered its meaning.
DepthMeaningTruthUnderstandingWisdom It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters.
CreativityMeaningRationalityTruth Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
FaithGuidanceMeaningMusicReligion I love my ink. They all have a meaning. I'm very strong in my faith, so I wanted to have some religious images. I've got Pieta, a Michelangelo sculpture of Mary holding Jesus after he came off the cross, on my shoulder. A sacred heart on my arm. Musical notes because I love music. The compass on my chest is there because church is my compass.
BalanceEmotionMeaningOpposites The word 'happy' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
MeaningPurposeValue The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.
