Quotes of: Meaning Keyword

The inner encounters I have with animals—and will be teaching you to have— are exchanges of meaning.

Animal Wisdom: Learning from the Spiritual Lives of Animals

Life is not a matter for simple optimism--for there is evil; nor for mere pessimism--for there is good. The possibility for good in the face of evil is what gives life tragic meaning.

The Art of Counseling

You won't know the meaning of success without knowing how it feels to fail.

Amulet, Vol. 4: The Last Council

What's that supposed to mean? A wolf's head on a stick. Big wolf barbecue tonight? Bring your own wolf?

Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony

The soul needs meaning as much as the body needs food.

Adam's Return: The Five Promises of Male Initiation

People are supposed to care. It's good that people mean something to you, that you miss people when they're gone.

An Abundance of Katherines

To: Anna Oliphant From: Étienne St. Clair Subject: So . . . Does that mean I can call you now?

Anna and the French Kiss

Just because you can make a choice, doesn’t mean you should. Some things are better left alone.

Altered

When a sense of dissatisfaction persists, that means it was placed there by God for one purpose only: you need to change everything and move forward.

Aleph

If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.

All Creatures Great and Small

I win by means of nothing but logic and I surrender to nothing but logic. I do not surrender my reason or deal with men who surrender theirs.

Atlas Shrugged

Dispassion doesn't mean to no longer feel the passions, but to no longer accept them.

The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian

I think no artist can claim to have any access to the truth, or an authentic version of an event. But obviously they have slightly better means at their disposal because they have their art to energize whatever it is they're trying to write about. Th...

Thom Yorke

So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on; and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, and will surely die; that is to say, civilization wi...

William Morris

Living means constantly growing closer to death. Satisfaction only temporarily relieves hunger. Find the balance, and plant your feet.

Hunger

In you, she saw hope.”“You mean she saw his next meal.

Hans & Greta: a Twisted Fairy Tale Novella

Just because she isn't human, do you think that means she doesn't feel pain?

The Host

Bushido is realized in the presence of death. This means choosing death whenever there is a choice between life and death. There is no other reasoning.

Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai

If my Master is lost, I'll find him. I'll lead him back to himself, because to serve doesn't always mean to follow.

Hostile Takeover

Are you really a Texan? I mean, really? Riley, if I have a headache, I'd put bacon around an aspirin before I take it.

The Heart of Texas

Jesus' miracles provide us with a sample of the meaning of redemption: a freeing of creation from the shackles of sin and evil and a reinstatement of creaturely living as intended by God.

Heaven