Quotes of: True-meaning Keyword

Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt.

Paul Tillich

Something called 'the Oklahoma Standard' became known throughout the world. It means resilience in the face of adversity. It means a strength and compassion that will not be defeated.

Brad Henry

If nothing had any meaning, you would be right. But there is something that still has a meaning.

Albert Camus

Reading doesn't mean accepting everything you read, it means reasoning everything you read.

Amit Kalantri

In politics, there's a kind of literal-mindedness. It's what you say, not what you mean, and you have to say only what you mean.

Michael Ignatieff

When I worked with wildlife a lot in the Eighties and Nineties, I learnt the meaning of patience. And when I worked with trees, I learned the meaning of humility.

James Balog

Sanji: That's right he's a rubberman Chopper: What do you mean? Sanji: I mean he's a monster

Life

If you don't feel the pain with others, you wont know the meaning of sharing happiness...

Life

Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.

Viktor E. Frankl

It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.

Vincent Van Gogh

At a certain point, what people mean when they use a word becomes its meaning.

William Safire

When I speak of good hearing, I do not mean listening to others; I mean simply listening to yourself. When I speak of good eyesight, I do not mean looking at others; I mean simply looking at yourself. He who does not look at himself but looks at othe...

The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu

The question was whether an ape which was being used to develop a poliomyelitis serum, and for this reason punctured again and again, would ever be able to grasp the meaning of its suffering. Unanimously, the group replied that of course it would not...

Man's Search for Meaning

The temptation is to make an idol of our own experience, to assume our pain is more singular than it is. Experience means nothing if it does not mean beyond itself: we mean nothing unless and until our hard-won meanings are internalized and catalyzed...

Christian Wiman

Mason: Dad, there's no real magic in the world, right? Dad: What do you mean? Mason: You know, like elves and stuff. People just made that up. Dad: Oh, I don't know. I mean, what makes you think that elves are any more magical than something like a w...

Boyhood

Billy Costigan: When are you gonna take Costello, huh? [animated] Billy Costigan: I mean, what's wrong with taking him on any one of the [yelling] Billy Costigan: million fucking felonies that you've seen him do, or I've seen him do? I mean, I mean, ...

The Departed

Michael Longo: [showing a picture of his new girlfriend] You think she's good-looking? She's smart, too. She's gonna be a teacher. Tony DeVienazo: Let me see that. Oh, I know this girl. Michael Longo: Yeah? Tony DeVienazo: Yeah... I saw her kissing a...

Mean Streets

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

George Herbert

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

English

To contradict means sometimes to knock at the door to see if anyone is at home.

French

One minute of patience can mean ten years of peace.

Greek