114 quotes found
“The ultimate foundation of spirituality is the recognition that there can't be such a thing as a purposeful life in a purposeless universe.”
“George, she says it's the truth that matters. We live and die for the chance to maybe tell a little bit of the truth, maybe shame the Devil just a little bit before we go.”
“Man must learn to know the universe precisely as it is, or he cannot successfully find his place in it. A man should therefore use his reasoning faculty in all matters involving truth, and especial...”
“Between the natural way and the path of grace there is a deep abyss. It is in that gap that we live our lives as a giant struggle between good and evil, Satan and God, despair and love. Whenever de...”
“A writer needs solitude : moments that he can spend in introspection and in reflection. These moments make him pensive and thoughtful and help him write his thoughts with clarity. A life of devotio...”
“Living deeply requires more than a static vivisection of a persons history and a cold survey of the world. Living a meaningful life entails immersion in the continuous flow of life through passiona...”
“Why would our brains have this capacity to sense the oneness of the universe, a sense that can be induced in many ways, even technological, if that capacity did not reflect an external reality?”
“It was long before I could believe that human learning had no clear answer to this question. For a long time it seemed to me, as I listened to the gravity and seriousness wherewith Science affirmed...”
“I stared out at the waves. "Why am I here?" I thought. Finally it came to me. But it was too late. I was a terrible lifeguard.”
“Your only job is creating a life that contains a story worth telling.”
“A person seeks to quantify their existence. Do we measure a persons life by its longevity or by assessing the warmth of its blaze? Do we measure a person by their brainpower or by the heartiness of...”
“...things are the way they are in our universe because if they weren't, we wouldn't be here to notice.”
“Siri, what is the meaning of life? She answers: To think about questions like this. Huh. Good one.”
“Everything has a hidden secret meaning to be revealed or to be sealed.”
“Maybe, I thought, Knight would talk about the marrow. He sat quietly, whether thinking or fuming or both, it was hard to tell. But he eventually arrived at a reply. It felt like some great mystic w...”
“Storytelling has been around since men and women were first created. Stories give meaning to life and provide people with history, information, and entertainment.”
“No person can claim to be anything more or anything less than his or her individual assimilation of a lifelong symposium of inimitable physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual occurrences. Simply...”
“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.”
“Do you know a cure for me?""Why yes," he said, "I know a cure for everything. Salt water.""Salt water?" I asked him."Yes," he said, "in one way or the other. Sweat, or tears, or the salt sea.”
“If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.”
