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We are more curious about the meaning of dreams than about things we see when awake. — Diogenes Laertius

Sometimes thou seem'st not as thyself alone, But as the meaning of all things that are. — Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Simplicity is not a goal, but one arrives at simplicity in spite of oneself, as one approaches the real meaning of things. — Herbert Read

I try not to interpret things of the world into a single meaning. Rather, I try the opposite. — Kim Ki-duk

It is likely I will die next to a pile of things I was meaning to read. — Lemony Snicket

A word has power in and of itself. It comes from nothing into sound and meaning; it gives origin to all things. — N. Scott Momaday

What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love. — Nicholas Sparks

If the existentialists are right, that life is meaningless, and if we acknowledge that, we are better equipped to find pleasure in small things. — Chloe Thurlow

Skateboarding has taught me two things - that symbolise a meaning of life.
How to keep a balance and how to pick yourself up when you've fallen. — Nikki Rowe

To live is to experience things, not sit around pondering the meaning of life. — Paulo Coelho

Cherish every relationship in your life. There are certain things in life that can't be fixed if broken! — Avijeet Das

Things are the way they are in our universe because if they weren't, we wouldn't be here to notice. — Brian Greene

Meaning and reality were not hidden somewhere behind things, they were in them, in all of them. — Hermann Hesse

Both, the thoughts as well as the senses, were pretty things, the ultimate meaning was hidden behind both of them, — Hermann Hesse

Life's like that. As we grow and change, some things we've experienced before take on new meaning. It'll happen for the rest of your life. — Richelle Mead

My dear girl, you must cultivate a taste for the finer things. Civilized pleasures give meaning to life. — Barbara Taylor Bradford

Dreams are madness, my dear. It's things that happen in the waking world, while one is asleep, that one would be glad to know the meaning of. — Joseph Conrad

A gift isn't a gift unless it has meaning. Just giving things to people, especially children, create the expectation of more things. — Oprah Winfrey

I don't talk things, sir,' said Faber. 'I talk the meaning of things. I sit here and know I'm alive. — Ray Bradbury

The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living. — Viktor E. Frankl

When you live in New York City, you run up a long list of things you've been meaning to do. — Willie Geist

Kaohinani is a Hawaiian word meaning gatherer of beautiful things. — Rob Brezsny

If your education, talent and capacity can do nothing; your body can do lots of things. — M.F. Moonzajer

The company of true friends, the taste of good food, the blossoms in spring, all the ordinary things that make the texture and meaning of life — Alison Croggon

Because there is no meaning to be found in the arbitrary nature of things., It's all random. Just as space is blue. And birds fly through it. — Douglas Kennedy

Before seeking the true value of things, you must first define its true meaning. — Adele Mandez

Education that consists in learning things and not the meaning of them is feeding upon the husks and not the corn — Mark Twain

He who doesn't know how to put his will into things at least puts a meaning into them: that is, he believes there is a will in them already. — Friedrich Nietzsche

I crave the indulgence of my senses but this is countered by an interior desire that is even keener than my senses to know the meaning of things — Errol Flynn

The purpose of existence is the education of the will. And the meaning of life is to learn to love the right things. — Brandon Mull

I don't talk things, sir. I talk the meaning of things. — Ray Bradbury

Maybe in the general scheme of things he couldn't find any meaning in life, but on a smaller scale it was okay. Not always, but a lot of the time. — Etgar Keret

The thing to do is to exploit the meaning of the life you have. — Ralph Ellison

High on the list of things I've been meaning to do since I moved to New York in 2004 is going up to a Columbia University football game. — Willie Geist

The wonderful things in life are the things you do, not the things you have. — Reinhold Messner

Meaning is not found in things; meaning is what you make of things. — Robert Holden

Words, he decided, were inadequate at best, impossible at worst. They meant too many things. Or they meant nothing at all. — Patricia A. McKillip

The purpose of art is to represent the meaning of things. This represents the true reality, not external aspects. — Aristotle.

Learn to listen to this silence, because it will tell you many things, unimaginable things, things of great beauty and meaning. — Michael Paterniti

We live not by things, but by the meaning of things. It is needful to transmit the passwords from generation to generation. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

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. — Billy Ocean

A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together. — Norman Cousins

We do not have control
over many things
in life and death
but we do have control
over the meaning we give it. — Nathalie Himmelrich

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. — Lauren Willig

Education is an adventurous quest for the meaning of life, involving an ability to think things through.
Z. Applewhite. — Stephanie S. Tolan

The best things in life make you sweaty. — Edgar Allan Poe

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

With Christians, a poetical view of things is a duty. We are bid to color all things with hues of faith, to see a divine meaning in every event. — John Henry Newman

The purpose of life is to live. The meaning of life is whatever you choose. The secret to life is balance in all things ... — James A. Murphy

I swear I begin to see the meaning of these things. It is not the earth, it is not America, who is so great, it is I who am great or to be great ... — Walt Whitman

Maps were so much easier than words. Words had a way of getting muddled, or meaning two things at once. — Lesley Howarth

Things don't have significance: they only have existence.
Things are the only hidden meaning of things. — Alberto Caeiro

Most of the things that give life its depth, meaning, and value are impervious to science. — Rachel Naomi Remen

Perhaps fate has a way of turning things around and making something good out of the action of someone who failed humanity without meaning to. — Janvier Chouteu-Chando

It's the special things close to home, and the breadth of life, that makes our time on this earth so valuable. — Fennel Hudson

The real meaning of things lies deep down and the real meaning of things is always beautiful because it is simply love. — Mary Balogh

Words are things. The words he is in possession of he cannot be deprived of. Their authority transcends his ignorance of their meaning. — Cormac McCarthy

Sometimes, the simple things are more fun and meaningful than all the banquets in the world ... — E.A. Bucchianeri

The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it. — Carl Jung

One of the annoying things when you're in a movie is that gets talked about is everyone projects meaning onto everyone's intentions. — Heather Langenkamp

In art, one does not aim for simplicity; one achieves it unintentionally as one gets closer to the real meaning of things. — Constantin Brancusi

So is it just human nature to believe that things happen for a reason - to find some shred of meaning even in the worst experiences? — Christina Baker Kline