#meaning

I am sure now that life is not what it is purported to be and that nature, in the canny words of the Scotch theologue, 'is not as natural as it looks. ↗

— Loren Eiseley

#meaning #nature #purpose #imagination

The meaning of a proposition is the method of its verification. ↗

— Moritz Schlick

#meaning of #method #proposition #verification

You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning. ↗

— Barbara Sher

#dream #everything #go #life #meaning

It shows the truth - that the real meaning of a word is only as powerful or harmless as the emotion behind it. ↗

— Sarah Silverman

#emotion #harmless #meaning #meaning of #only

Without consciousness and intelligence, the universe would lack meaning. ↗

— Clifford D. Simak

#intelligence #lack #meaning #universe #without

I vowed that whenever my family needed me, I would give up everything to go to them, no matter what. The show must go on was meaningless to me. ↗

— Kate Smith

#family #give #go #i #matter

It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song. ↗

— Kate Smith

#every #grasp #important #meaning #meaning of

Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany than lost territories, lost participation in colonization, and lost assets for the state and individuals. They frequently overlook the most serious loss that Germany suffered. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#colonization #end #frequently #germany #historians

I remember those days with Bergman with great nostalgia. We were aware that the films were going to be quite important, and the work felt meaningful. ↗

— Max von Sydow

#bergman #days #felt #films #going

To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#faith #history #meaning #means #nevertheless