#meaning

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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I didn't want to tell the tree or weed what it was. I wanted it to tell me something and through me express its meaning in nature. ↗

— Wynn Bullock

#i #me #meaning #nature #something

The little boy nodded at the peony and the peony seemed to nod back. The little boy was neat, clean and pretty. The peony was unchaste, dishevelled as peonies must be, and at the height of its beauty.(...) Every hour is filled with such moments, big with significance for someone. ↗

— Robertson Davies

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There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself. ↗

— Erich Fromm

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Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none. ↗

— Richard M. DeVos

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I don't feel I have to write deep and meaningful songs; they can be light and meaningless. It has to do with the place I am in my life, a really good place. ↗

— Neil Diamond

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Expression, to a great extent, is a matter of terms, and terms are anyone's. The meaning of 'God' may have a billion interpretations if there be that many souls in the world. ↗

— Charles Ives

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Life ceases to be so oppressive: we are free to give our own lives meaning and purpose, free to redeem our suffering by making something of it. ↗

— Walter Kaufmann

#free #give #life #lives #making

Hardly any actor objects to press. It's a question of it being done in the way they like to see it done, meaning to get down to the serious interview what the profession is so we can reach out to the people to help them get along. ↗

— Harvey Keitel

#along #any #being #being done #done

You're younger, you might want to go to clubs and kick it, but as you get older, you start seeing that life has more meaning to it. The people that you love are the people you want to start trusting and start wanting them to trust you and start respecting them. ↗

— R. Kelly

#get #go #kick #life #love