Quotes what is the meaning of life

We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone we find it with another. And you receive it best and you live it best by holding it with very open hands. The work of life is to develop it. The meaning of life is to give your gift away.

Dreams are made if people try. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. See their beauty. And in that beauty, see yourself.

It is not something discovered: it is something molded. Start by filling yourself up with you. Life is about creating yourself. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness. Today is hard tomorrow will be worse, but the after tomorrow will be sunshine. Believe that life is worth living for, and your belief will help create the fact. Be led by the dreams in your heart. Nature is the simplest form of life there is.

Study nature and you will understand everything better. Nature puts everything into perspective because it takes us back to a time when there were no cars or technology of any kind. Just living organisms and the planet. Everybody has a sense of sadness somewhere within them. Some wear it on their sleeve and some tuck it away in hopes that it will go away. Whichever one you are, there is an undeniable sadness deep down in everyone.

There are many uncertainties in life, just like a swimming pool where you cannot see the bottom. We often dive into life with the uncertainty to diving into a pool. We are confident going in but we really have no idea what the outcome will be. Tori Amos Values Self-Realization. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it.

We cannot accomplish anything in this world if we do not first understand ourselves. Understanding our strength and weaknesses, our goods and our evils help us to discover exactly who we are. To be disappointed, you must be heavily involved and have great care for the person. We are not disappointed in people we have no love for. We are only disappointed in the ones we love and cherish because we expect better from them.

It cannot be changed without changing our thinking. Our thoughts create decisions and our decisions create the world around us. If we want to change the world, we have to begin to change our thinking. If we cannot change our thinking then we cannot change our daily decisions.

I want to slip through fingers, but hold up a ship. Water is a great comparison to make to human qualities. Water is able to avoid the little things like slipping through cracks on the floor and holes in a cup, but water is also strong enough to hold up an entire ship. We all know individuals who did not fulfill the promise they showed in childhood.

Many of them became haunted by the image of what they might have become. Instead of blaming fate, I think we should accept ourselves as we are and try to fulfill whatever dreams are within our capability. Second, we should try to leave the world a better place than when we entered it.

As individuals, we can make a difference, whether it is to probe the secrets of Nature, to clean up the environment and work for peace and social justice, or to nurture the inquisitive, vibrant spirit of the young by being a mentor and a guide. No reality fits an ideology. Life is beyond that. Life only makes sense when you perceive it as mystery and it makes no sense to the conceptualizing mind. The problem is how do we know what we desire.

But what if the examined life turns out to be a clunker as well? Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage. Humans are the outcome of blind evolutionary processes that operate without goal or purpose. Our actions are not part of some divine cosmic plan, and if planet earth were to blow up tomorrow morning, the universe would probably keep going about its business as usual. As far as we can tell at this point, human subjectivity would not be missed.

Hence any meaning that people inscribe to their lives is just a delusion. You have forgotten that your state of consciousness is primary, all else secondary.

I sometimes think we're a kind of plague, that will scrub the earth clean. We destroy things so well that I sometimes think, maybe that's our function.

Maybe every few eons, some animal comes along that kills off the rest of the world, clears the decks, and lets evolution proceed to its next phase. This is courage- to throw away what is our own that is limited and to thrust ourselves into the hands of these higher powers- God and Destiny.

Joseph Campbell 0 Copy. Philosophers can debate the meaning of life, but you need a Lord who can declare the meaning of life. Max Lucado 1 Copy. Everyone now knows how to find the meaning of life within himself. Kurt Vonnegut 0 Copy. Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life.

It is not something discovered: it is something molded. Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve 0 Copy. The meaning of life is to adventurously discover our gift. The purpose of life is joyfully share our gift with the world. Robert John Cook 0 Copy. Whatever we are, whatever we make of ourselves, is all we will ever have - and that, in its profound simplicity, is the meaning of life. Philip Appleman 0 Copy. The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. Leo Tolstoy 0 Copy. What's the meaning of life?

Other people. John Green 0 Copy. What is the essence of life? To serve others and to do good.