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“It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.”
Anthony Robbins
“Words may show a man's wit, but actions his meaning”
Benjamin Franklin
“The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”
Mitch Albom
“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence”
Aristotle
“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.”
“You see, it's never the environment; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events / how we interpret them / that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow.”
“The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, they are the cause of happiness in others.”
William Lyon Phelps
“The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.”
Oscar Wilde
“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.”
C.S. Lewis
“It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.”
Albert Einstein
