Meaningful Quotes - Page 35

• An easy life is rarely meaningful and a meaningful life rarely easy.

  Oliver North

  Life Is, Easy, Meaningful Life

  Oliver North, Bob Hamer (2015). “Counterfeit Lies”, p.126, Simon and Schuster

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• Then ego goes on growing, because the society needs you as an ego, not as a Self. The Self is irrelevant for the society; your periphery is meaningful. And there are many problems. The ego can be taught and the ego can be made docile and the ego can be forced to be obedient. The ego can be made to adjust, but not the Self. The Self cannot be taught, the Self cannot be forced. The Self is intrinsically rebellious, individual. It cannot be made a part of society.

  Rajneesh

  Self, Ego, Goes On

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• In Joel's view, that reformation begins with people going o the trouble and expense of buying directly from farmers they know - "relationship marketing," as he calls it. He believes the only meaningful guarantee of integrity is when buyers and sellers can look one another in the eye, something few of us ever take the trouble to do. "Don't you find it odd that people will put more work into choosing their mechanic or house contractor than they will into choosing the person who grows their food?"

  Michael Pollan

  Integrity, Believe, Eye

  Michael Pollan (2009). “The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World”, p.124, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• It is paradoxical but nonetheless true that the nearer man comes to his goal to make his life easy and abundant, the more he undermines the foundations of a meaningful existence.

  Franz Alexander

  Work, Men, Goal

  Franz Alexander (1960). “The Western Mind in Transition: An Eyewitness Story”, New York, Random House [1960]

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• Happiness involves working toward meaningful goals.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Happiness, Goal, Inner Peace

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• If we are going to make a mark (key 21), it might as well be a meaningful one.

  John Tukey

  Work, Keys, Might

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• When I talk to audiences about the size and age of the cosmos, people often say, "It makes me feel so insignificant." I answer, "The bigger and more impersonal the universe is, the more meaningful you are, because this vast, impersonal place needs something significant to fill it up." We've abandoned the old belief that humanity is at the physical center of the universe but more come back to believing we are at the center of meaning.

  Alan Dressler

  Spring, Believe, People

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• Im all about entertaining and keeping a reader on the edge of their seat, so to me, the social issues have to be meaningful and give the book whats really at stake, but ultimately its not about them - its always a personal story of everyday people thrust into life-threatening situations and having to perform heroic acts.

  Andrew Gross

  Book, Issues, People

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• Because of recent improvements in the accuracy of theoretical predictions based on large scale ab initio quantum mechanical calculations, meaningful comparisons between theoretical and experimental findings have become possible.

  Yuan T. Lee

  Improvement, Predictions, Quantum

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• I cannot think of a more personally rewarding and appropriate use of wealth than to give while one is living - to personally devote oneself to meaningful efforts to improve the human condition. More importantly, today's needs are so great and varied that intelligent philanthropic support and positive interventions can have greater value and impact today than if they are delayed when the needs are greater.

  Chuck Feeney

  Intelligent, Thinking, Impact

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• And I say, the meaning of life is what you make it. There will be as many different meaningful lives as there are people to live them.

  A.C. Grayling

  People, Meaning Of Life, Different

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• So OK, it's your special big Four-O birthday But don't expect me to be obsequious and fawning You, being you, can't possibly be a good example So do try, at least, to serve as a warning

  John Walter Bratton

  Funny, Birthday, Special

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• Be pleased to look forward,
  And pleased to look behind,
  Count today, your 40th, and each birthday
  With a grateful mind.

  John Walter Bratton

  Funny, Birthday, Grateful

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• As it's your 40th birthday
  This, we'd like to say
  May you be bathed in goodness, happiness and sunshineness
  On this, your special day.

  John Walter Bratton

  Funny, Birthday, Special

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• Throw all caution to the wind, today, on your 40th
  No need to have wisdom and sage
  But tomorrow, as you start your 5th decade
  Do try to act more your age

  John Walter Bratton

  Funny, Birthday, Wind

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• To move freely you must be deeply rooted.

  Bella Lewitzky

  Inspirational, Life, Moving

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• Throughout our lives friends enclose us like pairs of parentheses. They shift our boundaries; crater our terrain. They fume through the cracks of our tentative houses and parts of them always remain. Friendship asks the truth and wants the truth, hollows and fills, ages with us, and we through it. It cradles us like family. It is ecology and mystery and language - all three. Our grown-up friendships - especially the really meaningful ones- model for our children what we want them to have throughout their lives.

  Beth Kephart

  Friendship, Children, House

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• The most meaningful and spiritual prayers I have experienced contained many expressions of thanks and few, if any, requests.

  David A. Bednar

  Spiritual, Gratitude, Prayer

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• The work of rehearsal is looking for meaning and then making it meaningful.

  Peter Brook

  Theatre, Rehearsal

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• The real danger from advertising is that it helps to shatter and ultimately destroy our most precious non-material possessions: the confidence in the existence of meaningful purposes of human activity and respect for the integrity of man.

  Paul Sweezy

  Confidence, Integrity, Real

  "The Political Economy of Media: Enduring Issues, Emerging Dilemmas". Book by Robert W. McChesney, May 1, 2008.

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• Digital wisdom is made of recycled electrons that are meaningful until you pull the plug.

  Don Rittner

  Digital, Internet, Made

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• If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.

  Brené Brown

  Spiritual, Empathy, Purpose

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.37, Penguin

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• The best things in life are unseen, thats why we close our eyes when we kiss, cry, and dream

  Helen Keller

  Dream, Eye, Kissing

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• The key.. will be a new public awareness of how serious is the threat to the global environment. Those who have a vested interest in the status quo will probably continue to be able to stifle any meaningful change until enough citizens.. are willing to speak out.

  Al Gore

  Keys, Speaks Out, Citizens

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• Grateful living makes life meaningful and full of joy.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Gratitude, Grateful, Joy

  "Is Gratitude the Path to a Better World?". Interview with Jill Suttie, greatergood.berkeley.edu. May 29, 2013.

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