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“If we could only understand the beginning of everything, perhaps we would be truly humble beings.”

Inspirational Wisdom Humanity Understanding Humility Beginning

Book:In Search for Meaning

Source: In Search for Meaning

“The scene was dreamy, surreal, and picturesquely still, exhibiting the kind of beauty that is subtle and not calling for attention, but nonetheless there for anyone who is present enough to see it.”

Attention Beauty Awareness Humility Appreciation Observation Presence Be Present Sense Of Sight

Book:In Search for Meaning

Source: In Search for Meaning

“When we look up to the sky, we see distant spatial objects as small; has it ever crossed your mind that this is also how we may be perceived from other viewpoints in the multiverse? Looking up to the sky, we get to experience our own scale, our insignificance in the face of the grand forces of nature and their indifference towards our personal conditions. Yet, strangely, this experience of insignificance is not that of diminishment; but of peace, liberation, and relief.”

Wisdom Universe Space Sky Identity Humility Ego Liberation True Freedom Human Scale

Book:In Search for Meaning

Source: In Search for Meaning

“From up there, we all look the same. However, amidst this truth of unity, human beings seem to be perpetually on the quest for a solid unchanging identity. Is it important to distinguish oneself from the rest? What does one’s sense of Self mean in the universal scheme of things?”

Wisdom Spirituality Identity Humility Ego Unity Differentiation Self Proclamation

Book:In Search for Meaning

Source: In Search for Meaning

“Humankind, with all its symbolic capability, seems to always have associated light and height with a higher power—something numinous and holy. Could it be that deep down inside, we all know that we are part of something far greater than ourselves?”

Light Humanity Humility Observation Height Human Experience Higher Power Sacredness Spiritual Awareness Universal Truth

Book:In Search for Meaning

Source: In Search for Meaning

“Ernest Hemingway was right—there is a crack in everything, and that is how the light gets in. Let warmth touch your wound; let your pain cleanse you in all its entirety.”

Light Pain Suffering Humanity Healing Humility Ego Transcendence Spiritual Awareness Ernest Hemingway

Book:In Search for Meaning

Source: In Search for Meaning