“There are always meaningful songs for somebody. People are doing their courting, people are finding their wives, people are making babies, people are washing their dishes, people are getting through the day, with songs that we may find insignificant. But their significance is affirmed by others. There’s always someone affirming the significance of a song by taking a woman into his arms or by getting through the night. That’s what dignifies the song. Songs don’t dignify human activity. Human activity dignifies the song.” PeopleHumansMayNightSongWifeBabyArmsActivityFindingsMeaningfulSignificanceDishesInsignificantWashingHuman ActivityAffirmingMeaningful Song Author:Leonard Cohen
“There is nothing more meaningful than being true to yourself and finding your own voice. Follow your heart and don't let anyone discourage you.” HeartVoiceFindingsMeaningfulBeing TrueFollow Your HeartDiscouragingBe True To YourselfTrue To Yourself Author:Jane Fulton Alt
“Your task it is, amid confusion, rush, and noise, to grasp the lasting, calm and meaningful, and finding it anew, to hold and treasure it.” FindingsTasksCalmMeaningfulTreasureNoiseConfusionLasting Author:Paul Hindemith
“Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.” LoveLifeMayEnoughGodDiesSpiritualityRelationshipLonelinessPrayingFindingsLonelyMeaningfulNot AloneBeing AloneSpursAll AloneFeeling LonelyBeing LonelyLonesomeFeeling AloneI Am LonelyLonely FeelingLonely And AloneAlone LonelyLonely HeartAlone LifeSad And LonelyDying Alone Author:Dag Hammarskjold
“I think I have some very meaningful relationships with people; we all do. At the same time, I recognize that everyone is following their own heart; there's been people who have left my life, and I don't have a problem with that. This is a transitory world; we're all spirits just looking for love and finding it and holding on.” PeopleThinkingWorldHeartProblemSpiritLeftFindingsFollowingMeaningfulHolding OnTransitoryLooking For LoveVery MeanMeaningful RelationshipVery Meaningful Author:Cass McCombs
“There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.” WayHumansFindingsIncreaseSatisfactionProductionsMeaningfulEnjoymentConsumptionRecipesHuman Happiness Author:Zygmunt Bauman
“Most of us lead far more meaningful lives than we know. Often finding meaning is not about doing things differently; it is about seeing familiar things in new ways.” KnowsWaySeeingPositiveFindingsMeaningfulFamiliarNew WaysMeaningful LifeKitchen TableFamiliar Things Author:Rachel Naomi Remen
“Faith is not about finding meaning in the world, there may be no such thing -- faith is the belief in our capacity to create meaningful lives.” WorldMayBeliefFindingsCapacityMeaningfulMeaningful Life Book:Leap Source: Leap
“Dominator culture has tried to keep us all afraid, to make us choose safety instead of risk, sameness instead of diversity. Moving through that fear, finding out what connects us, revelling in our differences; this is the process that brings us closer, that gives us a world of shared values, of meaningful community.” WorldGivingMovingValuesCultureProcessCommunityDifferencesRiskDiversityFindingsSafetyMeaningfulSamenessShared Values Book:Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope Source: Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope