Claire Saffitz Quotes

The heaviest of burdens is simultaneously an image of life's most intense fullfillment. The heavier the burden, the closer our lives come to the earth, the more real and truthful they become. Conversely, the absolute absence of a burden causes man to be lighter than air, to soar into new heights, take leave of the earth and his earthly being, and become only half real, his movements as free as they are insignificant. What then shall we choose? Weight or lightness?

Man's Chief purpose is the creation and preservation of values; that is what gives meaning to our civilization, and the participation in this is what gives significance, ultimately, to the individual human life.

We are the custodians of life's meaning.

Everything. A letter may be coded, and a word may be coded. A theatrical performance may be coded, and a sonnet may be coded, and there are times when it seems the entire world is in code. Some believe that the world can be decoded by performing research in a library. Others believe that the world can be decoded by reading a newspaper. In my case, the only thing that made sense of the world was you, and without you the world will seem as garbled and tragic as a malfunctioning typewrit9.

Nothing under the sun is accidental, least of all that of which the intention is so clearly evident.

Like 'real', 'free' is only used to rule out the suggestion of some or all of its recognized antitheses. As 'truth' is not a name of a characteristic of assertions, so 'freedom' is not a name for a characteristic of actions, but the name of a dimension in which actions are assessed.

God didn't have time to create a nobody.

Reality' is a word with many meanings.

Pay attention to where you are going because without meaning you might get nowhere.

I try to find meaning or value in most things and be as diverse as possible.

What are you doing? Why are you concerning yourself with the meaning of meaning?

He (Ozzie Smith) plays like he's on a mini-trampoline or wearing helium kangaroo shorts.

No sound is dissonant which tells of life.

Make your life your art. It doesn't have to be that you're an artist. I know I talk about art a lot, but I mean a very broad thing with that. You could be a veterinarian, that's your art. Find your art; find your thing you love.

The motion of the mind is conveyed along a cloud of meaning.~ There is this paradox that we get to meaning only when we strip the meaning from symbols.

Every man's work, pursued steadily, tends to become an end in itself, and so to bridge over the loveless chasms of his life.

It’s making a statement about what life is, really. And I’m going to end the line with it.

What matters to you defines your mattering.

Providence is like a curious piece of tapestry made of a thousand shreds, which, single, appear useless, but put together, they represent a beautiful history to the eye.

A day merely survived is no cause for celebration.

Figure out what you are meant to contribute to the world and make sure you contribute it

The secret in the search for meaning is to find your passion and pursue it.

There are so many who know more than I do, who understand the world better than I do. I would be truly learned, a great scholar, if only I could retain everything I've learned from those I have known. But then would I still be me? And isn't all that only words? Words grow old, too; they change their meaning and their usage. They get sick just as we do; they die of their wounds and then they are relegated to the dust of dictionaries. And where am I in all this?

Romantic comedies are built to be light. They're built for a certain buoyancy.

The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection -even though nothing more than the pounding of an old piano -is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star.