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Sayings about wisdom. Quotes and parables about life with meaning. Aphorisms and quotes from great and ordinary people about life

Curiosity is not a vice, but a big disgusting thing.
Folk

The least good in life is wealth, the greatest is wisdom.
Gotthold Lessing

Learning wisdom is as impossible as learning to be beautiful.
Henry Wheeler Shaw

Wisdom, like turtle soup, is not accessible to everyone.
Kozma Prutkov

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is the action itself.
D. Jordan

The ignoramus who is alien to wisdom is wiser than the sage who hungers for ignorance.
William Shakespeare

It is much easier to show wisdom in the affairs of others than in your own.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Only one deity can possess comprehensive wisdom, and man can only strive for it.
Pythagoras

Faith is not the beginning, but the end of all wisdom.
Johann Wolfgang Goethe

There is no greater wisdom than timing.
Francis Bacon

To have wisdom and not move your hand (i.e. to remain silent) is true self-absorption.
Kang Youwei

A learned person is a vessel, a sage is a source.
W. Olgerai

With a strong soul, free from seduction, look, sage, at the ups and downs.
Firduosi

All philosophers are wise in their maxims and fools in their behavior.
Benjamin Franklin

He who has never committed folly is not as wise as he thinks.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

He swallowed a lot of wisdom, but it all seemed to go down his throat the wrong way.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

We live in a world where one fool creates many fools, and one wise man creates very few wise ones.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

You will never be able to create wise men if you kill naughty children.
Jean Jacques Rousseau

Nowadays more is required from one wise man than in ancient times from seven.
Baltesar Gracian

The real sign by which you can recognize a true sage is patience.
G. Ibsen

Man has gathered together the wisdom of all his ancestors, and look what a fool he is!
E. Canetti

The first sign of true political wisdom is always the ability to renounce in advance the unattainable.
Stefan Zweig

An individual does not have to be wiser than an entire nation.
Honore de Balzac

A wise person understands that it is better to forbid oneself from a hobby than to fight it later.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The perfectly wise man never considers himself great, so he can become truly great.
Lao Tzu

There are no situations and no matters so insignificant in which wisdom cannot be manifested.
L.N. Tolstoy

He who is wise is also good.
Socrates

The sage creates his own destiny.
Plautus

Wisdom is intelligence infused with conscience.
Fazil Iskander

The philosophical wisdom of the present century becomes the general common sense of the next century.
G. Beecher

Wisdom comes with time. Sometimes the time comes alone.
Unknown author

Foolish people argue with other people, wise people argue with themselves.
Oscar Wilde

No one should exceed the limits: the wisdom of life is to know the measure in everything.
Hippocrates

Lord, give me the peace of mind to accept the things I cannot change, the strength to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Catholic prayer

And everything that was written before was written for our instruction.
Apostle Paul

Only the wisest and the stupidest do not change.
Confucius

The sage keeps his mouth closed: he knows that even a candle burns out with his tongue.
Chuang Tzu

Know that wisdom reduces complaints, not suffering!
Kozma Prutkov

The equanimity of the sages is nothing more than the ability to hide their worries.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The brave man is tested by war, the wise man by anger, the friend by need.
Arabic proverb

It is wise to water the wheel of friendship with the oil of polite politeness.
Gabriel Colette

A wise man demands everything only from himself, while an insignificant man demands everything from others.
Chinese proverb

Experience increases our wisdom, but does not decrease our stupidity.
Henry Wheeler Shaw

The wisest man is the one who is most annoyed by the loss of time.
Alighieri Dante

You should set two goals for yourself in life. The first goal is to achieve what you are striving for. The second goal is the ability to enjoy what has been achieved. Only the wisest representatives of humanity are capable of achieving the second goal.
Logan Piersall Smith

It is wise to write only about what they do not understand.
V.O.Klyuchevsky

Doubt is halfway to wisdom.
Publilius Syrus

Who knows more - a wise man or a fool? Of course, he is a fool: a wise man doubts everything, but a fool does not.
Unknown author

The art of being wise is knowing what to ignore.
W.James

Wise is the one who knows not much, but what is necessary.
Aeschylus

To live your life wisely, you need to know a lot. Remember two important rules to begin with: You’d better starve than eat anything, And it’s better to be alone than with just anyone.
Omar Khayyam

Who is called the wisest? Someone who accepts things as they are.
S. Gabirol

Once you take a step forward, think about whether you can step back. Then you will avoid the fate of the lively ram, whose horns are stuck in the wall. Before you start anything, consider whether you can complete it. Then you will not be like the one who undertook to ride on a tiger.
Hong Zicheng

A wise man asks questions to the world, a Fool gives precise answers. But does the wise man ask so that the last idiot can answer?
N.N.Matveeva

Whoever acquires honesty and wisdom will truly not be lost forever: After all, honesty keeps its promises, But wisdom... never gives them!
E.A.Asadov

It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly.
Anatole France

Having avoided one trouble, you find yourself in another; However, this is wisdom: having weighed all possible troubles, consider the least evil as a good.
Niccolo Machiavelli

Rulers need wise men much more than wise men need rulers.
Abul Faraj

Keeping your secret is wise, but expecting others to keep it is stupid.
Samuel Johnson

Learn to see where everything is dark and hear where everything is quiet. In darkness you will see light, in silence you will hear harmony.
Chuang Tzu

When trouble threatens, when things get tough, the wise man blames himself, the fool scolds his friend.
Eastern wisdom

What has become funny cannot be dangerous.
Voltaire

Folly and wisdom are transmitted as easily as contagious diseases. Therefore, choose your comrades.
William Shakespeare

The source of our wisdom is our experience. The source of our experience is our stupidity.
Sasha Guitry

The best proof of wisdom is a continuous good mood.
Michel de Montaigne

Try to be wise first, and learn when you have free time.
Pythagoras

Use the wisdom accumulated by humanity over the past centuries.
Konstantin Shchemelinin

The reason why rivers and seas receive tribute from a hundred mountain streams is because they are lower than the latter. Thanks to this, they are able to dominate all mountain streams. In the same way, the sage, who wants to be above people, places himself below them. Wanting to be ahead of us, he stands behind. That is why, although his place is higher than people, they do not feel his weight. Although his place is ahead of them, they do not consider this an insult. Lao Tzu

Proverbs contradict one another. This, in fact, is the folk wisdom.
Stanislav Jerzy Lec

He took Stupidity to the master. “Can it be converted into Wisdom?” “It’s possible,” the master answered, “and there will still be some left.”
Stanislav Jerzy Lec

Be careful to dilute your own wisdom with the stupidity of others.
Stanislav Jerzy Lec

There should be plenty of wisdom, because few people use it.
Stanislav Jerzy Lec

Women rule us; Let us try to bring them to perfection: the more they know, the more perfect we will be. Male wisdom also depends on the development of the female mind.
R. Sheridan

Wisdom is when you no longer consider yourself smarter than everyone else, but try to be no more stupid than others.
Boris Krutier

The wisdom of centuries was swallowed up by the stupidity of centuries.
G.E. Malkin

Wisdom is the healing power of sorrows.
G.E. Malkin

A sage is someone who has unnoticeably grown wiser.
G.E. Malkin

True wisdom does not bow its head.
Stanislav Jerzy Lec

You have to beware of two things: your own stupidity and the wisdom of others.
Veselin Geogiev

Worldly wisdom is the understanding that most dangers, the anticipation of which is a source of unrest, do not materialize.
Ilya Shevelev

Wisdom lies not in being smarter than others, but in not letting others know about it.
Veselin Geogiev

Where are the mines of wisdom? Usually where she is buried.
Stanislav Jerzy Lec

In this age people read too much to be wise and think too much to be beautiful.
Oscar Wilde

The fool thought that wisdom would come to him over the years.
Leonid Krainov-Rytov

Live forever and learn... And yet... Wisdom does not come to everyone over the years... One does not become wise, one is born wise... It just reveals itself later...

Especially for our readers, we have selected the 30 best quotes of the week.

1. Don’t complain about life - someone dreams of the kind of life you live.

2. The main rule of life is not to let yourself be broken by either people or circumstances.

3. Never show a man how much you need him. You won't see anything good in return.

4. You cannot expect from a person what is unusual for him. You don't squeeze a lemon to get tomato juice.

5. After rain, a rainbow always comes, after tears - happiness.

6. One day, completely by accident, you will find yourself in the right place at the right time, and millions of roads will converge at one point.

7. What you believe in becomes your world.

8. A diamond that falls into the mud still remains a diamond, and dust that rises to the skies remains dust.

9. They don’t call, don’t write, aren’t interested - that means they don’t need it. Everything is simple and there is nothing to invent here.

10. I know people are not saints. Sins are written by fate. For me, it’s better to be honestly evil than people with false kindness!

11. Be like a lotus that is always pure and blooms even in muddy water.

12. And God grant everyone to be with someone with whom the heart does not seek others.

13. There is no better place than home, especially if there is a mother in it.

14. People constantly invent problems for themselves. Why not invent happiness for yourself?

15. It hurts when a child wants to see mom and dad, but they are not there. The rest can be lived through.

16. Happiness is nearby... Don’t invent ideals for yourself... Appreciate what you have.

17. Never lie to someone who trusts you. Never trust someone who lied to you.

18. Mom, even if she is prickly, is still the best!

19. There is no need to be afraid of distances. And far away you can love deeply, and close you can quickly part.

20. I always consider the last book I read to be the best until I take on something new.

21. We give children LIFE, and they give us MEANING!

22. A happy person is one who does not regret the past, is not afraid of the future and does not interfere in other people's lives.

23. Pain sometimes goes away, but thoughts remain.

24. How much wisdom is needed to never lose kindness!

25. Having abandoned me once, don’t interfere in my life again. Never.

26. Appreciate someone who can’t live without you. And don't chase after someone who is happy without you.

27. Remember: you attract to yourself what you believe in!

28. You can only regret one thing in life - that you never took a risk.

29. The most natural thing in this world is change. Living things cannot be frozen.

30. One wise man was asked: “What to do if someone stops loving you?”

“Take your soul and leave,” he replied.

Smart thoughts come only when stupid things have already been done.

Only those who make absurd attempts will be able to achieve the impossible. Albert Einstein

Good friends, good books and a sleeping conscience - this is an ideal life. Mark Twain

You can't go back in time and change your start, but you can start now and change your finish.

Upon closer examination, it generally becomes clear to me that those changes that seem to come with the passage of time are, in fact, no changes at all: only my view of things changes. (Franz Kafka)

And although the temptation is great to take two roads at once, you cannot play with both the devil and God with one deck of cards...

Appreciate those with whom you can be yourself.
Without masks, omissions and ambitions.
And take care of them, they were sent to you by fate.
After all, there are only a few of them in your life

For an affirmative answer, only one word is enough - “yes”. All other words are made up to say no. Don Aminado

Ask a person: “What is happiness?” and you will find out what he misses most.

If you want to understand life, then stop believing what they say and write, but observe and feel. Anton Chekhov

There is nothing more destructive and unbearable in the world than inaction and waiting.

Make your dreams come true, work on ideas. Those who used to laugh at you will begin to envy you.

Records are there to be broken.

You don't need to waste time, but invest in it.

The history of humanity is the history of a fairly small number of people who believed in themselves.

Pushed yourself to the brink? Don't you see any point in living anymore? This means that you are already close... Close to the decision to reach the bottom in order to push off from it and decide to be happy forever... So don’t be afraid of the bottom - use it...

If you are honest and frank, people will deceive you; still be honest and frank.

A person rarely succeeds in anything if his activity does not bring him joy. Dale Carnegie

If there is at least one flowering branch left in your soul, a singing bird will always sit on it. (Eastern wisdom)

One of the laws of life says that as soon as one door closes, another opens. But the trouble is that we look at the locked door and do not pay attention to the open one. Andre Gide

Don't judge a person until you talk to him personally because all you hear is rumors. Michael Jackson.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight with you, then you win. Mahatma Gandhi

Human life falls into two halves: during the first half they strive forward to the second, and during the second they strive back to the first.

If you don't do anything yourself, how can you help? You can only drive a moving vehicle

Everything will happen. Only when you decide to do it.

In this world you can look for everything except love and death... They themselves will find you when the time comes.

Inner satisfaction in spite of the surrounding world of suffering is a very valuable asset. Sridhar Maharaj

Start now to live the life you would like to see in the end. Marcus Aurelius

We must live every day as if it were the last moment. We don't have a rehearsal - we have life. We don't start it on Monday - we live today.

Every moment of life is another opportunity.

A year later, you will look at the world with different eyes, and even this tree that grows near your house will seem different to you.

You don't have to look for happiness - you have to be it. Osho

Almost every success story I know began with a person lying on his back, defeated by failure. Jim Rohn

Every long journey begins with one, the first step.

Nobody is better than you. Nobody is smarter than you. They just started earlier. Brian Tracy

The one who runs falls. He who crawls does not fall. Pliny the Elder

You just need to understand that you live in the future, and you will immediately find yourself there.

I choose to live rather than exist. James Alan Hetfield

When you appreciate what you have, and not live in search of ideals, then you will truly become happy..

Only those who are worse than us think badly of us, and those who are better than us simply have no time for us. Omar Khayyam

Sometimes we are separated from happiness by one call... One conversation... One confession...

By admitting his weakness, a person becomes strong. Onre Balzac

He who humbles his spirit is stronger than he who conquers cities.

When a chance comes, you have to grab it. And when you grabbed it, achieved success - enjoy it. Feel the joy. And let everyone around you suck your hose for being assholes when they didn’t give a penny for you. And then - leave. Beautiful. And leave everyone in shock.

Never despair. And if you have already fallen into despair, then continue to work in despair.

A decisive step forward is the result of a good kick from behind!

In Russia you have to be either famous or rich to be treated the way they treat anyone in Europe. Konstantin Raikin

It all depends on your attitude. (Chuck Norris)

No reasoning can show a person a path he does not want to see Romain Rolland

What you believe in becomes your world. Richard Matheson

It's good where we are not. We are no longer in the past, and that is why it seems beautiful. Anton Chekhov

The rich get richer because they learn to overcome financial difficulties. They see them as an opportunity to learn, grow, develop and become rich.

Everyone has their own hell - it doesn’t have to be fire and tar! Our hell is a wasted life! Where dreams lead

It doesn’t matter how hard you work, the main thing is the result.

Only mom has the kindest hands, the most tender smile and the most loving heart...

Winners in life always think in the spirit: I can, I want, I. Losers, on the other hand, focus their scattered thoughts on what they could have, could do, or what they cannot do. In other words, winners always take responsibility, while losers blame circumstances or other people for their failures. Denis Whately.

Life is a mountain, you go up slowly, you go down quickly. Guy de Maupassant

People are so afraid to take a step towards a new life that they are ready to close their eyes to everything that does not suit them. But this is even scarier: to wake up one day and realize that everything nearby is not the same, not the same, not the same... Bernard Shaw

Friendship and trust are not bought or sold.

Always, at every minute of your life, even when you are absolutely happy, have one attitude towards the people around you: - In any case, I will do what I want, with or without you.

In the world you can only choose between loneliness and vulgarity. Arthur Schopenhauer

You just have to look at things differently, and life will flow in a different direction.

The iron said this to the magnet: I hate you most of all because you attract without having enough strength to drag you along! Friedrich Nietzsche

Learn to live even when life becomes unbearable. N. Ostrovsky

The picture you see in your mind will eventually become your life.

“The first half of your life you ask yourself what you are capable of, but the second - who needs it?”

It's never too late to set a new goal or achieve a new dream.

Control your destiny or someone else will.

see beauty in the ugly,
see the river floods in the streams...
who knows how to be happy in everyday life,
he really is a happy man! E. Asadov

The sage was asked:

How many types of friendship are there?

Four, he answered.
Friends are like food - you need them every day.
Friends are like medicine; you look for them when you feel bad.
There are friends, like a disease, they themselves look for you.
But there are friends like air - you can’t see them, but they are always with you.

I will become the person I want to become - if I believe that I will become it. Gandhi

Open your heart and listen to what it dreams of. Follow your dreams, because only through those who are not ashamed of themselves will the glory of the Lord be revealed. Paulo Coelho

To be refuted is nothing to fear; One should be afraid of something else - being misunderstood. Immanuel Kant

Be realistic - demand the impossible! Che Guevara

Don't put off your plans if it's raining outside.
Don't give up on your dreams if people don't believe in you.
Go against nature and people. You are a person. You are strong.
And remember - there are no unattainable goals - there is a high coefficient of laziness, a lack of ingenuity and a stock of excuses.

Either you create the world, or the world creates you. Jack Nicholson

I love it when people smile just like that. For example, you are riding on a bus and you see a person looking out the window or writing an SMS and smiling. It makes your soul feel so good. And I want to smile myself.

“The sleep of mankind is so deep that there is less and less chance of waking up.”

Dario Salas Sommer

We rush through life at breakneck speed, rushing to do what seems so necessary, and having achieved it, we realize that we rushed in vain, and we are in some strange state of dissatisfaction. We stop, look around, and are faced with the thought: “Who needs all this? Why was such a race necessary? Is this what life with meaning is?” As soon as our brain is overwhelmed by a lot of questions, we try to find answers from psychologists, in literature, and remember wise quotes about living with meaning. It is precisely such a moment that turns on our consciousness, which may have been dormant for a long time.

Our civilization has come to a serious danger, as a careless housewife has accumulated a lot of things, a huge amount of weapons, equipment, ruined the environment, acquired a lot of unnecessary information, and now does not know where to use it all and what to do with it. The cornucopia has become a heavy burden for our general and individual consciousness. The standard of living has improved, but people have not become happier, but quite the opposite.

The thoughts of great people no longer penetrate the consciousness of many of us. Why do we become so indifferent, cruel and at the same time so helpless? Why is it so difficult for many people to find themselves? Why do people find a way out of difficult situations only in death? And why do many of us begin to understand something when we come across quotes about the meaning of life?

Let's turn to the sages for an explanation

Now we are ready to blame anyone for our troubles, in our sleeping consciousness. The government, education, society, everyone is to blame except ourselves.

We complain about life, but at the same time we look for values where, in principle, they cannot exist: in the acquisition of a new car, expensive clothes, jewelry and all human material goods.

We forget about our essence, about our purpose in our world, and most importantly, we forget about what the sages tried to convey to the souls of people in ancient times. Their meaningful phrases about life today could not be more relevant, they have not been forgotten, but they are not perceived by everyone, and not everyone is imbued with them.

Carlyle once said: “My wealth is in what I do, not in what I have”. Isn't this statement worth thinking about? Doesn’t these words contain the deep meaning of our existence? There are many such beautiful sayings that are worth our attention, but do we hear them? These are not just quotes from great people, they are a call to awakening, to action, to living with meaning.

Wisdom of Confucius

Confucius did not do anything supernatural, but his teachings are the official Chinese religion, and thousands of temples dedicated to him were built not only in China. For twenty-five centuries, his compatriots have followed the path of Confucius, and his aphorisms about life with meaning are passed on from generation to generation.

What did he do to deserve such honors? He knew the world, himself, knew how to listen, and more importantly, hear people. His quotes about the meaning of life are heard from the lips of our contemporaries:

“It’s very easy to recognize a happy person. He seems to radiate an aura of calm and warmth, moves slowly, but manages to get everywhere, speaks calmly, but everyone understands him. The secret of happy people is simple - the absence of tension."
“Beware of those who want to make you feel guilty, for they want power over you.”
“In a country that is well governed, people are ashamed of poverty. In a country that is poorly governed, people are ashamed of wealth.”
“A person who makes a mistake and does not correct it has made another mistake.”
“He who does not think about distant difficulties will certainly face near troubles.”
“Archery teaches us how to seek the truth. When a shooter misses, he does not blame others, but looks for the blame in himself.”
“If you want to succeed, avoid the six vices: sleepiness, laziness, fear, anger, idleness and indecisiveness.”

He created his own system of state structure. In his understanding, the wisdom of a ruler should be to instill in his subjects respect for traditional rituals that determine everything - the behavior of people in society and family, the way they think.

He believed that the ruler must, first of all, respect traditions, and accordingly the people will respect them. Only with this approach to governance can violence be avoided. And this man lived more than fifteen centuries ago.

Catchphrases of Confucius

“Teach only someone who, having known one corner of the square, can imagine the other three.”. Confucius spoke such aphorisms about life with meaning only to those who wanted to hear him.

Not being an important person, he could not convey his teachings to the rulers, but he did not give up and began to teach those who wanted to learn. He taught all his students, and there were up to three thousand of them, according to the ancient Chinese principle: “Don’t share origins.”

His clever sayings about the meaning of life: “I’m not upset if people don’t understand me, I’m upset if I don’t understand people”, “Sometimes we see a lot, but we don’t notice the main thing” and thousands more of his clever sayings were recorded by his students in the book "Conversations and Judgments".

These works became central to Confucianism. He is revered as the first teacher of humanity, his statements about the meaning of life are paraphrased and quoted by philosophers from different countries.

Parables and our lives

Our life is replete with stories about incidents in the lives of people who drew certain conclusions from what happened. More often, people come to conclusions when sharp turns happen in their lives, when trouble overtakes them, or when loneliness gnaws at them.

It is from such stories that parables about the meaning of life are made. They come to us through the centuries, trying to make us think about our mortal life.

Vessel with stones

We often hear that we should live easily, enjoying every moment, because no one is given the opportunity to live twice. One wise man explained the meaning of life to his students using an example. He filled the vessel to the brim with large stones and asked the disciples how full the vessel was.

The students stated that the vessel was full. The sage added smaller stones. The pebbles were located in empty spaces among large stones. The sage again asked the disciples the same question. The disciples responded with surprise that the vessel was full. The sage also added sand to that vessel, after which he invited his students to compare their lives with the vessel.

This parable about the meaning of life explains that large stones in a vessel determine the most important thing in a person’s life - his health, his family and children. Small stones represent work and material goods, which can be classified as less important things. And sand determines a person’s daily bustle. If you start filling the vessel with sand, there may not be room left for the rest of the fillers.

Each parable about the meaning of life has its own meaning, and we understand it in our own way. Those who think about it, and those who don’t delve into it, some compose their own equally instructive parables about the meaning of life, but it happens that there is no one left to listen to them.

Three "I"

For now, we can afford to turn to parables about the meaning of life and glean at least a drop of wisdom for ourselves. One such parable about the meaning of life opened the eyes of many to life.

A little boy wondered about the soul and asked his grandfather about it. He told him an ancient story. There is a rumor that in every person there are three “I”s, from which the soul is composed and the whole life of a person depends. The first “I” is given to everyone around us to see. Secondly, only people close to the person can see. These “I”s are constantly at war for leadership over a person, which leads him to fears, worries and doubts. And the third “I” can reconcile the first two or find a compromise. It is invisible to anyone, sometimes even to the person himself.

The grandson was surprised by his grandfather’s story; he became interested in what these “I”s meant. To which the grandfather replied that the first “I” is the human mind, and if it wins, then cold calculation takes possession of the person. The second is the human heart, and if it has the upper hand, then the person is destined to be deceived, touchy and vulnerable. The third “I” is a soul that is capable of bringing harmony to the relationship of the first two. This parable is about the spiritual meaning of life of our existence.

A meaningless life

All humanity has one natural quality, which determines the desire to find meaning in everything and, in particular, life itself; for many, this quality wanders in their subconscious, and their own aspirations do not have a clear formulation. And if their actions are meaningless, then the quality of life is zero.

A person without a goal becomes vulnerable and irritable; he perceives the slightest difficulties with wild fear. The result of this state is the same - a person becomes easy to manage, his talents, abilities, individuality and potential gradually come to an end.

A person puts his destiny at the disposal of other people who benefit from his weak character. And a person begins to accept someone else’s worldview as his own, and automatically he becomes driven, irresponsible, blind and deaf to the pain of his loved ones, senselessly trying to earn authority among those who use him.

“Whoever wants to accept the meaning of life as an external authority ends up accepting the meaning of his own arbitrariness as the meaning of life.”

Vladimir Soloviev

Create your own destiny

You can decide your destiny with the help of powerful motivation, which is often dictated by aphorisms about living a meaningful life. After all, the meaning of life is different for everyone, either gained by experience, or coming from outside.

Einstein said: “Learn from yesterday, live today, hope for tomorrow. The main thing is not to stop asking questions... Never lose your sacred curiosity.". His motivational quotes about the meaning of life lead many along the only right path.

Aphorisms about life with the meaning of Marcus Aurelius, who said: “Do what you must, and what is destined will happen”.

Psychoanalysts argue that greater success can be expected from an activity if one gives maximum meaning to this activity. And if our work also brings us satisfaction, then complete success is guaranteed.

Questions arise about how education, religion, mentality, and a person’s worldview influence the meaning of life. I would like the values and knowledge gained over the centuries to unite all people, regardless of their worldview, religion or era. After all, quotes about meaningful life belong to people of different times and beliefs, and their significance is the same for all sane people.

Our position in the Universe requires an eternal search for answers, for ourselves, for our place in life, for involvement in something. The world has not come up with ready-made answers, but the main thing is to never stop. Aphorisms about the meaning of life call us to movement and actions that are useful not only to ourselves, but also to those around us. “We live for those on whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends”, as Einstein said.

Wise thoughts help you live

Psychologists use quotes about life with meaning when communicating with clients, since people are creatures who, without having their own opinions, having lost any meaning, believe and are imbued with the beautiful phrases of famous people.

Quotes about the meaning of life are declared by actors on stage, pronounced in films, and from their lips we hear words that are truly significant for all humanity.

Wonderful statements about the meaning of Faina Ranevskaya’s life still warm the souls of women who are tormented by loneliness and disappointment:

“A woman, to succeed in life, must have two qualities. She must be smart enough to please stupid men, and stupid enough to please smart men.”
“The union of a stupid man and a stupid woman gives birth to a heroine mother. The union of a stupid woman and a smart man gives birth to a single mother. The union of a smart woman and a stupid man gives rise to an ordinary family. The union of a smart man and a smart woman gives rise to light flirting.”
“If a woman walks with her head down, she has a lover! If a woman walks with her head held high, she has a lover! If a woman holds her head straight, she has a lover! And in general, if a woman has a head, then she has a lover.”
“God created women beautiful so that men could love them, and stupid so that they could love men.”

And if you skillfully use aphorisms about life with meaning in a conversation with people, then it is unlikely that anyone will call you a stupid or uneducated person.

The wise Omar Khayyam once said:

“Three things never come back: time, word, opportunity. Three things should not be lost: peace, hope, honor. Three things in life are most valuable: love, belief,... Three things in life are unreliable: power, luck, fortune. Three things define a person: work, honesty, achievements. Three things destroy a person: wine, pride, anger. Three things are the hardest to say: I love you, I'm sorry, help me."- beautiful phrases, each of which is imbued with eternal wisdom.

Life can seem very complicated at times, and the more you think and try to analyze yourself and your surroundings, the more unanswered questions arise. Why do we need to love and be loved? Where did we come from? Where do we go when we die? Why are we dying? And, in the end, what is the meaning of life? Many thinkers, philosophers, activists, and artists have attempted to answer these questions during their lifetimes and have left behind an incredibly rich legacy that can be traced through their most inspiring quotes. We, of course, have not tried to analyze or interpret these quotes because that would be naive, since each of these quotes can be interpreted in different ways, depending on your point of view, your knowledge and your state of mind. All we can say with certainty is that most of these quotes will make you think, and that in itself is the main purpose of this wonderful list. So read these twenty-five wise quotes that can change your life:

“Be equally great in action and in thought”

24. Oscar Wilde

“Imagination is given to man to console him for what he does not have, and a sense of humor to console him for what he does have.”

23. Bertrand Russell

“If there were more people in the world today who wanted their own happiness more than they want the misfortune of others, in a couple of years we could live in paradise.”

22. Aristotle

“Anyone can get angry - it’s easy, but getting angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right reason and in the right way is not easy.”

21. Albert Einstein

“You can't blame gravity for people falling in love. How do you explain in terms of chemistry and physics such an important biological phenomenon as first love? Place your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and that minute will seem like an hour. An hour spent in the company of your beloved girl will seem like a minute to you. This is the theory of relativity."

20. Eleanor Roosevelt

“No one will make you feel inferior without your consent.”

19. Napoleon I Bonaparte

“The strong person is the one who can, at will, cut off the connection between feelings and reason.”

18. Plato

“Good people don’t need laws to act responsibly, but bad people will find a way around the laws.”

17. Friedrich Nietzsche

"What doesn't kill us makes us stronger"

16. Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Hitler and Mussolini were only the main delegates of the desire for domination and power that lies in the heart of almost every person. Until the source is purified, there will always be error and hatred, wars and class antagonism in the world."

15. Heraclitus of Ephesus (Heraclitus)

"You can't step into the same river twice"

14. Marcel Proust

“There is no man, no matter how wise, who has not, at some time in his youth, said things or behaved in a way that he bitterly regrets in adulthood and which he would gladly forget, if I could."

13. Martin Luther King Jr

“If you can't fly, run, if you can't run, walk, if you can't walk, crawl, but whatever you do, you must move forward.”

12. Lao Tzu

“Be happy with what you have, be happy with what you have at the moment. When you realize that you don't need anything, you will own the whole world."