Man—a being in search of meaning.

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Plato ( PLAY-toh; Ancient Greek: Πλάτων, Plátōn; c. 428–347 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher of Classical Athens who is most commonly considered the foundational thinker of the Western philosophical tradition. An innovator of the literary dialogue and dialectic forms, Plato influenced all the major areas of theoretical philosophy and...

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Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

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The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.

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A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

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Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.

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Art distills sensations and embodies it with enhanced meaning.

—Miguel de Unamuno

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The sea has neither meaning nor pity.

—Anton Chekhov

I don't care why you came into my life, only that you did. I don't remember all the things I did wrong, I remember what I did right. I remember you. You made my life meaningful. You made my life special.

—Becca Fitzpatrick in Crescendo

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The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

—Henry David Thoreau

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Think of a word as a pendulum instead of a fixed entity. A word can sweep by your ear and by its very sound suggest hidden meanings, preconscious associations. Listen to these words: blood, tranquil, democracy. You know what they mean literally but you have associations with those words that are cultural, as well as your own personal associations.

—Rita Mae Brown

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Man - a being in search of meaning.