Stefan Zweig Quotes

I'm just trying to matter.

A man has to BE something; he has to matter.

It's hard to make something feel like it needs to exist.

The value of identity of course is that so often with it comes purpose.

Nothing proves that we are more than nothing.

I feel connected to that idea of wanting to belong to something, to have a sense of purpose as a man on the planet.

Unless I am a part of everything I am nothing.

I just want to do something that matters. Or be something that matters. I just want to matter.

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

Every character is asking: 'What's my place? Why am I here? I don't want the answer to be 'Just because.' You find your own purpose. Each finds the reason to be here and how to contribute.

A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together.

We want to help everyone find meaning in their life and help translate the story that each person actually matters in the world.

No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning.

Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody.

I want the fact that I existed to mean something.

There are some concerns that are universal. Everyone wants to be loved, and everyone wants to feel like they belong somewhere in the world. Everyone wants to do something and feel like they have a sense of purpose. These are just the things that I think about and the things that make their way into my songwriting.

Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning.

The family and Stephen were my reason for being. Without that, I felt I was nothing.

What preys on my mind is simply this one question: what am I good for, could I not be of service or use in some way?

Everyone wants to feel that they matter.

If you knew how important you are, you would fragment into a billion pieces and just be light.

Connection gives purpose and meaning to our lives.

Our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth, or power. Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter.

If you are somebody to anybody, you're somebody.

Anyone I may have used should feel happy that they even had a use. It's better than being useless.