Wayne Dyer Quotes

There are big questions science doesn't answer, such as why is there something rather than nothing? There can't be a scientific answer to that because it's the answer that precedes science.

The biggest questions that always have perplexed me are "Where do I come from?" and "Where am I going?"

If you try to find your source, you are not going to find it in a tiny little particle that began with your parents commingling.

I don't have dreams. How can I say it? I myself am a dream.

I was looking for what the meaning of life was.

When you think of it, really there are four fundamental questions of life. You've asked them, I've asked them, every thinking person asks them. They boil down to this; origin, meaning, morality and destiny. 'How did I come into being? What brings life meaning? How do I know right from wrong? Where am I headed after I die?'

At the heart of life lies a mystery that everybody has to wrestle with. What the heck are we doing here? How does this world work, and how do I fit?

The lyrics are a lot about those big questions: why are we here, how did we get here, what's the point, and what's next. When those questions come up with fans, I would absolutely share with them what has helped me and where I stand on what it is that I believe.

I do find that I tend to write about big questions. Why are we here? What are we doing? How do we relate to each other?

I grew up in a small industrial suburb of Haifa in Israel. As far back as I remember, I was interested in big questions. Who are we? What are we doing here? But the chances to discuss philosophy were quite thin on the ground.

The Big Bang has made Idealists out of almost anybody who thinks. First there was absolutely nothing, then Bang! Something. This is beyond weird. Out of sheerest Emptiness, manifestation arises.

I think the world is an interesting place and I don't think anybody has the firm and final answer to what it is but I kind of assume there's a purpose.

Science only answers the question, How does it work? Or at most, What's there? Science asks what and how, philosophy asks why, myth and religion ask who. Who's in charge here? Who's the author? That's what we really long to know.

What I am trying to do is to unmuddle the metaphysical.

The purpose of life is to find out 'Who am I?', 'Why am I here?' and 'Where am I going?'

Even as a kid- do all kids think about this? I hope they don’t, I hope my kids don’t think about this- I was always thinking about, "Well, what are we doing? What is this all about?"

Who am I, why am I here? Forget the question, someone give me another beer.

We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life.

Sometimes I think I spend my whole life trying to figure out where I fit in.

Where am I? Who am I? How did I come to be here? What is this thing called the world? How did I come into the world? Why was I not consulted? And If I am compelled to take part in it, where is the director? I want to see him.

Please... tell me who you are and what you want. And if you think those are simple questions, keep in mind that most people live their entire lives without arriving at an answer.

The meaning of life is to get meaning for life.

If there's a reason for the way that life is I'd like to find it. After all, who's life is it?

The difference between you and me is that you think to live and I live to think.

If we reject the Christian answer, we still have the problem. We're going to adopt some alternative, because the questions will not go away, the questions of, "What kind of person am I becoming?" and "What is my role in that?" and so on.