Only when you accept
Only when you accept that one day you’ll die can you let go, and make the best out of life. And that’s the big secret. That’s the miracle. Gabriel Ba
Meaning Of Life
What we all have
What we all have to know is the struggle is long. It’s long. It may not end in our lifetimes. But the struggle is what gives our lives meaning and purpose. I tell people to take time out of activism every day to take care of their bodies, to take care of their souls and … Read more
The full meaning of
The full meaning of life, the collective meaning of all human desires, is fundamentally a mystery beyond our grasp. As a young man, I chafed at this state of affairs. But by now I have made peace with it. I even feel a certain honor to be associated with such a mystery. Eugene Wigner
If a person is
If a person is to get the meaning of life he must learn to like the facts about himself — ugly as they may seem to his sentimental vanity — before he can learn the truth behind the facts. And the truth is never ugly. Eugene O’Neill
To live is to
To live is to play at the meaning of life…The upshot of this . . . is that it teaches us once and for all that childlike foolishness is the calling of mature men. Ernest Becker
I used everything you
I used everything you gave me. Erma Bombeck
When children reach the
When children reach the age of sixteen, they discover the meaning of life: car keys. Erma Bombeck
When I stand before
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me’. Erma Bombeck
People search for the
People search for the meaning of life, but this is the easy question: we are born into a world that presents us with many millenia of collected knowledge and information, and all our predecessors ask of us is that we not waste our brief life ignoring the past only to rediscover or reinvent its lessons … Read more
There is no meaning
There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers. Erich Fromm