Quotes About Purpose

One thing in the world, of value, is the active soul.

Tell them dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being

To live without duties is obscene.

What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour.

We aim above the mark, to hit the mark. Every act hath some falsehood of exaggeration in it.

If two or three persons should come with a high spiritual aim and with great powers, the world would fall into their hands like a ripe peach.

Each man has his own vocation his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

There is nothing capricious in nature and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feel it.

To fill the hour-that is happiness.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

It is not the length of life, but the depth.

The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works." Again, "I can of my own self do nothing." And he then speaks of his purpose, his aim: "I am come that ye might have life, and that ye might have it more abundantly." A little later he adds: "The works that I do ye shall do also." Now again, these things mean something of a very definite nature, or they mean nothing at all.

I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies.

Mind your business. Take care of what you came here for. Find the 'I' first and you may afterwards speak of other matters.

As the activities of the wise man exist only in the eyes of others and not in his own, although he may be accomplishing immense tasks, he really does nothing.

The purpose of all these illustrations is to direct the seeker's mind towards the one Reality underlying them all.

When one adopts the practice (sadhana) by means of which one'smind, which is restless like the wind, is made still perpetually, then the purpose of taking birth as a human being is fulfilled. That is also the mark of a true scholar. 38. Do not practise meditation by fixing the mind on the six adhara chakras, the ones that are up or down or in the middle, or anywhere else. Giving up all such meditations, make the mind always devoid of any support (either inside or outside).

The seat of Realization is within and the seeker cannot find it as an object outside him. That seat is bliss and is the core of all beings; hence it is called the Heart. The only useful purpose of the present birth is to turn within and realize it. There is nothing else to do. (p. 146)

If that had been your destiny the question would not have arisen.

Always remember the primary purpose of your life is living in tune with your energy pattern, find the true expression for the energy and go with the flow!"

Blame me not for my failures, for thats natural, but surely do for my achievements thats I rarely stumble upon with no motive whatsoever to achieve!

Call it Irony or destiny of life, but the fact is I failed to make a living from what 'I loved doing the most' nor did I justify for what I was paid for!