Quotes About Purpose

Haz de nuevo la pregunta, Juana, no te he oído. —Quería saber qué pasa después de que se es feliz. ¿Qué ocurre después?

Esa muchacha no sabía que ella era lo que era, tal como un cachorro no sabe que es cachorro. Por eso no se sentía infeliz. Lo único que quería era vivir. No sabía para qué, no se lo preguntaba. Quién sabe, tal vez encontraba que había una ínfima gloria en vivir. Pensaba que una persona está obligada a ser feliz. De modo que lo era.

Real life is so secret that not even I, who am dying of it, have been given the password, I am dying without knowing of what. And the secret is such that only if the mission is finally carried out do I, all of a sudden, see that I was born entrusted with it - all of life is a secret mission.

Being happy is for what?

I write because I have nothing else to do in the world: I was left over and there is no place for me in the world of men

E nunca antes eu me havia deixado levar, a menos que soubesse para o quê.

Since I am, the thing to do is to be

Qué hay después de la felicidad?

Not to be devoured is the secret objective of a whole existence.

Criara em troca algo enfim compreensível, uma vida de adulto. Assim ela o quisera e escolhera.

Uma jovem mulher cheia do próprio destino

Tomei um táxi que me deixaria em casa, e refleti sem amargura: muita coisa inútil na vida da gente serve como esse táxi: para nos transportar de um ponto útil a outro. E eu nem quis conversar com o chofer.

The gradual deheroization of oneself is the true labor one works at beneath the apparent labor, life is a secret mission. So secret is the true life that not even to me, who am dying of it, can the password be entrusted, I die without knowing wherefrom. And the secret is such that, only if the mission manages to be accomplished shall I, in a flash, perceive that I was born in charge of it — every life is a secret mission.

O destino de uma mulher é ser mulher.

I don't want to have the terrible limitation of those who live merely from what can make sense.

What you will know of me is the shadow of the arrow that has hit its target. I shall only vainly grasp a shadow that takes up no room in space, and what barely matters is the dart. I construct something free of me and of you—this my freedom that leads to death.

Who will come to gather the fruit of my life? If not you and I myself?

the goal of schools shouldn't be to manufacture "productive citizens" to fill some corporate cubicle; it should be to inspire each child to find a "calling" that will change the world.

When we realize that our lives are one with the great and eternal life of the universe, we are the Buddha. The purpose of Buddhism is to enable all people to come to this realization.

Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.

What makes men happy is liking what they have to do. This is a principle on which society is not founded.

Our ideas are only intellectual instruments which we use to break into phenomena; we must change them when they have served their purpose, as we change a blunt lancet that we have used long enough.

I feel that I'm at my best as a person and that I'm coming home when I walk on to a set, or on to a stage, so if I can perform in one way or another I think I'll be okay.

A meaningful life is filled with contributions.