Quotes About Purpose

God is not asking me to number my days to increase my pace but rather to examine my route, not to increase my efficiency but to see where I must make course corrections in heart, character, and actions.

J'étais de toute éternité et je suis né afin de pouvoir enfin m'anéantir.

Hij wilde snel bereiken wat voor hem weggelegd was, zodat de dood hem kon meenemen zonder dat hij ergens spijt van had.

Whenever Gaubert felt bored, he took hold of the hammer with both hands, raised it, and struck the anvil. He went on like that, for no purpose, just for the sound, to hear the sound. His life was in each of those strokes. The sound of the anvil echoed through the countryside and sometimes came upon Panturle while he was hunting.

They do not die ignorant of either their own follies or of life's worth. Instead, they die in the fullest possible knowledge of who they are, of what they lived for, of the mistakes that they have made.

Happiness ceases to be a normal condition of being alive, and becomes a goal.

The eye of the trilobite tells us that the sun shone on the old beach where he lived; for there is nothing in nature without a purpose, and when so complicated an organ was made to receive the light, there must have been light to enter it.

The purpose of school is for children to learn, not for them to feel good about themselves all the time.

A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.

Whither goest all of us, huh...for cryin' out loud?

A person (or ego) with a connection to the Self has a sense that what she is doing with her life is meaningful. This can only be known subjectively, it is soul knowledge.

To be a choicemaker in the third phase means that what you choose to do or be must correspond with what is true for you at a soul level.

we have forgotten its initial purpose, which was to ensure the worker's well-being.

Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand it. Contemplate it only enough to be it.

Simply and plainly, April, because we need you. Is that not reason enough?

We are not called by God to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things with extraordinary love.

We will only stay in community if we have gone through the passage from choosing community to knowing that we have been chosen for community.

Most people don't live; they just race. They are trying to reach some goal far away on the horizon, and in the heat of the going they get so breathless and panting that they lose all sight of the beautiful, tranquil country they are passing through; and then the first thing they know, they are old and worn out, and it doesn't make any difference whether they've reached the goal or not.

Oh, of course, if a man keeps his soul in a bandbox he can produce it immaculate in the end; but what's a soul for if it's not for use? He would much better live in the world with his fellow-men, and help them keep their souls clean, even at the risk of getting his own a little dusty.

Most people don't live; they just race.

Les événements disposent de nous pour presque tout. Les rares fois où il nous revient de décider librement, nous n'avons pas le droit de vouloir autre chose que le bonheur.

Perché non riusciva a decidersi? Che cosa ci guadagnava a stare in mare, lontano da chi amava? Quale maledizione aveva colpito lui e tanti altri, che non trovavano il senso della vita se non lontano da ogni attracco?

The main thing is you and I should exist, and that we should be you and I. Apart from that let everything go as it likes. The best order of things to my way thinking, is the one I was meant to be part of, and to hell with the most perfect of worlds if I am not in it. I would rather exist, even as an impudent argufier, than not exist at all.

To live is not breathing it is action.