Quotes About Purpose

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

Strange is our situation here on Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that man is here for the sake of other men - above all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends.

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life. All that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow-creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life.

Work is the only thing that gives substance to life.

A ship is always safe at the shore, but that is not what it is built for.

The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.

The perfection of means and the confusion of ends seems to be our problem.

the real purpose of socialism is precisely to overcome and advance beyond the predatory phase of human development

Human knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life.

How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.

Man can find meaning in life, short and perilous as it is, only through devoting himself to society.

God always takes the simplest way.

Our situation on this earth seems strange. Every one of us appears here involuntarily and uninvited for a short stay, without knowing the whys and the wherefore.

I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves—such an ethical basis I call more proper for a herd of swine.

A life directed chiefly toward the fulfillment of personal desires will sooner or later always lead to bitter disappointment.

People start their lives at last when they are able to live for something other than themselves.

N'essayez pas de devenir un homme qui a du succès. Essayez de devenir un homme qui a de la valeur.

WHAT is the meaning of human life, or of organic life altogether? To answer this question at all implies a religion.

Cercare di diventare non un uomo di successo, ma un uomo di valore

Celui qui ressent sa vie et celle d'autres comme dénuées de sens est fondamentalement malheureux puisqu'il n'a aucune raison de vivre.

Aucun destin ne justifierait une quelconque exaltation de quiconque

La scienza, contrariamente ad un'opinione diffusa, non elimina Dio. La fisica deve addirittura perseguire finalità teologiche, poiché deve proporsi non solo di sapere com'è la natura, ma anche di sapere perché la natura è così e non in un'altra maniera, con l'intento di arrivare a capire se Dio avesse davanti a sé altre scelte quando creò il mondo.

Bisognerebbe evitare di predicare ai giovani il successo nella solita forma come lo scopo principale nella vita. Il motivo più importante per lavorare a scuola e nella vita è il piacere nel lavoro, piacere nel suo risultato, e la consapevolezza del valore del risultato per la comunità.