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writer Leo Rosten once argued was the purpose of life: “to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”6 The pathless path has helped me see that quitting my job was never about escaping work or living an easier life, it was about using the gifts I received from my parents to
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the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person’s life at a given moment.
Viktor E. Frankl • Man's Search for Meaning
Purpose is about pursuing something outside yourself as opposed to pleasuring yourself.
Ryan Holiday • Ego Is the Enemy
“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.”
The Purpose Of Life Is Not Happiness: It’s Usefulness
It’ll be awesome to live a long and healthy life, but the purpose of life isn’t to have as much of it as possible. The purpose is to know what to do with what you have. Without something worthy of dying for (dedicating yourself to), you can live 900 lifetimes and still feel like it’s not long enough.3