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A Life on Purpose is filled with meaning, and people on purpose realize that they are making a difference simply by being in the world. Whatever they choose to do to express their life purpose is like icing on the cake.
W. Bradford Swift • Life On Purpose:: Six Passages to an Inspired Life (Life On Purpose Series Book 1)
The purpose of life, as far as I can tell, is to find a mode of being that’s so meaningful that the fact that life is suffering is no longer relevant.”— Jordan Peterson
A meaningful life can be extremely satisfying even in the midst of hardship, whereas a meaningless life is a terrible ordeal no matter how comfortable it is.
Yuval Noah Harari • Sapiens
What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.
Morten T. Hansen • Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More
Just imagine that the purpose of your life is your happiness only—then life becomes a cruel and senseless thing. You have to embrace what the wisdom of humanity, your intellect, and your heart tell you: that the meaning of life is to serve the force that sent you into the world. Then life becomes a constant joy.
Leo Tolstoy • A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se
Happiness is largely about how you feel in the present. Meaning is about how you judge your life as a whole: past, present, and future.
Jonathan Sacks • Studies in Spirituality (Covenant & Conversation Book 9)
In short, whereas the happy life is characterized by ease and pleasure, the meaningful life is characterized by generosity, deep engagement with difficult pursuits, and a coherent sense of how the self develops across time.
Eli J. Finkel • The All-or-Nothing Marriage
Just imagine that the purpose of your life is your happiness only—then life becomes a cruel and senseless thing. You have to embrace what the wisdom of humanity, your intellect, and your heart tell you: that the meaning of life is to serve the force that sent you into the world. Then life becomes a constant joy.