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Isabel Allende Novelist
Purpose

"It is a wonderful truth that things we want most in life-a sense of purpose, happiness and hope-are most easily attained by giving them to others."

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Aristotle Philosopher
Purpose

"At the intersection where your gifts, talents, and abilities meet a human need; therein you will discover your purpose"

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U.G. Krishnamurti Philosopher
Purpose

"We are not created for any grander purpose than the ants that are there or the flies that are hovering around us or the mosquitoes that are sucking our blood."

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Sri Aurobindo Philosopher, Poet, Politician
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"If a religion is not universal, it cannot be eternal. A narrow religion, a sectarian religion, an exclusive religion can live only for a limited time and a limited purpose."

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Pythagoras Philosopher, Mathematician
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"The experience of life in a finite, limited body is specifically for the purpose of discovering and manifesting supernatural existence."

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Graham Swift Author
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"All nature's creatures join to express nature's purpose. Somewhere in their mounting and mating, rutting and butting is the very secret of nature itself."

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Glenn Gould Pianist
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"The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity."

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Carl Jung Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst
Purpose

"When goals go, meaning goes. When meaning goes, purpose goes. When purpose goes, life goes dead on our hands."

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