"all the categories which we employ to describe conscious mental acts, such as ideas, purposes, resolutions, and so on, can be applied tothese latent states."
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"I have finally figured out that the purpose of life is to enjoy it."
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"The very purpose for being in this body, for every one of us, is to live and rejoice in that virgin area, that untouched, pure and ever green,blissful area of our Self"
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"The purpose of laughter is to bring one to silence, and the purpose of silence is to bring one to laughter."
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"When you make Service your sole purpose in life, it eliminates fear, focuses your mind and gives you meaning."
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"All metallics are neutrals. So it is absolutely fine to mix gold and silver; you just want it to look like it has purpose."
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"An empowering mission statement has to become a living document, part of our very nature, so that the criteria we've put into it are also in us, in the way we live our lives day by day."
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"The purpose of fear is to determine how badly you want your dream."
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"What meaning have you found? What truth do you claim? For what purpose are you living? Life itself raises these questions. How can anyone help asking 'what' and 'why' when surrounded by an infinite sky?"
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"Living is having and following a purpose. That's all. That's the formula of life-have and follow a purpose. That's it. If you do it, you're living and if you don't do it, you're not living. And that's all there is to it. I've now given you the basic fundamental of existence and that really is it."
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"If you have grasped the purpose of life there is no point in trying to make life into something it is not or cannot be."
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"All you need to find and accomplish God's purpose in your life is God's permission and approval--not anyone else's. When you get in step with Him, there will be a glow on your face that will make people wonder what you're up to."
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"I pray to be used in service to a greater purpose higher than my own"
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"If things go wrong and you hit a dead end-as you will-it's just life's way of saying it's time to change course"
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"Just as nature takes every obstacle, every impediment, and works around it--turns it to its purposes, incorporates it into itself, so, too, a rational being can turn each setback into raw material and use it to achieve its goal."
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"The very nature and purposes of Government make it impossible for administrative officials to represent fully or to bind the employer in mutual discussions with Government employee organizations."
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"Everyone has a covenant and a purpose which is special, and if you do not fulfill it, - there is no one else who will."
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"The United States is my subject, but as Hawthorne once wrote, "the United States are suited for many admirable purposes, but not to live in.""
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"When we consider that labor is the producer of all wealth, is it not evident that the impoverishment and, dependence of labor are abnormal conditions resulting from restrictions and usurpations, and that instead of accepting protection, what labor should demand is freedom. That those who advocate any extension of freedom choose to go no further than suits their own special purpose is no reason why freedom itself should be distrusted."
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"Though conscious of the difficulty of learning without a teacher, I set out with high hope, and a fixed purpose, at whatever cost of trouble, to learn how to read."
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