Each suburban wife struggles with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffeured Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night- she was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question-- 'Is this all?
Betty FriedanStichwörter: inspirational purpose marriage feminism housekeeping existentialism parenting
There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose.
Charles DickensStichwörter: purpose mind marriage matches unhappiness matrimony disparity suitability
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Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it
Gautama BuddhaStichwörter: purpose work mission
The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are going.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.Stichwörter: purpose
Here is a test to find out whether your mission in life is complete. If you’re alive, it isn’t.
Lauren BacallStichwörter: life purpose living
Awareness is the power that is concealed within the present moment. … The ultimate purpose of human existence, which is to say, your purpose, is to bring that power into this world.
Eckhart TolleStichwörter: purpose purpose-of-life reason-for-being why-we-are-here why-we-live
The purpose of life is not to be happy—but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all.
Leo RostenStichwörter: inspirational truth purpose
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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
Henry David ThoreauStichwörter: inspirational purpose industriousness
Garion,' she said very calmly, 'the universe knew your name before that moon up there was spun out of the emptiness. Whole constellations have been waiting for you since the beginning of time.'
I didn't want them to, Aunt Pol.'
There are those of us who aren't given that option, Garion. There are things that gave to be done and certain people who have to do them. It's as simple as that.'
He smiled rather sadly at her flawless face and gently touched the snowy white lock at her brow. Then, for the last time in his life, he asked the question that had been on his lips since he was a tiny boy. 'Why me, Aunt Pol? Why me?'
Can you possibly think of anyone else you'd trust to deal with these matters, Garion?'
He had not really been prepared for that question. It came at him in stark simplicity. Now at last he fully understood. 'No,' he sighed, 'I suppose not. Somehow it seems a little unfair, though. I wasn't even consulted.'
Neither was I, Garion,' she answered. 'But we didn't have to be consulted, did we? The knowledge of what we have to do is born into us.
Stichwörter: purpose fantasy destiny
A Man Said to the Universe
A man said to the universe:
“Sir, I exist!”
“However,” replied the universe,
“The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation.
Stichwörter: existence poetry purpose universe meaning
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