The single most important human insight to be gained from this way of comparing societies is perhaps the realization that everything could have been different in our own society – that the way we live is only one among innumerable ways of life which humans have adopted. If we glance sideways and backwards, we will quickly discover that modern society, with its many possibilities and seducing offers, its dizzying complexity and its impressive technological advances, is a way of life which has not been tried out for long. Perhaps, psychologically speaking, we have just left the cave: in terms of the history of our species, we have but spent a moment in modern societies. (..) Anthropology may not provide the answer to the question of the meaning of life, but at least it can tell us that there are many ways in which to make a life meaningful.
Thomas Hylland EriksenTags: meaning-of-life culture anthropology philosophy-of-life meaningful-life
With nothing meaningful in life, nothing is interesting. Enter boredom. A bored man even longs for longing. He has time to fill, but there is nothing compelling to do.
Daniel KleinTags: meaningful-life
For a scientist, this is a good way to live and die, maybe the ideal way for any of us - excitedly finding we were wrong and excitedly waiting for tomorrow to come so we can start over.
Norman MacleanTags: scientists being-wrong philosophy-of-life meaningful-life scientific-ethic
Sharing your life with someone will have much more meaning coming from a place of independence rather than co-dependence.
Gary HopkinsTags: happiness contentment meaning independence common-sense divine higher-power co-dependence meaningful-life energy-medicine
To give advice to a man who asks what to do with his life implies something very close to egomania. To presume to point a man to the right and ultimate goal — to point with a trembling finger in the RIGHT direction is something only a fool would take upon himself.
Hunter S. ThompsonTags: advice letters-of-note meaningful-life
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