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5. “Forgive me, father, I am not certain what my own wishes are. I shall always take pleasure in study, how could it be otherwise? But I do not believe that my life will be limited to study. A man's wishes may not always determine his destiny, his mission; perhaps there are other predetermining factors.”
Hermann Hesse
Wishes, Destiny, Study, Personal Uncertainty, Life’s Purpose, Fatalistic Perspective
8. “All visible objects, man, are but as pasteboard masks. But in each event – in the living act, the undoubted deed – there, some unknown but still reasoning thing puts forth the mouldings of its features from behind the unreasoning mask.” Herman Melville Appearance Vs Reality, Life’s Purpose, Human Nature, Unknown Forces, Events And Deeds, Philosophy
17. “You really can’t follow a guru. You can’t ask somebody to give The Reason, but you can find one for yourself; you decide what the meaning of your life is to be. People talk about the meaning of life; there is no meaning of life – there are lots of meanings of different lives, and you must decide what you want your own to be.” Joseph Campbell Self-discovery, Individual Meaning, Life’s Purpose, Guru, Personal Path, Meaning-making
24. “What goes on in your innermost being is worth all your love, this is what you must work on however you can and not waste too much time and too much energy on clarifying your attitude to other people.” Rainer Maria Rilke Inner Work, Self-Discovery, Personal Growth, Emotional Clarity, Life’s Purpose, Self-Love
25. “I think that where you go wrong is that you imagine that your reasons for living ought to fall on you, ready-made from heaven, whereas we have to find them for ourselves.” Simone de Beauvoir Existential Questions, Life’s Purpose, Personal Discovery, Philosophical Beliefs, Individual Journey, Meaning Of Life
26. “The individuals who seem to us most outstanding, who are honored with the name of genius, are those who have proposed to enact the fate of all humanity in their personal existences.” Simone de Beauvoir Genius And Humanity, Personal Fate, Creative Influence, Life’s Purpose, Intellectual Struggles, Existential Reflection
Life’s Purpose Quotes by Famous Authors
5. “Forgive me, father, I am not certain what my own wishes are. I shall always take pleasure in study, how could it be otherwise? But I do not believe that my life will be limited to study. A man's wishes may not always determine his destiny, his mission; perhaps there are other predetermining factors.”
Hermann Hesse Wishes, Destiny, Study, Personal Uncertainty, Life’s Purpose, Fatalistic Perspective
8. “All visible objects, man, are but as pasteboard masks. But in each event – in the living act, the undoubted deed – there, some unknown but still reasoning thing puts forth the mouldings of its features from behind the unreasoning mask.”
Herman Melville Appearance Vs Reality, Life’s Purpose, Human Nature, Unknown Forces, Events And Deeds, Philosophy
17. “You really can’t follow a guru. You can’t ask somebody to give The Reason, but you can find one for yourself; you decide what the meaning of your life is to be. People talk about the meaning of life; there is no meaning of life – there are lots of meanings of different lives, and you must decide what you want your own to be.”
Joseph Campbell Self-discovery, Individual Meaning, Life’s Purpose, Guru, Personal Path, Meaning-making
24. “What goes on in your innermost being is worth all your love, this is what you must work on however you can and not waste too much time and too much energy on clarifying your attitude to other people.”
Rainer Maria Rilke Inner Work, Self-Discovery, Personal Growth, Emotional Clarity, Life’s Purpose, Self-Love
25. “I think that where you go wrong is that you imagine that your reasons for living ought to fall on you, ready-made from heaven, whereas we have to find them for ourselves.”
Simone de Beauvoir Existential Questions, Life’s Purpose, Personal Discovery, Philosophical Beliefs, Individual Journey, Meaning Of Life
26. “The individuals who seem to us most outstanding, who are honored with the name of genius, are those who have proposed to enact the fate of all humanity in their personal existences.”
Simone de Beauvoir Genius And Humanity, Personal Fate, Creative Influence, Life’s Purpose, Intellectual Struggles, Existential Reflection
