“Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.”
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Viktor E. Frankl64
Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist, and Holocaust surviv… 1905–1997Related quotes
“The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable.”
Joseph Roux (1834–1905) French poet
Part 5, XXXVII
Meditations of a Parish Priest (1866)
Rick Warren (1954) Christian religious leader
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? (2002), Ch. 2 : I'm Not an Accident
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
Mircea Eliade (1907–1986) Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer and philosopher
Attributed in The Little Book of Romanian Wisdom (2011) edited by Diana Doroftei and Matthew Cross.
“With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.”
Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English playwright and poet
Not by Shakespeare, but from Finding Your Strength in Difficult Times: A Book of Meditations, a 1993 self-help book by David S. Viscott.
Misattributed
Source: http://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/06/16/purpose-gift/