“Life is full of meaning when enhanced by goodness and beauty.”

Che talor cresce una beltà un bel manto.
Canto XXVIII, stanza 12 (tr. B. Reynolds)
Orlando Furioso (1532)

Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 98

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

Source: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

Source: Drenai series, Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde, Ch. 18

Playboy interview (1996)
Context: If NASA's budgeters could be convinced that there are riches on Mars, we would explode overnight to stand on the rim of the Martian abyss. We need space for reasons we have not as yet discovered, and I don't mean Tupperware. … NASA feels it has to justify everything it does in practical terms.
And Tupperware was one of the many practical products that came out of space travel. NASA feels it has got to flimflam you to get you to spend money on space. That's B. S. We don't need that. Space travel is life-enhancing, and anything that's life-enhancing is worth doing. It makes you want to live forever.

[11 February 2011, http://www.facebook.com/KambriCrews/posts/162460473805347, Kambri Crews Fan Page]

Kulturphilosophie (1923), Vol. 2 : Civilization and Ethics