Section 9 : Ethical Outlook
Founding Address (1876), Life and Destiny (1913)
Context: There is a universal element in man which he can assert by so acting as if the purpose of the Universe were also his purpose. It is the function of the supreme ordeals of life to develop in men this power, to give to their life this distinction, this height of dignity, these vast horizons.
“You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.”
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
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Rick Warren 90
Christian religious leader 1954Related quotes
“The sole purpose of man on earth is to manifest his Creator. He has no other purpose.”
Source: A New Concept of the Universe (1953), p. 139
“We are born not with purpose, but with potential.”
Source: Parable of the Talents (1998), Chapter 1 (p. 1)
June 1987[citation needed]
Philosophy
“The creature has a purpose, and his eyes are bright with it.”
“Men were born to die! Life has only one purpose: to understand the sense of your own misery.”
Donna Giovanna, Act IV, scene iii.
Quoting Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Misc Quotes
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 17.
“A fanatic is a man who, when he's lost sight of his purpose, redoubles his effort.”
Source: Harvest of Stars