“Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?”
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Haruki Murakami 655
Japanese author, novelist 1949Related quotes

“You weren't put on earth to be remembered. You were put here to prepare for eternity.”
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here For?

The Analects, The Doctrine of the Mean
Context: It is only he who is possessed of the most complete sincerity that can exist under heaven, who can give its full development to his nature. Able to give its full development to his own nature, he can do the same to the nature of other men. Able to give its full development to the nature of other men, he can give their full development to the natures of animals and things. Able to give their full development to the natures of creatures and things, he can assist the transforming and nourishing powers of Heaven and Earth. Able to assist the transforming and nourishing powers of Heaven and Earth, he may with Heaven and Earth form a ternion.

“The sun gives spirit and life to plants and the earth nourishes them with moisture.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), VIII Botany for Painters and Elements of Landscape Painting

“Just as food (bhojan) nourishes the body, Bhajan (chanting the divine name) nourishes the mind.”
As quoted at Yoga Sangeeta Web site http://yogasangeeta.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=42&Itemid=266