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The man who is happy is fulfilling the purpose of existence -- Fyodor Dostoevsky
The purpose of existence is to exist. It is too fantastic to have a meaning. -- Jaggi Vasudev
The whole purpose of existence is to bring love into existence where it is needed. -- Barry Long
Multiply your potentials with your plans and it will be equal to your purpose of existence. Your potentials are your seeds of greatness. -- Israelmore Ayivor
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us. -- Quentin Crisp
[M]an is fulfilling the purpose of existence who no longer needs to have any purpose except to live. That is to say, who is content. -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence. Civilization is the subordination of the latter to the former. -- Karl Kraus
We live that our souls may grow. The development of the soul is the purpose of existence. God Almighty is trying to obtain some decent association for Himself. -- John G. Lake
...the best way to know the Truth or Beauty is to try to express it. And what is the purpose of existence Here or Yonder but to discover truth and beauty and express it, i.e., share it with others? -- Brenda Ueland
Year-end financial statements ... express a truth about office life which is no less irrefutable yet also, in the end, no less irrelevant or irritating than an evolutionary biologist's proud reminder that the purpose of existence lies in the propagation of our genes. -- Alain de Botton
The entire purpose of our existence is to overcome our negative habits. -- Vilna Gaon
The purpose of this study is to offer a logical, practical, pragmatic proof of the existence of God from a purely scientific perspective. -- John Clayton
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. -- Carl Jung
The Lord's authorized servants repeatedly teach that one of the principal purposes of our mortal existence is to be spiritually changed and transformed through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. -- David A. Bednar
But let me tell you what happens when regulations go too far, when they seem to exist only for the purpose of justifying the existence of a regulator. It kills the people trying to start a business. -- Marco Rubio
There are two ways of approaching your time on this planet: one is to sit around waiting for something to happen that will make sense of your existence, and the other is to get out there and find purpose for yourself. -- Mariella Frostrup
I think of myself as being a relatively intelligent man who is open to a lot of different things and I think that questioning our purpose in life and the meaning of existence is something that we all go through at some point. -- Laurence Fishburne
The power of procreation is spiritually significant. Misuse of this power subverts the purposes of the Father's plan and of our mortal existence. Our Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son are creators and have entrusted each of us with a portion of Their creative power. -- David A. Bednar
I found the purpose of my existence, and also the purpose of my circumstance. There's a purpose for why you're in the fire. If God can use a man without arms and legs to be His hands and feet, then He will certainly use any willing heart! -- Nick Vujicic
Personally, I do not know whether humankind is alone in this vast universe. But I do know that we should cherish our existence on this precious speck of matter... the greatest gift that could be bestowed upon us. For all practical purposes, there is only one planet Earth. -- Ban Ki-moon
We are biological creatures. We are born, we live, we die. There is no transcendent purpose to existence. At best we are creatures of reason, and by using reason we can cure ourselves of emotional excess. Purged of both hope and fear, we find courage in the face of helplessness, insignificance and uncertainty. -- Jonathan Sacks
Once something has outlived its usefulness in one area of life, its purpose for being in existence is no longer the same. The leaf that captures a stream of sunlight, and then transfers its energy to the tree, serves one purpose in the spring and summer, and another completely different one through the fall and winter. -- Guy Finley
Pleasure is not the purpose of man's existence. Joy is. -- David O. McKay
I don't think anyone really knows the purpose of their existence. -- Oliver Sykes
All created forms are fractal, as is their purpose, use, and allotted time for existence. -- Guy Finley
Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence. -- Ronald Reagan
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence. -- Aristotle
Somewhere I heard a victorious "Yes" in answer to my question of the existence of ultimate purpose. -- Viktor E. Frankl
Truth exists. The sole purpose of this proposition is to assert the existence of truth against imbeciles and sceptics. -- Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
The experience of life in a finite, limited body is specifically for the purpose of discovering and manifesting supernatural existence. -- Pythagoras
In a free enterprise, the community is not just another stakeholder, but is in fact the very purpose of its existence, -- Jamsetji Tata
The day you find out the purpose of your existence, is the day you get to know the value of your being. -- Mehek Bassi
The apparatus defeats its own purpose if its purpose is to create a humane existence on the basis of a humanized nature. -- Herbert Marcuse
The nuclear arms race has no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our perils. -- Lord Mountbatten
I found the purpose of my existence, and also the purpose of my circumstance. There's a purpose for why you're in the fire. -- Nick Vujicic
It's not my responsibility to be beautiful. I'm not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me. -- Warsan Shire
Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose. -- William Cowper
Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is willing to stake its very existence to the extent of its purpose. -- Benjamin Disraeli
It is never until one realizes that one means something to others that one feels there is any point or purpose in one's own existence. -- Stefan Zweig
The purpose of architecture is to shelter and enhance manâ??s life on earth and to fulfill his belief in the nobility of his existence, -- Eero Saarinen
Everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease and herb to cure it, and every person a mission. This is the Indian theory of existence. -- Mourning Dove
The purpose of the poetry is not to dazzle us with an astonishing thought, but to make one moment of existence unforgettable and worthy of unbearable nostalgia. -- Milan Kundera
Tribulations often enrich, refine, and guide us to a deeper understanding of the purpose of our existence here in mortality and of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. -- Jose A. Teixeira
Man's pursuit of physical desires and earthly possessions is an indication of his lack of conviction that the purpose of his existence is the attainment of spirituality. -- Abraham J. Twerski
You are the reality.The sense of of worship, love, devotion and loyalty.You are the purpose of life and existence. That is why I am still alive. -- M.F. Moonzajer
Education is the sum total of one's experience, and the purpose of higher education is to widen our experiences beyond the circumscribed existence or our own daily lives. -- Mortimer Adler
And I still don't understand the purpose of a wedding. What could possibly induce two free beings to partner only with each other for the rest of their existence? -- Helene Wecker
It is not enough to invent new machines, new regulations, or new institutions. We must understand differently and more perfectly the true purpose of our existence on this earth. -- Vaclav Havel

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