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The man who is happy is fulfilling the purpose of existence. - Fyo

The man who is happy is fulfilling the purpose of existence. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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Cynicism
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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Self-Respect
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The purpose of man is in action not thought. – Thomas Carlyle

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The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I dont mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is something bigger. It is the picture you have of yourself-the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead. – Ken Blanchard

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I love the valiant; but it is not enough to wield a broadsword, one must also know against whom. – Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra

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[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 [see Dostoyevsky]
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