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

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

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The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. – Thomas Carlyle

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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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Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it. – Buddha

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I am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder — waif, a nothing, a no man. Have a purpose in life, and, having it, throw such strength of mind and muscle into your work as God has given you. – Thomas Carlyle

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