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Why does man need a meaning to life?


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We come from an inconceivable nothingness. We stay a while in something which seems equally inconceivable, only to vanish again into the inconceivable nothingness.

We come from an inconceivable nothingness. We stay a while in something which seems equally inconceivable, only to vanish again into the inconceivable nothingness.



Each new generation asks – What is the meaning of life? A more fertile way of putting the question would be – Why does man need a meaning to life?

Each new generation asks – What is the meaning of life? A more fertile way of putting the question would be – Why does man need a meaning to life?



To bear children into this world is like carrying wood to a burning house.

To bear children into this world is like carrying wood to a burning house.



The more a human being in his worldview approaches the goal, the hegemony of love in a moral universe, the more has he become slipshod in the light of intellectual honesty.

The more a human being in his worldview approaches the goal, the hegemony of love in a moral universe, the more has he become slipshod in the light of intellectual honesty.



As long as humankind recklessly proceeds in the fateful delusion of being biologically fated for triumph, nothing essential will change.

As long as humankind recklessly proceeds in the fateful delusion of being biologically fated for triumph, nothing essential will change.



Know yourselves- be infertile and let the earth be silent after ye.

Know yourselves- be infertile and let the earth be silent after ye.



If one regards life and death as natural processes, the metaphysical dread vanishes, and one obtains peace of mind.

If one regards life and death as natural processes, the metaphysical dread vanishes, and one obtains peace of mind.



For me, a desert island is no tragedy, neither is a deserted planet.

For me, a desert island is no tragedy, neither is a deserted planet.



A coin is turned around before it is handed to the beggar, yet a child is unflinchingly tossed into cosmic bruteness.

A coin is turned around before it is handed to the beggar, yet a child is unflinchingly tossed into cosmic bruteness.



The seed of a metaphysical or religious defeat is in us all. For the honest questioner, however, who doesn't seek refuge in some faith or fantasy, there will never be an answer.

The seed of a metaphysical or religious defeat is in us all. For the honest questioner, however, who doesn't seek refuge in some faith or fantasy, there will never be an answer.





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The future of the world depends on the full restoration of the Sacred Feminine in all its tenderness, passion, divine ferocity, and surrendered persistence.

The future of the world depends on the full restoration of the Sacred Feminine in all its tenderness, passion, divine ferocity, and surrendered persistence.



If mankind were to continue in other than the present barbarism, a new path must be found, a new civilization based on some other method than technology

If mankind were to continue in other than the present barbarism, a new path must be found, a new civilization based on some other method than technology



To revolutionaries the significant reality is the world which they are fighting to bring about, not the world they are fighting to overcome.

To revolutionaries the significant reality is the world which they are fighting to bring about, not the world they are fighting to overcome.



The girl who chooses to be modest, chooses to be respected.

The girl who chooses to be modest, chooses to be respected.



If you aren't overly effusive or really nicey-nice with the press, you get a reputation for being outspoken or difficult.

If you aren't overly effusive or really nicey-nice with the press, you get a reputation for being outspoken or difficult.



It's definitely an influence, I mean how can you not say you are influenced to play rock.

It's definitely an influence, I mean how can you not say you are influenced to play rock.



Paying isn’t wrong, and being paid isn’t wrong. Trampling other people’s freedom and community is wrong, so the free software movement aims to put an end to it, at least in the area of software.

Paying isn’t wrong, and being paid isn’t wrong. Trampling other people’s freedom and community is wrong, so the free software movement aims to put an end to it, at least in the area of software.



I have a lot of frustration with religion, organized religion, because it's man-made, because it's man-regulated. And it has nothing to do with my relationship with God.

I have a lot of frustration with religion, organized religion, because it's man-made, because it's man-regulated. And it has nothing to do with my relationship with God.




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