We make our purpose.

Whether in the intellectual pursuits of science or in the mystical pursuits of the spirit, the light beckons ahead, and the purpose surging in our nature responds.

It is in changing that we find purpose.

Who is more responsible than a gull who finds and
follows a meaning, a higher purpose for life? For a thousand
years we have scrabbled after fish heads, but now we have a
reason to live — to learn, to discover, to be free!

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.

There is clearly a sacred dimension to our existence, and coming to terms with it could well be the highest purpose of human life.

Life is greater if you live with purpose.
When you find a meaningful reason for doing what you do, you’ll feel complete.

Define their worth based on God’s purpose, rather than society’s roles. Learn God’s vision for their lives. Continue to live in the truth of who they were created to be.

finding God or a higher power reminds us that we are not the center of the universe. There is much we don’t understand about human existence, and there is order and purpose to it anyway. It helps us feel that our suffering is not random or meaningless.” Yet

The purpose of life, as far as I can tell… is to find a mode of being that’s so meaningful that the fact that life is suffering is no longer relevant.

… The most worthy calling in life is that in which man can serve best his fellow man. … The noblest aim in life is to strive to live to make other lives better and happier.

True happines is not attained through self gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose

So the key is “enlightened self-interest,” which means in order to have what I want to achieve in the fullness of my life, I must find ways to serve.

We learn, too, that being another’s servant is not humiliating, quite the opposite, for it sets us free from the wearying responsibility of continuously catering to our own twisted, insatiable natures. We learn the relief and privilege of being granted something more important to live for than ourselves.