“She hadn’t understood loss until it had laid her to waste, and she feared what would become of her when she was again without purpose, left to the mercy of her own grief.” PurposeSufferingGriefGrief And LossStages Of GriefMid Life CrisisCharacter StudyLack Of Purpose Book:The Paragon Source: The Paragon
“Fleeing from isolation, lack of purpose, and loss of identity, the people flock toward all offerings that give the illusion of purpose and community, regardless of how moronic they may be. And that's what nationalism has in common with fundamentalism. They are both moronic offerings that give the illusion of community. I say illusion, because this community isn't real; these ideologies aren't about equitable participation, but on the contrary about the unveiling and fortification of social injustices.” PurposeCommunityIsolationNationalismFundamentalismIdeologiesLoss Of IdentityInjusticesLack Of Purpose Book:QualityLand Source: QualityLand
“Superficiality is a mentality. Those who love for superficial reasons will also hate for superficial reasons; those who vote for one candidate for superficial reasons will also dislike the other for superficial reasons; those who live for superficial reasons are more susceptible to burying themselves deeply in an existential debt, and then it comes: regret when on the bed of death.” VotingMentalityExistentialSearch For MeaningSuperficialityMeaninglessnessSuperficial CultureGo DeeperLack Of PurposeFind A Purpose Author:Criss Jami
“We are entering a period of intense cadaverousness and our imaginations are simply not up to it. Here too we must choose and make our own personal obituaries. Is this a foretaste of the end of the century? Everything today - the launching of a newspaper, a ship, a commercially ruinous aircraft, a road network, a new missile or a cultural programme - is justified in the last instance by the fact that it creates jobs. This argument, which is itself devoid of meaning, is our alibi, our last rites, our Extreme Unction.” 20th CenturyLack Of PurposeTrabalhismoLack Of Imagination Book:Cool memories Source: Cool memories