“Make your life a story worth telling. You only get one shot at this existence, and one day when you’re gone the most important thing you’ll leave behind is the legacy of the life you lived. Make sure you make it a story you’re proud to have others tell.” ImportantStoriesBehindsExistenceGoneProudOne DayShotsImportant ThingsLegacy Author:Adam Braun
“Year-end financial statements express a truth about office life which is no less irrefutable yet also, in the end, no less irrelevant or irritating than an evolutionary biologist's proud reminder that the purpose of existence lies in the propagation of our genes.” YearsEndsLyingPurposeExistenceProudOfficeFinancialStatementsGenesIrrelevantRemindersIrritatingBiologistPropagationYear EndFinancial Statements Author:Alain de Botton
“It seems that it is impossible to live without discovering the purpose of your life. And the first thing which a person should do is to understand the meaning of life. But the majority of people who consider themselves to be educated are proud that they have reached such great height that they cease to care about the meaning of existence.” PeopleShouldFirstsPersonsSeemsCarePurposeExistenceImpossibleProudMajorityCeaseEducatedHeightMeaning Of LifeDiscoveringGreat Heights Author:Leo Tolstoy
“An industrious farmer occupies a more dignified place in the scale of beings...than a lazy lounger...too proud to work, and drawing out a miserable existence by eating on that surplus of other men's labor.” MenExistenceProudEatingLaborDrawingScalesMiserableLazyFarmersSurplusIndustrious Author:Thomas Jefferson