“When I talk of the purpose of life, I am thinking not only of human life, but of all life on Earth and of the life which must exist upon other planets throughout the universe.” ThinkingHumansEarthPurposeUniversePlanetsHuman LifePurpose Of Life Author:Clifford D. Simak
“I believe that the astonishingly consistent and nuanced reality of the planetary correlations with the archetypal dynamics of human life is one of the most compelling intimations we have that we live in a meaning-laden and purposeful universe.” BelieveHumansRealityLife IsUniverseI BelieveHuman LifeConsistentCompellingDynamicsCorrelation Author:Richard Tarnas
“Judaism calls for us to honor the rhythm of human life, the demands of the human community around us, the call of the divine order as the filter and scale for the decisions that drive our own small lives. We do not rule the universe, Judaism reminds us. God does. We are not its standard or its norms. We are only its keepers, its agents, its stewards. To do right by the universe at large is the measure of a happiness framed with the entire cosmos in mind but lived in microcosms across time.” MindHumansDoeOrderUniverseCommunityDecisionDivineHonorDemandStandardsEnvironmentalScalesRhythmAgentsHuman LifeCosmosNormJudaismStewardshipFiltersKeepersFramedStewardsMicrocosmDivine OrderSmall Life Author:Joan D. Chittister
“He will see himself and life and the world as truly as our human limitations will permit; realizing the brevity and minuteness of human life, he will realize also that in individual minds is concentrated whatever of value the known universe contains.” WorldMindHumansValuesUniverseIndividualRealizingKnownLimitationHuman LifePermitBrevityVicissitudes Book:The Conquest of Happiness Source: The Conquest of Happiness
“The formation of the life of a person in the womb is the work of God, and it is not merely a mechanical process but a work on the analogy of weaving or knitting: "Thou didst knit me together in my mother's womb" (psalm 139:13). The life of the unborn is the knitting of God, and what He is knitting is a human being in His own image, unlike any other creature in the universe... The destruction of conceived human life - whether embryonic, fetal, or viable - is an assault on the unique person-forming work of God.” HumansPersonsTogetherMotherUniverseProcessHuman BeingsCreaturesUniqueDestructionHuman LifeAbortionAssaultWombFormationUnbornAnalogiesPsalmsKnittingWeaving Author:John Piper