Quotes about Purpose

When you find your purpose---and you will find your purpose---never let go. Peace is a product of both Patience and Persistence.

Was all this mess just part of God's master plan?

To find purpose in our problems, to see past the ugliness, rather than step back, we should get closer. Only then will we notice the beauty.

Life never stops, child. Even when it's noisy, unpleasant, painful, it's still the sound of duty, of love, of family, of laws older than time that help us to ultimately find contentment- to be happy. It's the sound of our universe. It's the sound of purpose.

A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.

A career, producing of children, are all maya [illusion] compared to that one thing, that your life is meaningful.

Man can live the most amazing things if they make sense to him. But the difficulty is to create that sense.

Magic is that paganistic reversal of the process of religion, in which man, instead of letting himself be used by God for the divine purpose, drags down his god to the level of a tool, which he uses for his own selfish purpose.

Despite all the opinions churchless (and churched) people offer about musical styles, architecture, sound systems, creativity, intellectualism, and the menu of programs provided by churches, none of these is the main attraction. These elements are nice sideshows, but people don't come to church for the carnival rides. They come to meet God. People complain about the uncomfortable seats and stale popcorn when center stage is empty of the main event.

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live.

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less to make it a good joke instead of a bad one?

This is the true joy in life -- being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one...