Meaningfulness Quotes
More Meaningfulness Quotes
I believe that I am not responsible for the meaningfulness or meaninglessness of life, but that I am responsible for what I do with the life I've got.
— Hermann Hesse, in Verliebt in die verrückte Welt: Betrachtungen, Gedichte, Erzählungen, Briefe
Monotheistic religions in the West have tended to conflate having a general orientation in life, having a specific theory of the world, having a sense of the positive meaningfulness of one’s existence, and having a fixed set of rules for behavior, but these elements are in principle separable. ... The “metaphysical need,” ... both Marx and Nietzsche held, is a historical phenomenon that arises under determinate circumstances, and could be expected to disappear under other circumstances that we could relatively easily envisage.
raymond geuss— pp. 41-42 (Philosophy and Real Politics (2008))
I believe that I am not responsible for the meaningfulness or meaninglessness of life, but that I am responsible for what I do with the life I've got.
— Hermann Hesse, in Verliebt in die verrückte Welt: Betrachtungen, Gedichte, Erzählungen, Briefe
The higher standard of living, the more consideration we give to the fun we derive from what we do and its meaningfulness.
— Ackoff (1994, p.71) cited in: James P. Lewis (2002) Working Together: 12 Principles for Achieving Excellence. p.35
