Ralph Waldo Emerson Portrait

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well."

โ€” Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Purpose Of Life Is Not

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

โ€” Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Attributed, paraphrased from various essays

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