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Meaninglessness, Futility of Life
Shakespeare, Macbeth V., v., 17
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Meaninglessness, Futility of Life
Shakespeare, Macbeth V., v., 17
Quotes
- Cartoonist Ralph Barton, although successful and in demand, took his own life, leaving a note nearby that included these words, "I am fed up with inventing devices to fill up twenty-four hours of the day." - Charles Swindoll, Living Above the Level of Mediocrity, p. 179.
- To give life meaning, one must have a purpose larger than one's self. - Will Durant
- If this century is remembered for anything, it will perhaps be for the speed with which we embrace things and then let them go. - David Konigsberg in Us
- The central neurosis of our time is emptiness - Carl Jung
- Clinics are crowded with people suffering from a new kind of neurosis, a sense of total and ultimate meaninglessness of life - Viktor Frankl
- To give life meaning, one must have a purpose larger than one's self. - Will Durant
Tomorrow, and tomorrow and tomorrow Out, Out, brief candlecreeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death.
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
and then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot. Full of sound and fury
