I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.

Leo Rosten (via creatingaquietmind)

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4 months ago on January 14, 2012 at 03:00am
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    one can argue that to make use of oneself beyond selfish motives normally results in some form of happiness.
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    A good message heading into 2012.
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