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"You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life."
— Albert Camus

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"The purpose of life is to stay alive. Watch any animal in nature--all it tries to do is stay alive. It doesn't care about beliefs or philosophy. Whenever any animal's behavior puts it out of touch with the realities of its existence, it becomes exinct."
— Michael Crichton (Congo)

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"Life is meaningless, when we take a life we take nothing of value."
— Brent Weeks (Night Angel: A Trilogy)

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"He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? But to act justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God."
— Micah 6:8

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"Human beings are so destructive. I sometimes think we're a kind of plague, that will scrub the earth clean. We destroy things so well that I sometimes think, maybe that's our function. Maybe every few eons, some animal comes along that kills off the rest of the world, clears the decks, and lets evolution proceed to its next phase."
— Michael Crichton (The Lost World)

tags: evolution, meaning-of-life, purpose-of-life

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"Many find in sex and economics the meaning of life and the reason of it all. The consequence of this is that the goal of life for many has become a relief of tension."
— Sachindra Kumar Majumdar

tags: economics, goal-of-life, meaning-of-life, sex, tension

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