“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.”
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“It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.”
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“All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
Noor’s 2025 Year in Books
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