1000+ Interviews on The Meaning of Life

Between 2015 and 2020, I asked more than a thousand remarkable individuals from around the world one question:

What is the meaning of life?

The answers came from spiritual teachers, philosophers, psychologists, scientists, writers, artists, musicians, monks, yogis, educators, entrepreneurs, elders, and people from many different cultures and walks of life.

Together, these conversations have grown into an extraordinary archive of more than 1,200 interviews and reflections on one of humanity’s oldest and most enduring questions.

There is no single answer here. Instead, there are more than a thousand voices—sometimes agreeing, sometimes contradicting one another, and often approaching life from entirely different directions.

Welcome to the Thesaurus of Life.

Browse the contributors alphabetically below, or explore the categories to discover different perspectives on what makes a human life meaningful.

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