Excellence Reporter: Prof. Pinker, what is the meaning of life? Steven Pinker: “The meaning of life is to perpetuate life, to increase knowledge, wisdom, and beauty, and to maximize the flourishing and minimize the suffering of sentient beings.” *** ~Steven Pinker is an experimental psychologist who conducts research […]
Excellence Reporter: Howard, what is the manning of life? Howard Bloom: The meaning of life is connection to others. Being loved and admired. But the meaning of life is something more. Feeling you are a part of something transcendent. Something higher than yourself. Something that will uplift others, even […]
Excellence Reporter: John, what is the meaning of life? John Renesch: Your query is compelling for no one has even asked me this question before. And it provokes some deeper thinking – always fun for me. Since meaning is so personal and subjective I cannot imagine a universal answer […]
Excellence Reporter: Corinne, what is the meaning of life? Corinne McLaughlin: “To me, the meaning of life is simple: To learn to be more loving, courageous and conscious so I can more effectively express my higher purpose and help create a better world.” *** ~Corinne McLaughlin, author and educatorwww.CorinneMcLaughlin.com Copyright […]
You were born a star child Born to Be, To be Wild, To be Free. Stars becoming the human cosmic obsession Suspicions arise in my head, wondering How they came to be our possessions. Are we the keeper of the stars? Are these the souls that are lost […]
Excellence Reporter: Hunt, what is the meaning of life? Hunt Henion: We traded in our God-given capacity for knowing for the ability to question and find out what’s real for ourselves. We each explore in our own way, and we each lose control in our own way, looking for the […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Luskin, what is the meaning go life? Fred Luskin: The meaning of life is to join with the intelligence that created us to nurture and heal its creation. To take Life’s experiences and become more kind, ethical, generous, and loving. To learn how each of […]
The best source for discovering our true purpose is the whisperings of our hearts. As I write, I wonder whether the purpose of my existence is to follow the mystery that awakens my heart, my senses and my soul to the discovery of who I truly am, who […]
And I would not disturb the meaning of life nor infiltrate the order in which for seeking out, that nothing existed before I were born. What from the past can such godly create? An awareness for all suffering would suffice, to say, kindly nature would turn to change us. Give to life what is rightly won, then take us, bring upon temptation like nature does in life, surviving on replenish, and should we suffice, […]
Loving and being loved, pursuit of truth, integrity, courage, the overcoming of obstacles, conscious self-creation, integration with a social network, all define the life of excellence. A human life is minimally meaningful if and only if it embodies enough freely chosen interests, projects, purposes, and commitments to engage […]
Excellence Reporter: Tor, what is the meaning of life? Tor Nørretranders: “The meaning of life is life.” *** ~Tor Nørretranders is a Danish author of popular science. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. His books and lectures have primarily been focused on light popular science and its role […]
Life’s a treasure that we should value Yes, it is precious, so real and true A time may come that you might feel blue It’s difficult to start life anew It is not a thing that can be sold It is more valuable than a gold There are […]
Excellence Reporter: Don Trent, what is the meaning of life? FOUR ARROWS: The Meaning of Life is first a Great Mystery. Once this is accepted and embraced wholeheartedly, it can become the foundation for an adventure in discovery and humility. All that is required is intentionally and intuitively realizing […]
What Life Means To Me I used to believe that life was just breathing But recently I learned a truer meaning There is so much more to life than just breath For you can have breath and still be right there with death Everything you do at living […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Tiller, what is the meaning of life? William A. Tiller: My working hypotheses regarding the meaning of life are: To grow in coherence, to develop our gifts of intentionality and thus become co-creators with our spiritual parents and As we learn in academic knowledge, in […]
The meaning of life is to love. There is no greater purpose, no greater meaning. Everything and anything. It doesn’t have to be solely people, it can range from a pet to something abstract and imaginary. Even if you don’t love life itself, through loving things/beings in your […]
“What is the meaning of life?” is a wonderful question because it has no final or fixed answer. Meaning is a purely mental or conceptual experience, and so it is always changing and evolving. This can mean that the question unfolds in new and ever-changing ways. It also […]
What is the meaning of life? I believe the answer is in the question The meaning of life is to have a meaning full life too much of life is spent preparing for tomorrow And regreting yesterday when I die I hope that my life will have shown […]
Excellence Reporter: Tom, what is the meaning of life? Tom Shroder: The meaning of life isn’t about happiness or accomplishment. It is about living it, being present in every moment. If you do that, you have some slight chance of coming to understand who you really are, and […]
Excellence Reporter: Leonard, what is the meaning of life? Leonard Koren: “What you ask would take me a lifetime to answer.” *** ~Leonard Koren is an American artist, aesthetics expert and writer.www.LeonardKoren.com Copyright 2015 © Excellence ReporterPhoto: Leonard Koren for Dazed&Confused
The meaning of life is to understand that no matter what you do, you are part of a glorious universal mind that is within every human being and within every life form. The world’s conflicts, great and small, are based on clashing beliefs about how the world should […]
Excellence Reporter: Guy, what is the meaning of life? Guy Kawasaki: “The meaning of life is raising happy and responsible kids.” *** ~Guy Kawasaki is a Silicon Valley marketing executive. He is the chief evangelist of Canva, an online, graphics-design service, trustee of the Wikimedia Foundation, and executive fellow at the Haas School […]
I believe the purpose of life is to be happy. I believe the best way to be happy is to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and to love others more than yourself. I believe family is most important. I believe we are all children of a God […]
Well in my opinion the meaning of life is to write one or two good poems and get as much bum as one can. I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works. The aim of life is self-development. To realize […]
“To live a meaningful life one must abandon private and petty interests and instead cultivate an interest in the eternal.” That Man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; that his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his […]
The greatest strength, grace and meaning of life radiates form faith. This is something which defies verification in terms of rational logical and expression: If you came this way, Taking any route, starting from anywhere, At any time or at any season, It would always be the same: […]
“I guess when I was around 12 or 15…I had an existential crisis, and I was reading various books on trying to figure out the meaning of life and what does it all mean? It all seemed quite meaningless and then we happened to have some books by Nietzsche […]
The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning. Children, of course, begin life with an untarnished sense of wonder, a capacity to experience total joy at something as simple as the greenness of a leaf; but as they grow older, the awareness of death […]
“How do you measure the success of your life? The reason I mention is because we have to aggregate, we have a sense of hierarchy, wealth and so on. The reason that I concluded that God does not employ accountants is that He has an infinite mind. What that […]
Life is what you make of it. You are dealt a pack of cards, your DNA is fixed by your mother and your father; you maybe siblings but you may get different parts and parcels of the DNA. Your job is to make the best of the cards […]
Be kind to everything and everyone, including oneself, all the time, with no exceptions. Revere all of life in all its expressions, no matter what, even if one does not understand it. Presume no actual reliable knowledge of anything at all. Ask God to reveal its meaning. Intend […]
There is a special kind of person in our world who finds himself alone and isolated, almost since birth. His solitary existence isn’t from a preference or an antisocial temperament – he is simply old. Old in heart, old in mind and old in soul, this person is an old […]
1- Dedication and passion. I am completely focused on my work and get up at four in the morning, for many hours painting in my studio, detail after detail, layer after layer, month after month—sometimes spending as much as four months on a single painting. 2- Uniqueness—whatever you create […]
Gina Mazza: There’s no mistake that we’re going through a collective recovery as a nation. In fact, Obama’s plan is called a Recovery Package. The last time the US went through a recession in the ’70s, our nation’s level of consciousness was below 200. So it makes sense that […]
Once upon a time, in an island there lived six feelings and emotions: Happiness, Knowledge, Love, Sadness, Richness and Vanity. One day they discovered that the island began sinking! So all of them built boats and canoes and left, one by one. Except for Love. Love wanted […]
“On the one hand, silence is like fertile soil, which, as it were, awaits our creative act, our seed,” Pärt says. “On the other hand, silence must be approached with a feeling of awe. And when we speak about silence, we must keep in mind that it has […]
“Let’s not pretend that things will change if we keep doing the same things. A crisis can be a real blessing to any person, to any nation. For all crises bring progress. Creativity is born from anguish, just like the day is born form the dark night. It’s […]
When a woman smiles, cherish her, be grateful and delight in the light of her eyes embosom her, for feeling happy and lucky. When a woman smiles, it means you caressed her soul, you made her fly through small gestures you reached into her soul When a woman […]
Highlighting Hoffman’s excellence from the April 2012 issue of Wired magazine This bright Saturday morning, Hoffman is talking about the meaning of life. “I don’t see it as happiness,” he says. “It’s nice to be happy. But the meaning of life is meaning — what’s the impact you’re having […]
We can be knowledgeable with other men’s knowledge, but we can’t be wise with other men’s wisdom ~Montaigne The Excellence Virtues; highlights from NYTimes.com, David Brooks First, there is love of learning. Some people are just more ardently curious than others, either by cultivation or by nature. Second, there is […]
The Garden Arch This painting was first begun with a stone wall. But one day I dreamt of an egret family at the end of a garden arch, and soon the vines replaced the wall. This became my quick impression of graceful birds, pure and affectionate. I thought […]
With so many scientific achievements we know so little of where we came from and where we are going. But we know even less of the most important discovery of all – Love. Only love can accept our differences as we journey through life. And only love can […]
Highlighting a few excellence values from the October 7, 2013 issue of Forbes, by Kerry A. Dolan FORBES: Warren, let’s start with you. How do the very affluent raise children to share their values? How did you do this in your family? You’ve successfully raised three children who are very […]
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