Sublime

metempsychosis,

People live by love: love of yourself is the beginning of death; love of other people and of God is the beginning of life.

Au sommet de sa gloire, de son influence et de sa créativité, l’immense Léon Tolstoï s’interrogeait lui aussi sur la valeur de l’existence humaine111. Il raisonnait ainsi : « Ma position était affreuse. Je savais que je ne trouverais rien sur le chemin de la science raisonnée, excepté la négation de la vie ; rien non plus dans la croyance, excepté

The purpose of a human life is to bring the irrational beginning of our life to a rational beginning. In order to succeed in this, two things are important: (1) to see all irrational, unwise things in life and direct your attention to them and study them; (2) to understand the possibility of a rational, wise life. The major purpose of all teachers

'Fortune turns like a wheel. One man it lifts, another it sets down! Does not the old man grieve over all he has lost?' 'Who can tell. He lives quietly and peacefully, and works well.'

Just imagine that the purpose of your life is your happiness only—then life becomes a cruel and senseless thing. You have to embrace what the wisdom of humanity, your intellect, and your heart tell you: that the meaning of life is to serve the force that sent you into the world. Then life becomes a constant joy.