The purpose of life is not to be happy.

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	"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." - -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Subject: Life

Top 5 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense."
"Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art."
"He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life."
"Give all to love; obey thy heart."
"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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