What is the meaning of life? Please answer in great detail, explaining your reasoning for each step. 10 points to the longest and most thoughtful answer.
2006-11-29 12:31:09 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
A multi-faceted concept. Life may refer to the ongoing process of which living things are a part; the period between the birth (or a point at which the entity can be considered to be living) and death of an organism; the condition of an entity that has been born (or reached the point in its existence at which it can be established to be alive) and has yet to die; and that which makes a living thing alive.
2006-11-29 12:33:46 · answer #1 · answered by Kethya Chin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway. - Anonymous
Life is like a taxi. The meter just keeps a-ticking whether you are getting somewhere or just standing still. - Lou Erickso
Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us. - Thomas L. Holdcroft
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. - Winston Churchill
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. - Gandhi
Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies. - Ann Landers
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. - Buddha
Life is like riding a bicycle. You don't fall off unless you plan to stop peddling. - Claude Pepper
For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin--real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. - Alfred D. Souza
In the book of life every page has two sides: we human beings fill the upper side with our plans, hopes and wishes, but providence writes on the other side, and what it ordains is seldom our goal. - Nisami
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. - Buddha
It is not length of life, but depth of life. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the game of life it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season. - Bill Baughan
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it. - Anonymous
Expecting life to treat you well because you are a good person is like expecting an angry bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian. - Shari R. Barr
All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it. - Samuel Butler
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. - Josh Billings
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up. - Albert Schweitzer
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. - Anonymous
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can. - Danny Kaye
And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. - Abraham Lincoln
Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever... - Isak Dinesen
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein
Attack life, it's going to kill you anyway. - Steven Coallier
Life isn't worth living unless you're willing to take some big chances and go for broke. - Eliot Wiggington
Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting. - Karl Wallenda
On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him. - Buddha
In between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed. - Sid Caesar
...and that's life
2006-11-29 20:53:13 · answer #2 · answered by kaymay09 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Meaning of life?
To contribute to the greater good of all mankind
To worship the creator, and be about His business (I am a committed Christian)
To show oneself virtuous and noble (also humanistic values)
To die well
To obey the constraints of society (so that you do not get put in jail!)
Friends don't let friends drive home drunk
Anything else? Emmmmm, eat chocolate sometimes.
2006-11-29 20:36:06 · answer #3 · answered by thisbrit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋