Taoist Thoughts

“Freedom is a natural resource made artificially scarce for the purpose of profit and control.”

“Not all things need to have meaning or purpose. Learn to accept things simply as they are. Nothing more. Nothing less.”

“@quantumrider53 I agree. Thus nothing has purpose beyond what we give it.”

“@quantumrider53 Though I do not live forever, I can still apply definition and purpose, which doesn't have to end when I do. :)”

“@quantumrider53 When I say point, I mean purpose. We give purpose to our lives. We don't come prepackaged with purpose.”

“@quantumrider53 In some ways I agree with Nihilism, I do not believe something has intrinsic meaning or purpose beyond what we give it.”

“The purpose of discipline is to improve someone, the purpose of punishment is to subjugate them.”

“There is no universal meaning for life. It's purpose is simply an adjective describing the intent of those experiencing it.”

“Meaning and purpose are not intrinsic properties but rather temporary tags.”

“I do not need to shine. I do not need to have purpose. I ride the waves of the sea. I am blown about carefree by the wind.”

“Meaning & purpose are traits that cannot be applied to anything. You can only feel things to be meaningful to yourself.”

“A leader does not promote their own agenda or plans. A leader's purpose is to find the harmony and follow it.”

“The purpose of a government is to protect the welfare of its people, not to satisfy their beliefs.”

“No event has inherent meaning. It's purpose and effect are determined by each person for themselves only.”

“Laziness is doing nothing without concern of outcome, inaction is doing nothing with purpose.”

“The purpose of life is experience. Allow yourself to cry when you're sad or dance when you're happy.”

“To move without purpose is the quickest way to get where you need to be.”

“Time cannot be wasted. For our purposes, it's infinite. Your opportunities to experience it, however, are not.”

“Never assign purpose to anything and nothing will be without purpose.”

“Accept things as they come, be they a boon or a setback and you will find there is no need to assign them purpose.”