MEANING

“The meaning of our existence is that Life asks us a question, or inversely, that we are ourselves a question asked to the world, and I have to give my answer”
C.G. Jung

BELONGING

“She said it must be her own fault that she could see no face, hear no voice, which could make her happy at the idea of being here”
Doris Lessing, from her novel Martha Quest

COPING

“One who has a WHY to live for can bear almost any HOW”
Nietzsche

“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function”
F.S Fitzgerald

DETERMINISM vs SELF-DETERMINATION

“I know my tendencies, I know the scripts or programs that are in me, but I am not those scripts. I can re-write my scripts.”
Stephen R. Covey

WAY OF BEING

“Art is an expression of joy and awe […] Invent nothing, deny nothing, speak up […] In learning to be true and simple, in learning to speak to the point despite being frightened, and with no certainty of being understood, creates [one's] own character.”
David Mamet, True and False for the actor

“The urge for destruction is also a creative urge”
Mikhail Bakunin