It’s being engaged, it’s having a project, it’s being outward-looking. I think it was Emerson who said that a man wrapped up in himself makes a very small parcel.
And I say, the meaning of life is what you make it. There will be as many different meaningful lives as there are people to live them. If we honor the obligation we have to ourselves to develop, to the best of our ability, the constellation of interests and passions and talents that we have—even if we don’t succeed, never win a gold medal, never get knighted, never get published—that in itself is the good life.
- Interview with A.C. Grayling
And I say, the meaning of life is what you make it. There will be as many different meaningful lives as there are people to live them. If we honor the obligation we have to ourselves to develop, to the best of our ability, the constellation of interests and passions and talents that we have—even if we don’t succeed, never win a gold medal, never get knighted, never get published—that in itself is the good life.
- Interview with A.C. Grayling
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