#pose

The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#purpose

I've been thinking Hobbes" "On a weekend?" "Well, it wasn't on purpose ↗

— Bill Watterson

#purpose

A man said to the universe: 'Sir, I exist!' 'However,' replied the universe. 'The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation. ↗

— Stephen Crane

#existence #obligation #purpose #universe #purpose

The purpose of influence is to "speak up for those who have no influence." (Pr.31:8) It's not about you. ↗

— Rick Warren

#influence #purpose #influence

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. ↗

— George Carlin

#bookstores #self-help #purpose

You should always be taking pictures, if not with a camera then with your mind. Memories you capture on purpose are always more vivid than the ones you pick up by accident. ↗

— Isaac Marion

#memory #recollection #purpose

Why are you always trying to get yourself killed?" "It's my job." "It's a hazard of your job. At least for most Shadowhunters. For you it seems to be the purpose. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace-lightwood #simon-lewis #purpose

Find out who you are and do it on purpose. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#self-awareness #purpose

The more you pray, the less you'll panic. The more you worship, the less you worry. You'll feel more patient and less pressured. ↗

— Rick Warren

#prayer #worry #worship #purpose

I had all the characteristics of a human being—flesh, blood, skin, hair—but my depersonalization was so intense, had gone so deep, that my normal ability to feel compassion had been eradicated, the victim of a slow, purposeful erasure. I was simply imitating reality, a rough resemblance of a human being, with only a dim corner of my mind functioning ↗

— Bret Easton Ellis

#ellis #purpose