• Chaim Potok on Meaning in Life

    “I learned a long time ago, Reuven, that a blink of an eye in itself is nothing. But the eye that blinks, that is something. A span of a life is nothing. But the man who lives that span, he is something. He can fill that tiny span with meaning, so its quality is immeasurable though its quantity may be insignificant. Do you understand what I am saying? A man must fill his life with meaning, meaning is not automatically given to life. It is hard work to fill one’s life with meaning. That I do not think you understand yet. A life filled with meaning is worthy of rest.…

  • Camus on Truth

    At the end of life, a man notices that he has spent years becoming sure of a single truth. But a single truth, if it is obvious, is enough to guide an existence.