| Publication Overview Through the centuries thousands of people have given their views on the meaning of life. It has been described as a joke and a tragedy, a journey of self-fulfilment and a calling to help others. Professor Kinnier's study screened quotations from hundreds of eminent people and analysed them to determine their thoughts on this eternal question. Ten themes emerged from the study: Life is to be enjoyed; We are here to help others; The meaning of life is a mystery; Life is meaningless; We are here to serve God; Life is a struggle; We are here to contribute to society; We are here to seek wisdom and self-actualization; We must create meaning for ourselves; Life is absurd. Using the study as a basis, this book contains an eclectic mix of 250 quotations. Some are profound, others are witty – all of them are true.
Contributors include Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, J. M. Barrie, Albert Camus, Charlie Chaplin; Agatha Christie, James Dean, Charles Dickens, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Sigmund Freud, Mahatma Gandhi, Cary Grant, Thomas Jefferson, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, John Lennon, Nelson Mandela, Bertrand Russell, Jean-Paul Sartre, William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Tennessee Williams, and many more.
'Life is what happens while you are making other plans.'
John Lennon
Read the original article
Our press release for this title can be found in our News & Reviews section
|
