Leo RostenThe purpose of life is not to be happy–but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all.
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The purpose of life is not to be happy, but to matter. The purpose of life is to make a difference, and the only way to do that is to matter. To matter means that you have a positive impact on the world around you.
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