The way to recover the meaning of life and the worthwhileness of life is to recover the power of experience, to have impulse voices from within, and to be able to hear these impulse voices from within-and make the point: This can be done.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Finding life's meaning requires reconnecting with your inner impulses and capacity for experience.
- In plain terms
- Recover your ability to feel and listen to your inner voice to find meaning.
- What can you take from it?
- Listen to your inner voice to find meaning.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does your inner voice say?
- When did you last listen?
Another view
Inner voices can be ambiguous or conflicting.
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