The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.

The question, "What is the purpose thereof?" cannot be asked about anything which is not the product of an agent; therefore we cannot ask what is the purpose of the existence of God.

Be still and know yourself as the Truth you have been searching for. Be still and let the inherent joy of that Truth capture your drama and destroy it in the bliss of consummation. Be still and let your life be lived by the purpose you were made for. Be still and receive the inherent truth of your heart.

This world is a playground. The purpose of the play is divine bliss.

Your inner purpose is an essential part of the purpose of the whole, the universe and its emerging intelligence. Your outer purpose can change over time. It varies greatly from person to person. Finding and living in alignment with the inner purpose is the foundation for fulfilling your outer purpose. It is the basis for true success.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

There is nothing like a fixed, steady aim, with an honorable purpose. It dignifies your nature, and insures your success.

The fruit and the purpose of prayer is to be oned with and like God in all things.

When longing is most intense separation is complete, and the purpose of separation, which was that Love might experience itself as Lover and Beloved, is fulfilled; and union follows. And when union is attained, the lover knows that he himself was all along the Beloved whom he loved and desired union with; and that all the impossible situations that he overcame were obstacles which he himself had placed in the path to himself. To attain union is so impossibly difficult because it is impossible to become what you already are! Union is nothing other than knowledge of oneself as the Only One.

The things you need in life are those that will help you to fulfill your dominant purpose. Things you may want but not need may lead you aside from that purpose. It is only by making everything serve your main objective that success is attained.

At the intersection where your gifts, talents, and abilities meet a human need; therein you will discover your purpose.

Advaita Vedanta is one of the schools of Vedanta, but I would dare say it’s sort of preeminent because of certain reasons which make it peculiarly acceptable to the modern mind. There is little to no theology, and the emphasis is on experience and reason. Advaita Vedanta gives tremendous emphasis and importance to life as we experience it, and then uses reason to come to its conclusions … The conclusion of Advaita Vedanta was that we are, in a sense, profoundly mistaken about our own nature … Advaita’s purpose is to educate us, to shift our paradigm, so that we come to see the world and ourselves in that way.

The purpose of speech is to enliven the bliss in others.

You have to understand the purpose of life. The purpose of life is to do something which will live forever.

Become united with one purpose and serve Hari.

The philosophers likewise assume that in Nature there is nothing in vain, so that everything that is not the product of human industry serves a certain purpose, which may be known or unknown to us.

The purpose of education is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they are capable.

We thought of life by analogy with a journey, a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at the end, and the thing was to get to that end, success or whatever it is, maybe heaven after you’re dead. But we missed the point the whole way along. It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing or to dance while the music was being played.

Make the whole life a game. There is no purpose, there is no aim, nothing. Just take it lightly, easily. Play the game, that is worship, which is celebration.

The purpose of labor is to learn; when you know it, the labor is over.

What is the purpose of life? I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy.

Self-realization is, in fact, the only religion. For it is the true purpose of religion, no matter how people define their beliefs.

What is the purpose of life? To elevate all, big or small.