"I am not on this planet to get something done - the things we accomplish are expressions of our purpose"
- Paul Williams
About this Quote
This quote by Paul Williams talks to the idea that our purpose in life is not always to attain something concrete. Rather, our function is to express ourselves and to live our lives in such a way that is significant to us. We are not here to just mark off a list of accomplishments, but to live our lives in a way that is real to ourselves. The important things we accomplish are simply a reflection of our function, and not the purpose itself. We ought to make every effort to live our lives in a manner that is meaningful to us, and not merely to achieve something. Our function is to reveal ourselves and to live our lives in a manner that is true to ourselves.
This quote is written / told by Paul Williams between July 2, 1939 and August 17, 1973. He/she was a famous author.
The author also have 2 other quotes.
"Wonder if there is life on another planet? Let's suppose there is. Suppose further, that only one star in a trillion has a planet that could support life. If that were the case, then there would be at least 100 million planets that harbored life"
"It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small"
"Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons. For people in poor countries, it's less than one ton. It's an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet. And, somehow, we have to make changes that will bring that down to zero"
"I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancer's body, we as audience must see ourselves, not the imitated behavior of everyday actions, not the phenomenon of nature, not exotic creatures from another planet, but something of the miracle that is a human being"
"We're looking at Earth science, observing our planet. Also space science, looking at the ozone in the atmosphere around our Earth. Also looking at life science. And on a human level, using ourselves as test subjects"
"All the things that human beings suffer from are how their environment treats them, and how the elements of their planet affects their mind and body - like radiation, cancer, and all"
