To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.
To this generation I would say: Memorize some bit of verse of truth or beauty.
It takes life to love life.
How shall the soul of a man be larger than the life he has lived?
Work for your own soul's sake.
He stripped off the armor of institutional friendships To dedictate his soul To the terrible deities of Truth and Beauty.