"The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be useful honorable and compassionate" - Ralph Waldo Emerson

💗 Compassion

“The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be useful honorable and compassionate”

A life of compassion transcends the pursuit of personal happiness.

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We are always getting ready to live but never living.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is not length of life, but depth of life.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a little joy, then a sorrow, now a sin, then a generous or brave action.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson