Quotation by Eric Hoffer

We need not only a purpose in life to give meaning to our existence but also something to give meaning to our suffering. We need as much something to suffer for as something to live for.
Eric Hoffer (1902–1983), U.S. philosopher. Reflections on the Human Condition, aph. 153 (1973).
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