To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Topic

Purpose of life Authenticity Personal growth

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Source

Familiar Studies of Men and Books

Genre

Travel writing

Language

English

Time

1882 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Familiar Studies of Men and Books. London: Chatto & Windus, 1882.

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Another quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

Be it granted me to behold you again in dying,
Hills of home!

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Topic
Home

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1893 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Letter to S.R. Crockett. 15 Aug. 1893.

Current Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Selected Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, edited by Ernest Mehew. Yale University Press, 2001, ch. 15.

Another quote from the 1880s

"Where is God gone?" he called out. "I mean to tell you! We have killed him,—you and I! We are all his murderers!

Friedrich Nietzsche

The Gay Science

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Topic
Death of God Existence of God God Decline of religion

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
The Parable of the Madman The Gay Science
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1882 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Die frohliche Wissenschaft [The Gay Science]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1882, bk. 3, no. 125.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Joyous Science, translated by R. Kevin Hill. Penguin Classics, 2019, bk. 3, no. 125.

Another quote about Personal growth

Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

Karen Horney

Our Inner Conflicts

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Topic
Therapy Personal growth Life lessons

Author

Karen Horney
Source
Our Inner Conflicts
Genre
Psychological literature
Language
English
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Horney, Karen. Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of Neuroses. W. W. Norton & Company, 1945, conclusion.