Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind ↑

A Meaningful Life

As Nietzsche put it, if you have a why to live, you can bear almost any how. A meaningful life can be extremely satisfying even in the midst of hardship, whereas a meaningless life is a terrible ordeal no matter how comfortable it is.

Yuval Noah Harari, 2015, from the book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind