Too little to live for

"The trouble is, as modern people, we have too much to live with and too little to live for . . . in the midst of material plenty, we have spiritual poverty." (Entrepreneurs of Life p16)

Science is meaningless

"Science is meaningless because it gives no answer to our question, the only question important to us, 'what shall we do and how shall we live?'" (Leo Tolstoy, quoted in Entrepreneurs of Life p17)

An idea for which to live and die

"The thing is to understand myself, to see what God really wants me to do; the thing is to find a truth which is true for me, to find the idea for which I can live and die." Soren Kirkegaard (Entrepreneurs of Life p15)

Getting all A's - and failing

"You can get all A's and still flunk life." Walter Percy (Entrepreneurs of Life p15)