For the mystery of human existence

“For the mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for. Without a concrete idea of what he is living for, man would refuse to live, would rather exterminate himself than remain on earth, even though everywhere around him was bread.”
–from “The Grand Inquisitor” in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov (1879–1880)

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