So many people have asked the meaning of life and been answered with 42 so...?
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The meaning of forty-two was lost when the Vogon constructor fleet destroyed the earth just seconds before it was to complete it's 10,000,000 year program to calculate what the meaning of 42 (the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything).  It has been theorized, however, that the program had been corrupted very early in it's process by the introduction of the Golgafrinchen Ark B crashing onto the planet.
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Well the answer would be about 42.  Wait, no.  Yeah thats right, 42.
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the answer is 42 cause i said so!
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42 in every sense of the word.
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Do you believe that I was also thinking to ask the same question. Well, personally, the meaning of life should be purely believing your self and struggling for your opinions, beliefs and of course rights in any case, at any times, and thus enable your fulfillment.
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Douglas Adams :  42\nThe 47 Society:  47
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The question of the ultimate meaning of life cannot be silenced as long as men are men.\n\nPaul Tillich (1886 - 1965)\n\nThe human mind has to ask "Who, what, whence, whither, why am I?" And it is very doubtful if the human mind can answer any of these questions.\n\nR. D. Laing (1927 - 1989)\n\nIn seeing ourselves from outside we find it difficult to take our lives seriously. This loss of conviction, and the attempt to regain it, is the problem of the meaning of life.\n\nThomas Nagel (1937 - )\nThe core reductive mistake is...the idea of a single fundamental explanation.\n\nMary Midgley (1919 - )\n\nthese are some quotes on the meaning of life and philosophy personaly the meaning of life is the quest and trying to find the meaning of life.\nThis is a question noone can answer for you you must look inside yourself to find your own meaning of life.
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42.  That is the answer to life, the universe and everything.\n\n42.
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The meaning of life is to live it.
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No one can honestly answer this question for you. No one knows the meaning of life but I learned that you only have one chance in life and that you should make the most of it.
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http://www.answers.com/meaning%20of%20life\n\n\nWhat is the meaning of life?" is a question many people ask themselves at some point during their lives. Some people believe that the meaning of life is one or more of the following:\n\nSurvival and temporal success\n\n    * ...to accumulate wealth and increase social status\n    * ...to compete or co-operate with others\n    * ...to destroy others who harm you, or to practice nonviolence and nonresistance\n    * ...to protect one's family, no matter the cost\n    * ...to gain and exercise power\n    * ...to leave a legacy, such as a work of art or a book\n    * ...to produce offspring through sexual reproduction\n    * ...to seek freedom, either physically, mentally or financially\n    * ...to seek happiness and flourish, experience pleasure or celebrate\n    * ...to survive, including the pursuit of immortality through scientific means (see life extension)\n\nWisdom and knowledge\n\n    * ...to be without question, or to keep asking questions\n    * ...to explore, to expand beyond our frontiers\n    * ...to learn from one's own and others' mistakes\n    * ...to seek truth, knowledge, understanding, or wisdom\n    * ...to try to discover and understand the meaning of life\n    * ...to experience anything if not something in this world\n\nEthical\n\n    * ...to express compassion\n    * ...to live in peace with each other, and in harmony with our natural environment (see utopia)\n    * ...to give and receive love\n    * ...to seek and acquire virtue, to live a virtuous life\n    * ...to serve others, or do good deeds\n    * ...to work for justice and democracy\n\nReligious, spiritual and esoteric\n\n    * ...to achieve a supernatural connection within the natural context\n    * ...to achieve enlightenment and inner peace\n    * ...to become God, or God-like\n    * ...to experience existence from an infinite number of perspectives in order to expand the consciousness of all there is (i.e. God)\n    * ...to follow the "Golden Rule"\n    * ...to produce useful structure in the universe over and above consumption (see net creativity)\n    * ...to reach Heaven in the afterlife\n    * ...to understand and follow the "Word of God"\n    * ...to worship, serve, or achieve union with God\n\nOther\n\n    * ...to advance natural human evolution, or to contribute to the gene pool of the human race\n    * ...to advance technological evolution, or to actively develop the future human\n    * ...to contribute to collective meaning ("we" or "us") without having individual meaning ("I" or "me")\n    * ...to die, or become a martyr\n    * ...to find a purpose, a "reason" for living that hopefully raises the quality of one's experience of life, or even life in general\n    * ...to live, and enjoy the passage of time\n    * ...to protect humanity, or more generally the environment\n    * ...to pursue a dream, vision, or destiny\n    * ...to relate, connect, or achieve unity with others\n    * ...to seek and find beauty\n    * ...to simply live until one dies (there is no universal or celestial purpose)\n    * ...still some do not even think there is any purpose whatsoever
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In my humble opinion, the meaning of life is whatever it means to the person.  Life can feel like a series of obstacles, one calamity after another.  Life can be one experience after another and how our reactions to those experiences make us feel about the quality or quantity of our life.  Are there a lot of friendships and relationships in our lives?  What is our reaction to what we ourselves choose to do in our lives?  Are we regretting the things we have done or are we regretting things undone?  The meaning of life is different for each person.\n\nTo me it comes down to making my own peace with myself and my Creator, Whoever or Whatever that means to me.  Each person makes their own way through life the best way they can with whatever they brought with them on this journey called life and I wish them all the best.
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The meaning of life is different for everyone.  You should know, however, that discovering a religion is not mandatory - nor is it the basis for searching for the meaning of life.  For some people it is finding peace, for others it is becoming the best they can be.  It varies so much because each person is so different.  This question often goes unanswered in life to those who passively seek a solution to it.\n\nI always thought that the meaning of life was to live it fully ... I am not religious, and am not looking for a religion, but I'm happy and I think that's what the meaning of life is for me.  Living each day to the fullest.\n\nIf I had to venture a guess for most of the world - I would say the meaning of life is to have loved, and been loved as much as humanly possible with no strings attached.  True love.  That's what we're here for.
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Life – it has a meaning and loving purpose - you just have to find your purpose and live it.\n\nI believe every person is here for a definite purpose. Each person is special and valuable; that refers to me, you, your family, friends, in fact everybody! There is a loving plan for each of our lives here on earth and there is no such thing as coincidence. I don't believe that anything in life happens by chance and that every aspect of our lives points to something deeper.\n\nAs human beings, we all ask the question: Who am I? Who am I meant to become? What is my value or destiny as a human being? Who will become for me the model of my humanity? Pope John Paul II told us that ultimately JESUS CHRIST IS THE ANSWER to these questions. Christ is the living blueprint and pattern for our humanity. Jesus Christ reveals our meaning to us.\n\nThus Pope John Paul II, quoting Vatican II in his Redeemer of the Human Race, wrote: "Christ...fully reveals man to himself and brings to light his most high calling." "In Christ and through Christ," the pope added, all are enabled to come to "full awareness of their dignity...and of the meaning of their existence."\n\nYou need to decide now to live for God rather than for yourself. You spend your life on Earth preparing yourself (as best you can) for death. I don't see death as a scary, negative experience, but birth into a bliss filled eternal life with God. I believe that this is something you have to consciously choose or not during your life on earth. \n\nThe meaning of life is for us to discover that we are true children of an infinitely loving and merciful God, to find out what our responsibilities are to our Creator, and to fulfill those responsibilities. Each of us is called to affirm, accept and develop the talents God has given us.
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CHEESE!\n\nOr if you want a more philisophical answer:\n\n"What is the meaning of life?" is a question many people ask themselves. Some people believe that the meaning of life is:\n\n...to accumulate wealth \n...to achieve a supernatural connection within the natural context \n...to advance natural human evolution, or to contribute to the gene pool of the human race \n...to advance technological evolution, or to actively develop the future human \n...to be without question, or to keep asking questions \n...to become God, or God-like \n...to compete or co-operate with others \n...to contribute to collective meaning ("we" or "us") without having individual meaning ("I" or "me") \n...to destroy others who harm you, or to practice nonviolence and nonresistance \n...to die, or become a martyr \n...to experience existence from an infinite number of perspectives in order to expand the consciousness of all there is (i.e. God) \n...to express compassion \n...to find inner peace \n...to gain and exercise power \n...to give and receive love \n...to give life meaning (an example of antimetabole) \n...to learn and find enlightenment \n...to leave a legacy, such as a work of art or a book \n...to live in peace with each other, and in harmony with our natural environment (see utopia) \n...to produce offspring through sexual reproduction \n...to produce useful structure in the universe over and above consumption (see net creativity) \n...to pursue a dream, vision, or destiny \n...to relate, connect, or achieve unity with others \n...to seek and acquire virtue, to live a virtuous life \n...to seek and find beauty \n...to seek freedom, either physically, mentally, financially, or spiritually \n...to seek happiness and flourish, experience pleasure or celebrate \n...to seek truth, knowledge, understanding, or wisdom \n...to serve others, or do good deeds \n...to simply live until one dies (there is no universal or celestial purpose, existence has no meaning beyond which one chooses to give it) \n...to survive, including the pursuit of immortality through scientific means (see life extension) \n...to try to understand the meaning of life \n...to work for justice and democracy \n...to worship, serve, or achieve union with God \n...or some combination of the above
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I think the meaning of life is enjoying everyday.  Humans do not have all the answers, and there are some things we wouldn't be able to wrap our minds around if we tried.
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I think this answer is different for every individual. I must however consider the only two answers that aree most common. \nSome people answer that there is no meaning to life. That we are here due to cosmic chance & probability and that because of the infinite universe the combinations are endless. Now these theories are all but proven. Somebody that discusses these ideas will have proven facts, intelligent theories and also aknowledge that the answer is ultimately unknown