Charles L. Allen Quotes

Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.

Only when men are connected to large, universal goals are they really happy-and one result of their happiness is a rush of creative activity.

Each of us must become impassioned, finding meaning and self-fulfillment in our own life's journey.

This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us; to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves; to act in such a way that some part of us lives on.

My ultimate goal... is for you to live the life you're intended to live.

We want you to find that thing that will make your life better.

I'm just interested in carving out a meaningful life.

The word contentment comes from the word content, which is what we hold inside - love, value, a feeling of a life that has meaning or purpose, a cause greater than yourself that you're a part of. These are the things that bring true happiness. As a culture, I think we need to redefine what it means to be happy.

To be truly happy, you need a clear sense of meaning and purpose in life.

LIFE is WORTH LIVING when you find PURPOSE.

I love my life, because I’ve seen my purpose.

..there is more to life than just pleasure. We want to achieve our happiness and not just experience it.

My definition of success is "the fulfillment of your soul's purpose."

Happiness is living by inner purpose.

I have only one life, so I want to make sure it's a good one.

I realised success as an actor alone wouldn't make me happy. I needed to explore my spiritual side in more depth.

If you asked somebody, 'what do you wish for in life?' they wouldn't say 'happiness.' I would have answered 'excitement, knowledge,' God knows - I mean, many, many different things, but certainly not 'happiness'. It seemed like a foreign concept to wish for something that specific and that singular.

I choose to fill my days with what I'm passionate about, and live with purpose.

The most important thing in my life is to live my life and enjoy it - to do what I think is right and what I think is good.

If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day.

I don't want to be someone's reason to hate their life. I want to be someone's reason to seek something more in their life.

Any fool can be happy. What I'm interested in is satisfaction. There's got to be more to life than just being happy. You've got to be fulfilled. You've got to be satisfied; philosophically satisfied is what I mean.

It's the only way that YOUR life is gonna have any value to you. If you're just living the same life that everybody else is living what's the point?

A lot of people are simply interested in exploring their own spirituality, their own values, who they are, whether they're happy where they are.

I'm in this wonderful place of life, where everything I'm doing is something I do because I enjoy it.