What Is Life For? Life Is For

It Looks As If There Were A Single Ultimate Goal For Mankind, A Far Goal Toward Which All Persons Strive. This Is Called Variously By Different Authors Self-actualization, Self-realization, Integration, Psychological Health, Individuation, Autonomy, Creativity, Productivity, But They All Agree That This Amounts To Realizing The Potentialities Of The Person, That Is To Say, Becoming Fully Human, Everything That Person Can Be.

One's Only Rival Is One's Own Potentialities. One's Only Failure Is Failing To Live Up To One's Own Possibilities. In This Sense, Every Man Can Be A King, And Must Therefore Be Treated Like A King.

The Spiritual Life Is Part Of The Human Essence. It Is A Defining Characteristic Of Human Nature, Without Which Human Nature Is Not Fully Human.

One Can Go Back Toward Safety Or Forward Toward Growth.

The Major Motivation Theories By Which Most Men Live Can Lead Them Only To Depression And Cynicism.