We're all alive, but we don't know why or what for; we're all searching for happiness; we're all leading lives that are different and yet the same.

Wij leven allen, maar weten niet waarom en waarvoor, wij leven allen met het doel gelukkig te worden, we leven allen verschillend en toch gelijk.

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

But do we really live? To live without knowing what life is - is that living?

We all live but we don't know the why or the wherefore. We all live with the object of being happy, our lives are all different and yet the same. We have the chance to learn, the possibility of attaining something, we have all reason to hope for much happiness, but we must earn it for ourselves. And that is never easy. You must work and do good, not be lazy and gamble, if you wish to earn happiness. Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

Nous cherchons tous le bonheur, mais sans savoir où, comme les ivrognes qui cherchent leur maison, sachant confusément qu'ils en ont une.

All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others

The very purpose of our life is to seek happiness.

Ultimately, each life is a mystery until we each solve the mystery, and that's where we are all headed whether we know it or not.

We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one.

I want to live happily in a world I don't understand.

I can live with doubt, and uncertainty, and not knowing. I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. I have approximate answers, and possible beliefs, and different degrees of certainty about different things, but I'm not absolutely sure of anything. There are many things I don't know anything about, such as whether it means anything to ask "Why are we here?" I might think about it a little bit, and if I can't figure it out then I go on to something else. But I don't have to know an answer. I don't feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in the mysterious universe without having any purpose — which is the way it really is, as far as I can tell. Possibly. It doesn't frighten me.