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1 " What keeps all living things busy and in motion is the striving to exist. But when existence is secured, they do not know what to do: that is why the second thing that sets them in motion is a striving to get rid of the burden of existence, not to feel it any longer, 'to kill time', i.e. to escape boredom. "
― Arthur Schopenhauer , The World as Will and Representation, Vol. 1
2 " We are creatures whose behavior cannot be simply explained as a striving for survival and happiness, for release of tension and contentment. "
― Adolf Guggenbühl-Craig , Marriage: Dead or Alive
3 " Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure. "
