If escape from this world be the goal, where is the incentive for social work?

Escape from the world is not the goal, but freedom from worldliness is what is desired.
Social work has got its own valuable part in life until a certain stage, though after a time it is
transcended by a higher consciousness. The value of social work, however, is purely subjective.
It is not that one makes himself a great reformer or a saviour of mankind, but that he offers his
ego as a sacrifice at the altar of universal love and so obtains purity of mind, which is the basis of
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Is suicide the logical conclusion for a man who has come to believe that life has no meaning for him?

Suicide is not the logical conclusion of a meaningless life, but the illogical conclusion
arrived at by the thoughtless and non-discriminating mind which has failed to perceive the
meaning that is in life. Suicide does not remove misery or correct defects, but leads to violent
reactions later on. And the reactions will be more painful than the present condition of
dissatisfactory life. Suicide is pure defeatism.

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