Every morning I spend fifteen minutes filling my mind full of God; and so there's no room left for worry thoughts.
You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think we are wise enough to read God's mind?
Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.
You can tell the size of your God by looking at the size of your worry list. The longer your list, the smaller your God.
Through ignorance, a common man considers his own religion to be the best and makes much useless clamour.
I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.