A quotation from Montaigne

No wind serves him who has no port of destination.
 
[Nul vent fait pour celuy qui n’a point de port destiné.]

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
Essays, Book 2, ch. 1 (2.1), “Of the Inconsistency of Our Actions [De l’inconstance de nos actions]” (1572) [tr. Zeitlin (1934)]

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Montaigne, Michel de - Essays, Book 2, ch. 1 (2.1), "Of the Inconsistency of Our Actions [De l’inconstance de nos actions]" (1572) [tr. Zeitlin (1934)] | WIST Quotations

No wind serves him who has no port of destination. [Nul vent fait pour celuy qui n’a point de port destiné. ] This passage was in the essays initial 1580 printing. Likely from a quotation of Seneca the Younger (1st C AD). (Source (French)). Alternate translations: No winde makes for…

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@scottsantens to be fair, being among the pensioned plateau, I much enjoy my (very Cagean) purposeful #purposelessness

It's wonderful. If I want to get up at 9 to play a non-paying community gig, I do it, because getting paid, or the need to get paid, is not my purpose. Without pesky purpose, I can go with the flow of life, handle what comes up as it comes up.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolution-the-self/201004/the-purpose-purposelessness-part-1-4

The Purpose of Purposelessness (Part 1 of 4)

Surprisingly, it may be wise to pursue what's purposeless.

Psychology Today