He is extremely pessimistic and has no aspirations.

Tom has a life coach he meets with every fortnight to chat about his aspirations, goals and disappointments.

What are your aspirations?

And whatever your labors and aspirations in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.

Young people underestimate the huge aspiration that the learning of a foreign language demands and they begin to learn multiple at the same time, distributing their effort, which quickly leads to a lack of motivation when they take note of their poor results.

That seems to me a rather pathetic aspiration.

The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

Life's aspirations come in the guise of children.

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.