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“The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people in life recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation. For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.”
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“We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.”
― Cosmos
― Cosmos

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”
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“We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.”
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“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.”
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