From the Quotation of the day mailing list, 2014-01-06:
"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." -- Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist, responding on Reddit when asked "What can you tell a young man looking for motivation in life itself?"
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(submitted to the mailing list by Bob Bruhin)