The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people 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 along the way, lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.

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I know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge.

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Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.

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The most successful people recognize that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.

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No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don't ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.

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The worst thing that ever happened to America was the 19th Amendment.

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The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.

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We should not be ashamed of not having answers to all questions yet... I'm perfectly happy staring somebody in the face saying, 'I don't know yet, and we've got top people working on it.' The moment you feel compelled to provide an answer, then you're doing the same thing that the religious community does: providing answers to every possible question.

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To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of bullshit.

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Claiming there is no other life in the universe is like scooping up some water, looking at the cup and claiming there are no whales in the ocean.

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