"Human life has no meaning independent of itself. There is no cosmic force or deity to give it meaning or significance. There is no ultimate destiny for man. Such a belief is an illusion of humankind's infancy. The meaning of life is what we choose to give it. Meaning grows out of human purposes alone. Nature provides us with an infinite range of opportunities, but it is only our vision and our action that select and realize those that we desire."

-- Paul Kurtz

#Independent Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Destiny Quotes

“you fix what you can fix and you let the rest go. If there ain't nothin to be done about it it aint even a problem. It's just a aggravation.”
“It is an old dream: To travel on the back of a benevolent sea beast down to some secret underwater garden.”

Source : Stephen Harrigan (2015). “Water and Light: A Diver's Journey to a Coral Reef”, p.153, University of Texas Press
“My father, a bookkeeper who never earned more than $11,000 a year in his life, sat there, writing out a $25 check to the NAACP. When I asked him why, he said discrimination against anyone is discrimination against us all. And I never forgot that. Indeed, his philanthropy was a gift, not just to that organization, but to me.”

Source : Michael Bloomberg's Slate 60 Dinner Keynote Address At William J. Clinton Presidential Library In Little Rock, Arkansas, www1.nyc.gov. November 12, 2006.
“Serenity comes from the ability to say â€œYesâ€ to existence. Courage comes from the ability to say â€œNoâ€ to the wrong choices made by others.”
“I believe in humanity. We are an incredible species. We're still just a child creature, we're still being nasty to each other. And all children go through those phases. We're growing up, we're moving into adolescence now. When we grow up - man, we're going to be something!”
“All sciences are connected; they lend each other material aid as parts of one great whole, each doing its own work, not for itself alone, but for the other parts; as the eye guides the body and the foot sustains it and leads it from place to place.”

Source : Roger Bacon, John Henry Bridges (2010). “The Opus Majus of Roger Bacon”, p.88, Cambridge University Press
“No far from it. Faaaaarrr from that.”
“I'm a football player by trade. That's what I do, ... So I did everything I could to make myself a football player again.”

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