I always find Brian Greene fascinating, whether he’s popularizing complex concepts in physics, or, in his current incarnation, espousing inspirational thoughts about man’s purpose.
“When looking out to the cosmos to find some answer that’s floating out in the void is just facing the wrong direction. At the end of the day, we have to manufacture our own meaning, our own purpose. We have to manufacture coherence … to try and make sense of existence. And when you manufacture purpose, that doesn’t make it artificial. That makes it so much more noble than accepting purpose that is thrust upon you from the outer world.”