“This is what you do. You make a future for yourself out of the raw material at hand.”
Michael Cunningham book A Home at the End of the World
Source: A Home at the End of the World
“You are born with two things: existence and opportunity, and these are the raw materials out of which you can make a successful life.”
Succeeding (1989)
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Christian D. Larson (1874–1962) Prolific author of metaphysical and New Thought books
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Thomas Sowell (1930) American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author
Source: 1980s–1990s, Knowledge and Decisions (1980; 1996), Ch. 1 : The Role of Knowledge
“Wilderness is the raw material out of which man has hammered the artifact called civilization.”
Aldo Leopold book A Sand County Almanac
Source: A Sand County Almanac, 1949, "Wilderness", p. 188.
“The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
This appears on the opening placard of the film The Equalizer, attributing it to Twain, but there is no evidence that Twain wrote it. A precursor is found in Taylor Hartman's self-help book The Character Code (first published 1991), where it is not attributed to Twain: "The three most significant days in your life are: 1. The day you were born. 2. The day you find out why you were born. 3. The day you discover how to contribute the gift you were born to give" ( Google Books link https://books.google.com/books?id=gIKCxWxNmeMC&pg=PA147&dq=%22day+you+find+out+why%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijrJzc84vLAhUJzGMKHajvADEQ6AEIIjAB#v=onepage&q=%22day%20you%20find%20out%20why%22&f=false) <br class="br">Disputed
Kenneth Noland (1924–2010) American artist
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“By knowing things that exist, you can know that which does not exist. That is the void.”
Miyamoto Musashi (1584–1645) Japanese martial artist, writer, artist
Go Rin No Sho (1645), The Book No-Thing-ness
Context: What is called the spirit of the void is where there is nothing. It is not included in man's knowledge. Of course the void is nothingness. By knowing things that exist, you can know that which does not exist. That is the void.