“Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.”
Source: Love and Will (1969), p. 290
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as quoted by Andre Khalil in "As Above, So Below," Lynn Margulis: The Life and Legacy of a Scientific Rebel ed. Dorion Sagan (2012).

“Life’s meaning doesn’t come from God! Life’s meaning comes from life!”
Source: Towing Jehovah (1994), Chapter 7, “Island” (p. 178)

Journal entry (10 December 1801)
Context: Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us. To know men thoroughly, to judge events sanely, is, therefore, a great step towards happiness.

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”

Source: Interview with Archbishop of Taipei https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/interview-with-archbishop-of-taipei-1299 (December 2008)