"The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can."
"My own sense of well-being and purpose in the world. That comes from studying the world feelingly, with empathy in my work. It comes from staying alert and alive and involved in the lives of the people that I love and the people in the wider world who need my help."
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Source: Barnard College Commencement Speech, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 18, 2010.
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