I’ve been making a list of the things they don’t teach you at school.
They don’t teach you how to love somebody. They don’t teach you how to
be famous. They don’t teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They
don’t teach you how to walk away from someone you don’t love any
longer. They don’t teach you how to know what’s going on in someone
else’s mind. They don’t teach you what to say to someone who’s dying.
They don’t teach you anything worth knowing.

For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: Know more about the world than I knew yesterday, and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.