But we should open our eyes to the many ways in which hypervigilance keeps them penned in from the more liberated life they deserve to live and that in turn would prepare them for adulthood.

Resilience is built from real hardship and cannot be bought or manufactured.

We’re depriving our kids of the chance to do the work of life for themselves.

Young adults come to resent the people who did the thinking for them.

A sense of purpose is essential for achieving happiness and satisfaction in life.

There is something that's a great deal more important than parental approval: learning to do without it. That's what it means to become an adult.

Sometimes you have to do things you don't want to do but you suck it up and do it anyway, and that's what teaches you humility, work ethic, responsibility, and follow-through.

Happiness and self-confidence can be the by-products of other things, but they cannot really be goals unto themselves.

We're [as parents] striving for an unattainable, inauthentic shell, and ignoring the real nut, the gooey inside: love, laughter, and fulfillment from simple things.

Leaders today should be more conductors than solo artists.

The pride of man hopes but to blame God for the evils of the world, and to praise himself for the good.

Our ability to connect with others is innate, wired into our nervous systems, and we need connection as much as we need physical nourishment.

Life is beautiful and this earth is heaven, but your mind is capable enough to create hell for you, on this very earth, if you go on living your life, without understanding.

The preppy lifestyle has gone global. We feel that our business has grown so well because preppy travels so well. It's all-American classic.

I love Diego [ Luna Cassian]. Diego is very funny. He's a very cool guy. I'm looking forward to doing all the press stuff and getting to hang out with him and everybody again.

Like at Halloween: I knew I'd arrived when I saw people dressing up on Halloween as my character.

I see a guy getting old. I try to not look in the mirror too much.

Salander was the woman who hated men who hate women.