Creativity can never be explained by appeal to reason alone. Like the birth of a child, creativity compels us not to explanation but to wonder and awe.

The only thing that really matters in life are your relationships to other people.

Life ain't easy. Terrible things happen to everyone. You have to keep your sense of humor, give something of yourself to others, make friends who are younger than you, learn new things, and have fun.

The seventy-five years and twenty million dollars expended on the Grant Study points to a straightforward five-word conclusion: Happiness is love. Full stop.

Joy is connection... The more areas in your life you can make connection, the better.

It is not stress that kills us. It is effective adaptation to stress that allows us to live.

Anxiety and depression are the price you pay for a well-lived life.

Happiness is only the cart; love is the horse

If you want to treat an illness that has no easy cure, first of all, treat them with hope.

The recent years of the Grant Study have shown that our lives when we are old are the sum of all of our loves.

Whether we live to a vigorous old age lies not so much in our stars or in our genes but in ourselves.

Choose only one master — Nature.

Love seems the swiftest but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century.

I think Caesar is one of the most empathetic characters that I've played. I think that's the key to a successful leadership. Being able to keep your ears open at all times.

I write what I call 'novels of consolation' for people who are bright and sophisticated.

Corporate and government surveillance aren't separate; they're an alliance of interests.

Most journalists expect me to answer all their questions about aliens and spaceships.

In challenging a kzin, a simple scream of rage is sufficient. You scream and you leap.

New York... Babylon-on-the-Hudson, sinful, extravagant, full of the nervous hilarity of the doomed.

Many gamblers think they're being singled out by fate as a target for cruel jokes. They feel they alone in all the universe are being tortured, experimented upon by some unknown force.

The most powerful force in the human psyche is people's need for their words and actions to stay consistent with their IDENTITY - how we define ourselves.