I always remind myself that what one observes is at best a combination of variance and returns, not just returns.

Doctors most commonly get mixed up between absence of evidence and evidence of abense

A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.

For many people, commuting is the worst part of the day, and policies that can make commuting shorter and more convenient would be a straightforward way to reduce minor but widespread suffering.

Decomposition, for most, starts when they leave the free, social, and uncorrupted college life for the solitary confinement of professions and nuclear families.

People used to wear ordinary clothes weekdays, and formal attire on Sunday. Today it is the exact reverse.

Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.

Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that’s what you are seeking.

Love without sacrifice is like theft

Avoid losers. If you hear someone use the words 'impossible', 'never', 'too difficult' too often, drop him or her from your social network.

Someone bemoaned that there were so few women in economics. But there are also very few men in economics.

It's been said that love finds you when you're ready.

NO SURROGATE CAN BIRTHYOUR GREATNESSSO LET THEM STEAL TIME WILL REVEAL

My parents are very cool and wildly supportive - maybe almost too much. I want to tell them to chill out.

Washington and New York, two primary targets for Al Qaeda.

In this era of world leadership, the metal detector is the altar and the minicam may be god.

I never want to be pretentious.

When you're jumping so high for something so far up in the sky, you have to know that there is definitely someone there who can catch you, someone who knows how to catch you and when.

The practice of yoga only requires us to act and to be attentive in our actions.

In my hands the means... In my heart the will.