I never count countries. Travel is not a contest.

Don't be a tourist. Plan less. Go slowly. I traveled in the most inefficient way possible and it took me exactly where I wanted to go.

But the line between moral behavior and narcissistic self-righteousness is thin and difficult to discern

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

I priced my books at what I would want to spend on an electronic book.

Inspiration does not come like a blot, nor is it kinetic energy striving, but it comes to us slowly and quietly all the time.

Have you noticed that all you need to grow healthy, vigorous grass is a crack in your sidewalk? Having a baby is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.

It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.

Shall a man go and hang himself because he belongs to the race of pygmies, and not be the biggest pygmie that he can? Let everyone mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made

We will have taken one giant step forward when we face this reality: Powerful people never teach powerless people how to take their power away from them.

Personally, it's changed my game - it's how I think now. Can't imagine writing more than a paragraph in anything that doesn't do MMD.

All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual.