It is a vast, and pervasive, cognitive mistake to assume that people who agree with you (or disagree) do so on the same criteria that you care about.

Over the years, I developed a theory about why writers are such procrastinators: We were too good in English class. This sounds crazy, but hear me out.

Entrenched customs represent a social equilibrium, and moving away from that equilibrium is difficult to do on your own.

The up side of down: why failing well is the key to success.

We have made it impossible for children to fall very far—and in so doing, we have robbed them of the joys of climbing high.

Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.

Thus, Marlowe posed the silent question: could aspiring Icarus be happy with a toilsome life on land managing a plough with plodding oxen having once tasted the weightless bliss of flight?

I mean, everybody should have access to medical care. And, you know, it shouldn't be such a big deal.

The economy of communism is an economy which grows in an atmosphere of misery and want.

What good is the Moon? You can't buy it or sell it.

I'm a small-town kid from Kerrville, Texas.

Two things that are not long for this world: dogs that chase cars and professional golfers who putt for pars.

Act only in Love. Make every moment of your life an outpouring of love.

Recession doesn't deserve the right to exist. There are just too many things to be done in science and engineering to be bogged down by temporary economic dislocations.