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.

You cannot do anything with knowledge unless you know where it stops, and the costs of using it.

It took us a while to discover that we do effectively think, but that we more readily narrate backward in order to give ourselves the illusion of understanding, and give a cover to our past actions.

A theory is like medicine (or government): often useless, sometimes necessary, always self-serving, and on occasion lethal. So it needs to be used with care, moderation and close adult supervision.

The problem is that our ideas are sticky: once we produce a theory, we are not likely to change our minds....

Know how to rank your beliefs not according to their plausibility but by the harm they may cause.

Maybe there's more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.

Genius lives only one storey above madness

At a time when the limits of leadership are being tested in so many places is your time to rule in your own territory.

There are very few people who have done more than one Christmas album.

In Kenya you've got the great birds and monkeys leaping through the trees overhead. It's a chance to remember what the world is really like.

Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.

A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.

Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.

You can think whatever you want, say whatever you want, and do whatever you want, as long as you are willing to face the consequences.

Yes, Haven, most of us enjoy preaching, and Ive got such a bully pulpit!