Out of the ­10,000 news stories you may have read in the last 12 months, did even one allow you to make a better decision about a serious matter in your life?

News is to the mind what sugar is to the body.

If you spend fifteen minutes in a shopping mall, you will pass more people than our ancestors saw during their entire lifetimes.

Assume that your worldview is not borne by the public. More than that: Do not assume that those who think differently are idiots. Before you distrust them, question your own assumptions.

It's okay to be envious - but only of the person you aspire to become.

Excel spreadsheets might as well be one of the most dangerous recent inventions.

This was not a fearie tale. This was not the movies. This was life. It hurt more. It was excruciating. It was excruciatingly beautiful.

True education comes from a passion for learning.

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In the world we live in everything militates in favor of things that have not yet happened, of things that will never happen again.

When Bill Clinton assembled the top minds of the nation to discuss the economy in 1992, no one mentioned the Internet.

It is just as disastrous to have the wrong accessories in your room, as it is to wear sport shoes with an evening dress.

I don't watch that much football... I really like to play it.

The big honour of the big revolutions belongs to the high intelligence who design the revolution, not to the masses who support and participate the revolution!

Whether the events in our life are good or bad, greatly depends on the way we perceive them.

I'm a little concerned about this notion everybody wants us to be objective.