People tend to slip up and go along the old road before they realise what they've done and climb out of it again.

A relapse doesn't mean you'll never walk down the path you prefer. But I think relapses are almost an inevitable part of any course of self-development.

If we think of our brains as a map, those early roads are like grooves, tram tracks, easy to fall into.

In order to stretch ourselves we do need to experience the vulnerability of not knowing the outcome.

Our emotional map is laid down mainly in relationship with our earliest caregiver in the first couple of years of life.

If we are not using our brains' capacity for challenge it feels to me as though it atrophies like an unused muscle.

A sense of achievement improves general confidence and self-esteem.

I am talking about being optimistic enough to sow some seeds in the hope that some of them will germinate and grow into flowers.

There are probably times where the creative process is not helped by collaboration.

Two brains are better than one. You've twice the brain capacity and you have two sets of experiences and genes to bring to any challenge.

The trouble is if we take no new steps to try a new challenge, our comfort zone doesn't seem just to stay still, but retract.

A man is a hero, not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he is brave for ten minutes longer.

Why am I an atheist? The short answer is that I cannot accept any of the alternatives. I simply don't find them believable.

In a start-up society, huge sums can fall on innocent parties, almost by accident .

One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.

I realised that to compare your insides with other people's outsides leads to unhappiness.

The idea of the European community is never face a war again.

I cant stand those food cult people who bring their own food into the house. All those little thermoses and paper bags-it makes the other guests uncomfortable.

When I make a new movie, I always get stuck with, "That's not an Oliver Stone film." But I don't know what to do about that except just move on.

Bella." Edward's voice was right beside me, relieved now. "Can you hear me?" "No," I groaned. "Go away.

Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be