The societal pursuit of high self-esteem for everyone may literally end up doing considerable harm.

Willpower is a muscle that can be strengthened.

Trophies should go to the winners. Self-esteem does not lead to success in life. Self-discipline and self-control do, and sports can help teach those.

What sets human beings apart from animals is not the pursuit of happiness, which occurs all across the natural world, but the pursuit of meaning, which is unique to humans.

For most of us... the problem is not a lack of goals but rather too many of them.

People with high but unstable self-esteem exhibit the greatest hostility.

Evil is not likely to result where people firmly believe that ends do not justify the means.

What is it about us lady authors and our fascination for the exclamation mark?

Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.

Make sure that your kids or the kids in your life have an opportunity to share their ideas, and to teach you something about what we know.

You wouldn't get rid of the Mona Lisa just because someone painted another picture of a woman smiling.

Best-sellerism is the star system of the book world. A "best seller" is a celebrity among books. It is a book known primarily (sometimes exclusively) for its well-knownness.

Indecision is the greatest thief of opportunity.

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

I am evergreen, and with every passing day, I am becoming younger.

Make room, Roman writers, make room for Greek writers; something greater than the Iliad is born.

Mental attitude is more important than mental capacity.