We have a two-tier class system when it comes to personality style. To devalue introversion is a waste of talent, energy and happiness.

Opposites attract, and I think temperament is so fundamental that you end up craving someone of the opposite temperament to complete you.

What looks like multitasking is really switching back and forth between multiple tasks, which reduces productivity and increases mistakes by up to 50 percent.

Solitude matters. And for some people it's the air they breathe.

There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.

we have two ears and one mouth and we should use them proportionally

You're told that you're in your head too much, a phrase that's often deployed against the quiet and cerebral. Or maybe there's another word for such people: thinkers.

Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value highly.

It's as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from other people's emotions and from the tragedies and cruelties of the world.

I'm continually amazed by how many people who appear to be extroverts are actually introverts.

Cross the street to avoid making aimless chitchat with random acquaintances.

Life is a duty and an eternal journey in search of beauty.

Knowledge is self –discovery.

Time doesn't wait for anyone, but you always have to wait for time.

We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives our interest and our attention to something besides ourselves.

In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace.

I'm on a seafood diet - I see food, I eat it.

Tips for a long life - Keep Sweet, Keep Friendly, Keep Loving, if ye would... keep Y O U N G

When you're talking about death, you can't afford to make even one mistake.

Remember that the reader's attention is yours for only a single instant. They will not use up their valuable time trying to figure out what you mean.

A magistrate is not a father; he must be just and severe. Only tyrants are fathers.