the most powerful mind is the quiet mind. It is the mind that is present, reflective, mindful of its thoughts and its state. It doesn't often multitask, and when it does, it does so with a purpose.

But when we observe, we are forced to pay attention. We have to move from passive absorption to active awareness. We have to engage.

When we are forced to do multiple things at once, not only do we perform worse on all of them but our memory decreases and our general well-being suffers a palpable hit.

Holmes serves as an ideal model of how we can learn to see and think better.

As children, we are remarkably aware. We absorb and process information at a speed that we'll never again come close to achieving... we are learning about our world and its possibilities.

How many thoughts float in and out of your head without your stopping to identify them? How many ideas and insights have escaped because you forgot to pay attention?

Looking at scenes of nature, for even a short while, can help us become more insightful, more creative, and more productive.

A man may plant a tree for a number of reasons. Perhaps he likes trees. Perhaps he wants shelter. Or perhaps he knows that someday he may need the firewood.

The saddest thing that befalls a soul is when it loses faith in God and woman.

They're different kinds of challenges depending upon what phase of life I'm in.

It doesn't really matter what policy you're for, so long ease gets your gut-level anger about whatever. So, you can't attack Donald Trump on policy.

In 1995 I had $7 bucks in my pocket and knew two things: I'm broke as hell and one day I won't be. You Can Achieve Anything!

There can be no perfect Europe in which Ireland is denied even the least of its national rights.

Wood may remain twenty years in the water, but it is still not a fish.

I love data. I think it's very important to get it right, and I think it's good to question it.

We need to replace hyperbole with a reasonable, informed discussion about how to reinvent the federal budget with more transparency and better accountability.

The most important thing is a person. A person who incites your curiosity and feeds your curiosity; and machines cannot do that in the same way that people can.