Almost always, genes are about potentials and vulnerabilities rather than about determinism.

Stress is not a state of mind... it's measurable and dangerous, and humans can't seem to find their off-switch.

We live well enough to have the luxury to get ourselves sick with purely social, psychological stress.

The purpose of science is not to cure us of our sense of mystery and wonder, but to constantly reinvent and reinvigorate it.

An open mind is a prerequisite to an open heart.

But if you get chronically, psychosocially stressed, you're going to compromise your health. So, essentially, we've evolved to be smart enough to make ourselves sick.

The less it is possible that something can be, the more it must be.

Essentially, we humans live well enough and long enough, and are smart enough, to generate all sorts of stressful events purely in our heads.

We all seek out stress. We hate the wrong kinds of stress but when it's the right kind, we love it - we pay good money to be stressed by a scary movie, a roller coaster ride, a challenging puzzle.

What does the frontal cortex do? Gratification postponement, executive function, long-term planning, and impulse control. Basically, it makes you do the harder thing.

If a rat is a good model for your emotional life, you're in big trouble.

bad days makes you stronger, those are the best days because God is talking to you. you just have to listen closely. Don't let your tears become louder than his voice.

For boys, Wonder Woman is a frightening image. For girls she is a morbid ideal. Where Batman is anti-feminine, the attractive Wonder Woman and her counterparts are definitely anti-masculine.

Enthusiasm and misplaced belief can take you a long way.

To begin is for everyone. To persevere is for saints.

The Love Undercover series features two cops, a street rat, and a construction worker as the lead heroes.

Joy and sorrow are like milk and cookies. That's how well they go together.

You cannot commit an act of violence against a non-sentient object, only against a living thing.

Few books today are forgivable.

Let the stoics say what they please, we do not eat for the good of living, but because the meat is savory and the appetite is keen.

Americans suffer from mono-lingual myopia - a disease of the tongue that affects the vision.