Being relatively unmoved by rewards gives you the incalculable power to go your own way.

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.

You know, I never believed in fate until I met you... then I started thinking coincidence didn't have near so cruel a sense of humor

I hate it!" Charles Wallace cried passionately. "I hate the Dark Thing!

If you want the advice of an old man, don't be afraid of making mistakes. That's life. Just be sure you're making them for the right reason.

Your relevance starts the very moment you start solving people's problems

A strenuous effort must be made to train young people to think for themselves and take independent charge of their lives.

There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.

You have to just look at it like Titanic: I know the ship sinks, but this is a love story

I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing.

He that lendeth to another in time of prosperity, shall never want help himself in the time of adversity.

Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.