But it remains the case that you know what is wrong with a lot more confidence than you know what is right.

Doctors most commonly get mixed up between absence of evidence and evidence of abense

A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.

For many people, commuting is the worst part of the day, and policies that can make commuting shorter and more convenient would be a straightforward way to reduce minor but widespread suffering.

Decomposition, for most, starts when they leave the free, social, and uncorrupted college life for the solitary confinement of professions and nuclear families.

People used to wear ordinary clothes weekdays, and formal attire on Sunday. Today it is the exact reverse.

Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.

Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that’s what you are seeking.

Love without sacrifice is like theft

Avoid losers. If you hear someone use the words 'impossible', 'never', 'too difficult' too often, drop him or her from your social network.

Someone bemoaned that there were so few women in economics. But there are also very few men in economics.

I always stay hungry, never satisfied with current accomplishments.

We are weak Christians simply because we have refused to be bondservants of Christ

Self is that which dies...Spirit is that which lives...forever.

The mind is a powerful thing. It can take you through walls.

The world can't die. Many generations have thought the world was dying. But it was only their world which was dying.

Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it.

Personally, I don't teach practices as such. The power of the teaching is sufficient without needing to go for any practice.

Do your homework and know your facts, but remember it's passion that persuades.

Proselytism is solemn nonsense, it makes no sense. We need to get to know each other, listen to each other and improve our knowledge of the world around us.

If you let women have their way, you will generally get even with them in the end.