Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them; nerdiness the reverse

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.

Successful leaders leaders lead with passion and compassion.

To travel beyond our world is to change this present one forever.

Leaders lead themselves first and foremost. Only then can they act as example and inspiration to others.

I would say about 80% of my writing (including posts and blogs), has to do with unresolved anger and that's just fine with me

For one to define and understand the nature of the universe, one must firstunderstand the nature of the force behind its existence.

Sometimes I feel like I float in and out of different personalities.

Death is nothing more than a doorway, something you walk through.

Vaisey looked like a startled earwig.

We couldn't live without comedy.

Honesty is most important, and it's difficult when you're young and single and sort of figuring out your own life.