Every day, I read about new ideas and research that could help someone I care about live a longer and healthier life.

If you want people to understand that you value their contributions and that they are important, the recognition and praise you provide must have meaning that is specific to each individual.

If you spend your life trying to be good at everything, you will never be great at anything.

One's single greatest strength may be uncovering the hidden talents of another person.

You cannot be anything you want to be - but you can be a whole lot more of who you already are.

Make work a purpose, not just a place.

When we build on our strengths and daily successes — instead of focusing on failures — we simply learn more.

People have several times more potential for growth when they invest energy in developing their strengths instead of correcting their deficiencies.

The things that change people's lives are usually an accumulation of small acts.

If we can find short-term incentives that are consistent with our long-term objectives, it is much easier to make the right decisions in the moment.

The pursuit of meaning, not happiness, is what makes life worthwhile.

She'd tried her hand at most things, but drew the line at honesty.

But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.

I trained as a journalist in America where paying sources is frowned upon. Now I work in the U.K. where there is a more flexible attitude.

As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing.

It feels like every day or two, people on Twitter and the Internet are outraged about something.

I don't need to make money destroying my environment. Why don't I just love it and figure out a way to be more sustainable?

We have a duty to rescue our closest living relatives as part of our wider responsibilities to conserve the ecosystems they inhabit.

Most people affirm pleasure to be the good, but the finer sort of wits say it is knowledge.

Your friends are really an extension of your vision of the world. It's kind of a physical manifestation of how you feel. Like your soul.

Everybody needs encouragement, even when things are going well.