Extroverts are more responsive to high-intensity and "happy" stimuli, which may be why an extrovert gets frustrated at the less "readable" face of the introvert.

Introverts are collectors of thoughts, and solitude is where the collection is curated and rearranged to make sense of the present and future.

I am rarely bored alone; I am often bored in groups and crowds.

Let's clear one thing up: Introverts do not hate small talk because we dislike people. We hate small talk because we hate the barrier it creates between people.

Quiet is might. Solitude is strength. Introversion is power.

Introverts paradoxically pull away from culture and create culture.

Whatever kind of introvert you are, some people will find you 'too much' in some ways and 'not enough' in others.

Though introverts are drained by interaction, we can take immense pleasure in watching the scene around us.

Introvert conversations are like jazz. Each player gets to solo for a nice stretch before the other player comes in and does his solo.

Introverts often assume what's inside is visible on the outside. We don't have to invent or fake the emotion; we just need to allow it to be seen!

With public speaking, practicing congruence is very helpful - allowing the words to be expressed with the face and body. It helps to think of simply "turning up the nonverbal volume."

Let us not rest until we are free to live in dignity in the land of our birth.

Don't be afraid to grow up, Peter. It's only a trap if you forget how to fly.

I run five miles three times a week I log everything. I look up routes when I travel.

When I was a kid at four years old, that's when I started amateur wrestling with my dad and family. And when that's instilled in you, it never goes away.

I regularly find myself waking up to art I passed by or simply ignored.

I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.

Leaders have to be dealers in hope.

We cannot afford four more years of this misguided socialist policies from President Obama and his administration.

To watch how lovingly your children parent their own children is to know profound achievement.

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.