Freedom has a cost, which is borne by individuals who make bad choices, and by a society that feels obligated to help them.

Odd as it may seem, I am my remembering self, and the experiencing self, who does my living, is like a stranger to me.

The idea that the future is unpredictable is undermined every day by the ease with which the past is explained.

The world makes much less sense than you think. The coherence comes mostly from the way your mind works.

The premise of this book is that it is easier to recognize other people's mistakes than our own.

The test of learning psychology is whether your understanding of situations you encounter has changed, not whether you have learned a new fact.

Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it.

Many parents have discovered, perhaps with some guilt, that they can read a story to a child while thinking of something else.

Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking of it.

The often-used phrase “pay attention” is apt: you dispose of a limited budget of attention that you can allocate to activities, and if you try to you try to go beyond your budget, you will fail.

However, attention can be moved away from an unwanted focus, primarily by focusing intently on another target.

There is no conclusive evidence of life after death, but there is no evidence of any sort against it. Soon enough you will know, so why fret about it?

Money! If you do not have, then you listen to me, I'm saying something.

When people are educated, the distinction between classes disappears.

When there is nothing else to say, I go for a smoke

You could know the what of something forever and never discover the why.

I enjoy my anger, it’s the only hobby I have.

The meanings of words are not in the words, they are in us.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

I have lost friends, some by death...others by sheer inability to cross the street.

O time, thou must untangle this, not I. It is too hard a knot for me t'untie.