Increasingly, staying in the middle class - let alone aspiring to become middle class - is becoming a game of chance.

Failure is not the opposite of success; it's part of success.

The economic game is not supposed to be rigged like some shady ring toss on a carnival midway.

We take better care of our smartphone than ourselves. We know when the battery is depleted and recharge it

There's no love more intense than the love we have for our kids - and where there is intense love, there is also intense fear lurking beneath the surface.

Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom, to see everything through the filter of right and left.

We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success.

The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection.

We think, mistakenly, that success is the result of the amount of time we put in at work, instead of the quality of time we put in.

The first step toward changing the world is to change our vision of the world and of our place in it.

In life, the things that go wrong are often the very things that lead to other things going right.

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they find to laugh at.

I'll always be here waiting for you, " he said, touching my chest with his fingertips, drawing a shape of a heart.

The more you know, the more you can do. The more you can do the bigger you become

I believe in freedom of speech, but I believe we should also have the right to comment on freedom of speech.

I fell in love with dressing myself up.

Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.

I’ve dropped out of their hearts like a little sparrow fallen from its nest. So gather me up, dear, fold me to your heart – and you’ll see how nice I can be.

Philosophical discussions habitually make men happy and joyful not frowning and sad.

I try to be accommodating, but I'm pretty much a loner.

There's so much of this beautiful planet that is still actually spectacular and stimulating. There are so many amazing people that you meet along the way.