One can't live mindfully without being enmeshed in psychological processes that are around us.

The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces.

Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.

If you put good apples into a bad situation, you’ll get bad apples.

Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.

Human behavior is incredibly pliable, plastic.

Sticks and stones can break your bones, but names can kill you.

Being hurt personally triggered a curiosity about how such beliefs are formed.

The level of shyness has gone up dramatically in the last decade. I think shyness is an index of social pathology rather than a pathology of the individual.

Time perspective is one of the most powerful influences on all of human behavior. We're trying to show how people become biased to being exclusively past-, present- or future-oriented.

Every evil starts with 15 volts.

Generally speaking, books don't cause much harm. Except when you read them, that is. Then they cause all kinds of problems.

Idiots are of two kinds: those who try to be smart and those who think they are smart.

You get what you focus on. What we see ahead impacts the actions we take right now. How we live and lead is directly connected to what we see.

Change the status quo or become it

Nature creates nothing without a purpose.

Our blindest impulses become evidence of perspicacity when they fall in with the course of events.

I think it's really important as an artist not to be drawn to the haters, because there are so many people who are nice and quiet.

The role of a librarian is to make sense of the world of information. If that's not a qualification for superhero-dom, what is?

I was not born with a hunger to be free, I was born free.

Reggae music is simple music - but it's from the heart. Just as people need water to drink, people also need music. If it is true music, the people will be drawn to it.