Paralysis seems to happen on the steepest slope of the survival arc—where almost all hope is lost, when escape seems impossible, and when the situation is unfamiliar to the extreme.

Most Korean parents saw themselves as coaches, while American parents tended to act more like cheerleaders.

Narrative is the beginning of recovery.

Boredom is the specter that haunts children from kindergarten to graduation on every continent.

The public totally discounts low-probability high-consequence events. The individual says, it's not going to be this plane, this bus, this time.

The world, full of past sound, would be like the sky, full of past light. The world would be like the mind, for which there is no once.

If more people start selling ugly produce we have a chance to crack the hunger and malnutrition problems in the U.S. (Almost 90% of us do not get enough fruits and veggies).

People who continue to nurture long-term and new friendships as they grow older are more likely to enjoy health and vitality.

And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.

The goodness you do might fail; but keep doing it, because the real failure is never doing goodness!

It doesn't matter what is true, it only matters what people believe is true.

The point isn't to deny our Egos, but to extricate ourselves from our exclusive preoccupation with them.

The funny thing about gold is how quickly it can tarnish.

I see History as a relay race in which one of us, before dropping in his tracks, must carry one stage further the challenge of being a man.

It's weird, how much he's noticed me... And apparently, I have not been as oblivious to him as I imagined, either.