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

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.

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."

If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to get to the good stuff, you need to slow down.

Where there's love, gossip won't strive or thrive.

My focus is to not focus too much on one genre.

On one project I was hanging out with Brad Pitt, and Ryan Gosling, and Steve Carrel, and Christian Bale, and trying to explain economics to them for a movie I'm an advisor on.

And I certainly won't lay out areas of my life that I think are just private.

As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that.

We cannot be Christians part-time. If Christ is at the center of our lives, he is present in all that we do.

Sometimes you don't realize how special something is until you lose it. Thats how I feel about Ramadan every year.

Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change. It can not only move us, it makes us move.

A mom forgives us all our faults, not to mention one or two we don't even have.

You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?