Shyness is the fear of social disapproval or humiliation, while introversion is a preference for environments that are not overstimulating. Shyness is inherently painful; introversion is not.

Opposites attract, and I think temperament is so fundamental that you end up craving someone of the opposite temperament to complete you.

What looks like multitasking is really switching back and forth between multiple tasks, which reduces productivity and increases mistakes by up to 50 percent.

Solitude matters. And for some people it's the air they breathe.

There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.

we have two ears and one mouth and we should use them proportionally

You're told that you're in your head too much, a phrase that's often deployed against the quiet and cerebral. Or maybe there's another word for such people: thinkers.

Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value highly.

It's as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from other people's emotions and from the tragedies and cruelties of the world.

I'm continually amazed by how many people who appear to be extroverts are actually introverts.

Cross the street to avoid making aimless chitchat with random acquaintances.

You really think joy is easier to come by than pain? What have you had more of?

Light existed all along. Of course it did. Who says it didn't because I couldn't see it?

cannot come to Christ unless the Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin.

Color is a power which directly influences the soul.

Man goes nowhere, everything comes to man like tomorrow.

Any civilization that doesn't develop space travel dies.

Success is sequential, not simultaneous

A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose.

My attitude was always, if you are a huge metal fan, the more dedicated and more obsessive a metal fan you are, then why wouldn't you like more metal, widen your net, and include hair metal?

Too many church services start at eleven sharp and end at twelve dull.