The fragile wants tranquility, the antifragile grows from disorder, and the robust doesn't care too much.

Doctors most commonly get mixed up between absence of evidence and evidence of abense

A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.

For many people, commuting is the worst part of the day, and policies that can make commuting shorter and more convenient would be a straightforward way to reduce minor but widespread suffering.

Decomposition, for most, starts when they leave the free, social, and uncorrupted college life for the solitary confinement of professions and nuclear families.

People used to wear ordinary clothes weekdays, and formal attire on Sunday. Today it is the exact reverse.

Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.

Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that’s what you are seeking.

Love without sacrifice is like theft

Avoid losers. If you hear someone use the words 'impossible', 'never', 'too difficult' too often, drop him or her from your social network.

Someone bemoaned that there were so few women in economics. But there are also very few men in economics.

May God defend, protect, provide and redeem you.

I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it's a lot of work. It's work to be a star. I don't enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.

The effect of the mass media is not to elicit belief but to maintain the apparatus of addiction.

My sisters and I can still recite Dad's grilling rules: Rule No. 1: Dad is in charge. Rule No. 2: Repeat Rule No. 1.

Wiser, never wise. Smarter, never smart.

We do not wish to say only that a man is responsible for his own individuality, but that he is responsible for that of all men.

I'm not a drug salesman. I'm a writer." "What makes you think a writer isn't a drug salesman?

Iraq's government is at a stalemate.

People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day.

Quality begins with the intent, which is fixed by management.