The monkeys solved the puzzle simply because they found it gratifying to solve puzzles. They enjoyed it. The joy of the task was its own reward.

Greatness and nearsightedness are incompatible. Meaningful achievement depends on lifting one's sights and pushing toward the horizon.

Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational, a book that offers an entertaining and engaging overview of behavioral economics.

Anyone who values truth should stop worshipping reason.

To be fair, I am not the same man. The one who listened. The one who believed her.

The spirit of counsel enables a person to look for something new and to search further anddeeper.

Throughout the day I often ask myself, Could I fall asleep right now? and the answer is always a resounding yes.

I am not a specialist but a general practitioner in the world of the arts.

One had rather have no opinion than a false one.

There will be no overall increase in the tax burden whatsoever.

The only thing that a man may do that is new, is to write himself on human hearts.

Be what it is that you are seeking.

Ninety-nine hundredths or, possibly, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousandths of our activity is purely automatic and habitual, from our rising in the morning to our lying down each night.