The more you use your brain, the more brain you will have to use. "—George A. Dorsey, anthropologist

It’s the people we hardly know, and not our closest friends, who will improve our lives most dramatically

Doing something later is not automatically the same as doing something better

I wasn't scared of losing my past. i was scared of losing my future.

As we age, we feel less like leaves and more like trees. We have roots that ground us and sturdy trunks that may sway, but don't break, in the wind.

When we make choices, we open ourselves up to hard work and failure and heartbreak, so sometimes it feels easier not to know, not to choose, and not to do. But it isn't.

I think part of making any decision in your twenties is realizing there is no twenty-four flavor table. It's a myth.

Life stories with themes of ruin can trap us. Life stories that are triumphant can transform us.

Dance with the one that brought you

Your dreams can earn you money and provision when you don’t only have fans, but customers.

In the joy of others, lies our own.

The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.

Sometimes people go to a yoga class and think it's not for them, but it might just not be the right studio or teacher - try a new one!

I have absolutely no fear of death. Why would I? There's nothing to fear-only joy to experience.

A heart can only discover what it really wants with experience.

Let them not make me a stone and let them not spill me, otherwise kill me.

It is our peculiar punishment that we know things change and we want this to be otherwise.

After Fifty Shades of Grey, I think my writing is pretty tame, isn't it?