We favor the visible, the embedded, the personal, the narrated, and the tangible; we scorn the abstract.

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.

Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.

Don’t be intimidated by other people’s opinions. Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks and do what you really want to do.

I live nearby a graveyard, that's where I get all my inspiration for wisdom and life

What we wish for, dream and imagine is the very framework and foundation of everything we create

If you are saying the same thing as everyone else, then why would and why should anyone think you are different from everyone else?

If you think confident, you act confident.

To be resigned means to find satisfaction in self-denial (Self-denial is the denial of one's lower self).

It took me five years to learn to play the game intelligently enough to make big money when I was right.

Presence is far more intricate and rewarding an art than productivity.

I think in particularly with young kids who don't have a lot of positive influences, pop culture almost becomes a larger part of that self-discovery and how you define yourself.