We should reward people, not ridicule them, for thinking the impossible.

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.

That’s the way life is sometimes: you can fix things up, but you can’t make them all better.

A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.

If the thunder is not loud the peasant forgets to cross himself.

Another benefit is that the more I blog, the more I maintain and develop a first-person voice, which translates into a much greater ease with writing personal essays.

I always loved comedy, but I never knew it was something you could learn to do. I always thought that some people are born comedians ... just like some people are born dentists.

Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!

I think the definition of an artist is not necessarily tied into excellence or talent; an artist is somebody who, if you took away their freedom to make art, would lose their mind.

Carry the burden smilingly and cheerfully, because patience is the key to victory.

I think that if we don't learn to inhabit other people's perspectives, then we're never going to understand why people do what they do.

Science does not deny religion, it just offers a simpler alternative.