When the human body is put under exceptional strain, a range of dormant genes in the DNA are expressed and extraordinary physiological processes are activated.

Excellence demands effort and planned, deliberate practice of increasing difficulty

It really doesn't matter how long. If you practice with your (body), no amount is enough. If you practice with your head, two hours is plenty.

The most important gifts we can give our children are confidence in their ability to remake themselves again and again and the tools with which to do that job

A world in which deliberate practice is a normal part of life would be one in which people had more volition and satisfaction.

Our bird of hope was being denied the altitude it sought, just free enough to fly dangerously close to the reality of the treetops.

My grief was cold. It was nothing to share. It was nothing to speak about, nothing to feel.

Don't be sad because I'm dying, be happy because very second another great human being is born, another person that ill have chances to do greater things than me.

There isn't a man on earth who doesn't at times pronounce an opinion on good and evil, even if it be only to find fault with somebody else.

Owning less is better than organizing more.

There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.

I've been good about keeping my nose to the grindstone.

The Farfield Curse is a story you'll want to pick up, but not put down!

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

I like to keep myself wrapped in layers of sleep and wait for the geraniums.