...true self-esteem comes from competence, not the other way around.

Opposites attract, and I think temperament is so fundamental that you end up craving someone of the opposite temperament to complete you.

What looks like multitasking is really switching back and forth between multiple tasks, which reduces productivity and increases mistakes by up to 50 percent.

Solitude matters. And for some people it's the air they breathe.

There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.

we have two ears and one mouth and we should use them proportionally

You're told that you're in your head too much, a phrase that's often deployed against the quiet and cerebral. Or maybe there's another word for such people: thinkers.

Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value highly.

It's as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from other people's emotions and from the tragedies and cruelties of the world.

I'm continually amazed by how many people who appear to be extroverts are actually introverts.

Cross the street to avoid making aimless chitchat with random acquaintances.

Never raise your hand to your children - it leaves your midsection unprotected.

Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.

I love being an author. I love actual writing, and I love communicating with children. And it keeps me young.

Understanding brings control.

The one aspect I do love about digital is I love to push performance and I love to roll and roll and keep doing takes in a single performance.

Either we learn to find the Lord in the ordinary everyday life or else we shall never find him

No. Not really. A weapon didn't come to an agreement with the hand that held it.

Never underestimate the power of a single prayer.

I am here to love you, to hold you in my arms, to protect you.

If I were directing a movie, it would scare me.