It is in books, poems, paintings which often give us the confidence to take seriously feelings in ourselves that we might otherwise never have thought to acknowledge.

Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than moving planes, ships or trains.

The fear of saying something stupid (which stupid people never have) has censored far more good ideas than bad ones.

When work is not going well, it's useful to remember that our identities stretch beyond what is on the business card, that we were people long before we became workers - and will continue to be human once we have put our tools down forever.

One rarely falls in love without being as much attracted to what is interestingly wrong with someone as what is objectively healthy.

Forcing people to eat together is an effective way to promote tolerance.

People only get really interesting when they start to rattle the bars of their cages.