Questioning authority is, I think, a great thing to instill in children. I just didn't have enough of that when I was little.

I worry that by losing my temper so much and being so harsh and yelling so much that, by example, I will have taught my daughters to be that way, and I'm now constantly telling them not to do that.

As a purely mathematical fact, people who sleep less live more.

Everything I do as a mother builds on a foundation of love and compassion.

Once you get to the Enlightenment, the way that powers get to be hyperpowers isn't just by conquest. It's through commerce and innovation. Societies like the Dutch Republic and the United States used tolerance to become a magnet for enterprising immigrants.

Most things are difficult at the beginning and they become fun, something you love, only after you've worked at them.

Tiger parenting is all about raising independent, creative, courageous kids. In America today, there's a dangerous tendency to romanticize creativity in a way that may undermine it.