It would be futile to attempt to fit women into a masculine pattern of attitudes, skills and abilities . . .

Money and power by themselves are a two-legged stool. You can balance on them for a while, but eventually you're going to topple over.

Meditation is not about stopping thoughts, but recognizing that we are more than our thoughts and our feelings.

One of the main reasons I wrote The Sleep Revolution was to examine this ancient, essential, and mysterious phenomenon from all angles and to explore the ways we can use sleep to help regain control over our out-of-kilter lives.

How could someone with a renowned ability to inspire, communicate complex ideas, and connect with voters find himself in this position? The President [Barack Obama], though a dedicated student of history, has seemingly failed to learn the lesson of our nation's most significant political confrontations: They've required single-minded determination, and the willingness to battle until the fight was won.

I wish I'd known sooner that success isn't defined by who goes the longest without vacation.

Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear. It's about getting up one more time than we fall down.