People learn what they want to learn. If learning is forced on us, even if we master it temporarily, it is soon forgotten.

The ability to handle stress increases with the practice of meditation. In a culture like ours in which inner, spiritual growth is totally neglected in favor of materialistic pursuits, we might have something to learn from the Hare Krishna devotees' meditational practices.

A little girl who finds a puzzle frustrating might ask her busy mother (or teacher) for help. The child gets one message if her mother expresses clear pleasure at the request and quite another if mommy responds with a curt 'Don't bother me - I've got important work to do.'

Well, any effort to maximize your potential and ability is a good thing.

We're exposed and carry in our bodies multiple chemicals, and we have to understand how they interact. Both how they individually interact and the thousands of effects they can produce when they interact with the receptors that run our bodies.

True compassion means not only feeling another's pain but also being moved to help relieve it.

There is perhaps no psychological skill more fundamental than resisting impulse.