The people we get along with, trust, feel simpatico with, are the strongest links in our networks

Buying phosphate-free soap allows you to say, 'My detergent doesn't have the harsh chemicals others do.' The question is, how are you washing with it? The very worst thing for the Earth about detergent is that we heat water to use it.

When it comes to exploring the mind in the framework of cognitive neuroscience, the maximal yield of data comes from integrating what a person experiences - the first person - with what the measurements show - the third person.

For better or worse, intelligence can come to nothing when emotions hold sway.

Teachers need to be comfortable talking about feelings.

Risk taking and the drive to pursue innovative ideas are the fuel that stokes the entrepreneurial spirit.

Our emotional mind will harness the rational mind to its purposes, for our feelings and reactions-- rationalizations-- justifying them in terms of the present moment, without realizing the influence of our emotional memory.