One aspect of a successful relationship is not just how compatible you are, but how you deal with your incompatibility.

Attention is a little-noticed and underrated mental asset.

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.

It is difficult to spread the contagion of excitement without having a sense of purpose and direction.

Evolutionary theory holds that our ability to sense when we should be suspicious has been every bit as essential for human survival as our capacity for trust and cooperation.

Threats to our standing in the eyes of others are remarkably potent biologically, almost as powerful as those to our very survival.

We learn best with focused attention. As we focus on what we're learning, the brain maps that information on what we already know making new neural connections