If pain were water, the world would drown

Those of us have minimized expectations walk around with a greater sense of thankfulness (because so many wonderful things that we didn't expect come our way each day).

When emotions dominate, maturity and wisdom deteriorate

Chechnya is a pressure cooker of Islamist anger

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature.

When women criticize men it's called feminism. When men criticize women it's called misogyny