Everything we are afraid to try, all our unfulfilled dreams, constitute a limitation on what we are and could become.

It is difficult to remove by logic an idea not placed there by logic in the first place.

We are all prone to the myth of the perfect stranger

Money cannot buy happiness; it can, however, rent it.

We also need to learn the art of letting go: of the past, of unresolved grievances, of our younger selves. Nobody gets out of here alive.

Past behavior is the most reliable predictor of future behavior.

There are no maps to guide our most important searches; we must rely on hope, chance, intuition, and a willingness to be surprised.