A lie told well is just as good as the truth.

Children can't help but create: they need to put their mind on the page, they want to paint, to sculpt, to write short stories.

The one reality science cannot reduce is the only reality we will ever know.

By the age of 3, children from wealthier households hear, on average, about 500,000 encouragements and 80,000 discouragements. The ratio is reversed in households on welfare.

You know more than you know.

The best way to solve a problem? Try explaining it to somebody outside your field.

The only way to maximize group creativity—to make the whole more than the sum of its parts—is to encourage a candid discussion of mistakes. In part, this is because the acceptance of error reduces cost. When you believe your flaws will be quickly corrected by the group, you're less worried about perfecting your contribution, which leads to a more candid conversation. We can only get it right when we talk about what we got wrong.