Once you become aware of what means the most to you, you're less likely to put off something that's really valuable for something that matters much less... it's knowing the difference between what's important and what isn't that allows us to solve problems effectively.

Superstition is just fantasy with attitude; it's a way of erroneously trying to control events.

Getting enough of what you want without depriving anyone else is the ultimate act of selfishness and sanity.

Sex is ... scratching an itch Everything else is something we project on a very simple act. It's the psychology, not the biology, that's complicated.

Just trying to do something - just being there, showing up - is how we get braver. Self-esteem is about doing.

Once you become aware of what means the most to you, you're less likely to put off something that's really valuable for something that matters much less... it's knowing the difference between what's important and what isn't that allows us to solve problems effectively.

The American notion of family is perhaps the most romanticized, deep-rooted, and misery-producing fantasy of the last hundred years.