Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise small children without the help of multiple adults, making for an unsupported life.

Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact.

We are a time-starved people, obsessed with fitting huge achievements into our few years. In the process, we often fill our buckets with things that don't matter or work. But when we give up on trying to change what can't be changed, and simply embrace what we love, a miracle occurs. We notice that the moment to be happy has already arrived. It's here, now.

Your first daily priority should be stillness, attention to what you really know and what you really feel.

I once read that forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a different past...but forgiving is not the same as obliterating memory.

Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury.

Make stuff up. Anyone who ever did something new or interesting was making it up as they went along.