People who want to appear clever rely on memory. People who want to get things done make lists.

If we learned all we needed to know in kindergarten, it was promptly drummed out of us in first grade.

The purpose of education is to make the choices clear to people, not to make the choices for people.

If you want physical peace, stop the struggle of life. Don't push the body beyond its fatigue point. Rest the body enough. Exercise it enough. Then let it be. ... If you want peace with others, don't fight them. Go your own way. Live your own life. If some walk with you, fine.

..we are trained as children to get good grades, get a good job, get a good spouse, get children, get ahead. In all this getting we get something else: anxiety and depression.

For now realize that you can change anything you want, but you can't change everything you want.

The only difference between fear and excitement is what we label it. The two are pretty much the same physiological/emotional reaction. With fear, we put a negative spin on it: "Oh no!" With excitement, we give it some positive english: "Oh, boy!"