I prefer listening to talking, reading to socializing... I like to think before I speak (softly).

Don't think of introversion as something that needs to be cured.

Scores of studies have shown that venting doesn't soothe anger; it fuels it.

When you go to a football game and someone offers you a beer [...], they're really saying hi, have a glass of extroversion.

The emphasis is on community, on participating in more and more programs and events, on meeting more and more people. It’s a constant tension for many introverts that they’re not living that out. And in a religious world, there’s more at stake when you feel that tension. It doesn’t feel like ‘I’m not doing as well as I’d like.’ It feels like ‘God isn’t pleased with me.’

There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.

The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting.