The absence of high-quality friendships is bad for your health, spirits, productivity, and longevity.

Buying experience such as going out to dinner or taking a vacation increases our own wellbeing and the wellbeing of others. Experiences last while material purchases fade.

Even if people just change two or three things that they are able to sustain over time, it makes quite a difference eventually.

Far too many people spend a lifetime headed in the wrong direction. They go not only from the cradle to the cubicle, but then to the casket, without uncovering their greatest talents and potential.

When I was in kindergarten, I entered a competition and read 52 books in a week.

The pursuit of meaning, not happiness, is what makes life worthwhile.

Every human being has talents that are just waiting to be uncovered.