Love Is Essential, Gregariousness Is Optional.

There Are Only A Few People Out There Who Can Completely Overcome Their Fears, And They All Live In Tibet.

The Pressure To Entertain, To Sell Ourselves, And Never To Be Visibly Anxious Keeps Ratcheting Up.

But When The Group Is Literally Capable Of Changing Our Perceptions, And When To Stand Alone Is To Activate Primitive, Powerful, And Unconscious Feelings Of Rejection, Then The Health Of These Institutions Seems Far More Vulnerable Than We Think.

The Secret To Life Is To Put Yourself In The Right Lighting. For Some, It's A Broadway Spotlight; For Others, A Lamplit Desk. Use Your Natural Powers -- Of Persistence, Concentration, And Insight -- To Do Work You Love And Work That Matters. Solve Problems. Make Art, Think Deeply.

There's Zero Correlation Between Being The Best Talker And Having The Best Ideas.