Make decisions when you are ready, not under pressure. Others will always push you to make a decision for their own purposes, internal politics, or some other external need. But you can almost always say, “I need a little more time to think about this. I’ll get back to you.” This tactic is very effective at defusing even the most difficult and uncomfortable situations.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

You take delight not in a city’s seven or seventy wonders, but in the answer it gives to a question of yours.

My whole life has been a struggle against fear and anxiety.

习惯就是习惯，谁也不能将其一下子扔出窗外，只能一步一步地引下楼。