The greatest thing you can do for your children is love your spouse.

The insights we seek are often buried and rarely obvious — to find them, we need to be able to look deeply, to perceive what others are unable to.

In order to really find happiness, you need to continue looking for opportunities that you believe are meaningful, in which you will be able to learn new things, to succeed and be given more and more responsibility to shoulder.

Remind yourself often, “It’s better to wear out than rust out.” Life is yours to enjoy. Don’t waste it. Don’t pass up living by thinking yourself into a hospital bed.

See, you can do something today that will outlive your life.

Evaluate your habits and actions with the aim of structuring your time to protect your attention and allow time to do the deep work.

The path forward is only revealed when we begin walking.

If your goal is to never make a mistake in your life, you shouldn’t look for secrets. The prospect of being lonely but right—dedicating your life to something that no one else believes in—is already hard. The prospect of being lonely and wrong can be unbearable.

The fixed mindset makes people into nonlearners.

The human need to feel understood is like the lungs’ need for air.