Studien zufolge tut soziale Abweisung genauso weh wie physischer Schmerz. Das hat evolutionäre Gründe, da dies damals ein Warnsignal dafür war, dass sich der Stamm bald von einem abgrenzen könnte.

Es ist effektiver, zu überlegen, was man beim nächsten Mal besser machen kann, als sich ständig seine vergangenen Fehler vorzuwerfen.

Bei einer Trennung, einer Kündigung oder Ähnlichem sollte man die Fehler nicht ausschließlich bei sich selbst suchen. Meistens liegt es daran, dass die Chemie einfach nicht stimmt.

Um in einer Tiefphase sein Selbstwertgefühl wieder zu steigern, notiert man sich circa fünf seiner Stärken, sucht sich eine aus und schreibt einen kurzen Text über sich und die jeweilige Stärke.

Fühlt man sich ausgegrenzt, sollte man einfach etwas mit anderen Leuten unternehmen, die die Anwesenheit von einem zu schätzen wissen. So erinnert man sich daran, dass man nicht weniger wert ist, nur weil man nicht eingeladen worden ist.

"Der größte Schaden, den Abweisung verursacht ist meist selbstverschuldet. Gerade wenn unser Selbstbewusstsein seinen Tiefpunkt erreicht, kommen wir und schädigen es noch mehr."

Atheistic evolutionists believe that nothing created everything - a scientific impossibility. It couldn't happen. So they redefine the word 'nothing' to mean 'something,' so that in their unthinking minds, they can justify their foolishness.

Interventions are really emotionally exhausting and I would never ever want to have one. In the same way, I would never want to have a surprise birthday party. That would be horrible.

I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform.

Good fiction is about asserting the beauties of the world, inventing a new, positive thing. Where am I going to get that? And it should be original; it should not be cliched. So the way I looked at history was not to accuse it of failure.

Emotional pain of any kind is a reminder to stop and look inside.

Sure, we want to know what a president believes in... but that doesn't always mean he should tell us.

My work is always more emotional than I am. My characters say things to each other that I get accused of not being able to say to my girlfriend.

Once I start writing, I can't stop.

Now, do I think the baby boomers tend to be self-absorbed? I do.

I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book is a pea.

Be careful about virtual relationships with artificially intelligent pieces of software.

When I started running, a gadget was a wristwatch with a secondhand on it.

I must tell you, I haven't done the drug problem that is faced by cops and people on the border. It's a hard show to do, but I think it's going to say a lot about drugs and the problems related to them. I just hope people can watch it, it's a pretty strong show.

23andMe set out to try and change healthcare - this is not an easy business. This is not a coffee shop in Austin.

There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them.

I have observed that money left without special guidance is sometimes used well and sometimes not.

I don't think Cheney started off in 2000 with a burning desire to become vice-president. I think the prospect gradually became more appealing, and he goosed the process.

I'm a little kid at heart, so my eyes light up when everything is lit.

Everyone in my family has some kind of artistic tendency. My great grandmother was a jewelry designer, and her daughter was a ceramic tile muralist.

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.

So have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel

There are a lot more shots coming at the net and guys are just shooting it at the net because they have more time and pucks are going in off legs and feet and shoulders and heads, so you might have to play out a little further on the shot and hope it hits you.

I never, ever, saw the evil Steve Jobs. He was always the most well-mannered and respectful guy I knew. And we got to be pretty good friends. He didn't suffer fools gladly. I guess he didn't think I was a fool.

You're not a leader if you haven't been elected.