One of the challenges of commencement speeches is that you have this older, wiser person who is accomplished talking to young, not-yet-so-wise, not-yet-accomplished adults or, in high school or middle school, even younger.
When I did have a little bit of commercial success, it really didn't suit my temperament at all. I'm a terrible public person.
The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder.
My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing suicide, and, altogether beyond his hopes, meet with the good hap to be murdered.
Committing yourself to one person is sacred.
Authority is mainly a moral power; therefore, it must first call upon the conscience, that is, upon the duty that each person has to contribute willingly to the common good.
I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense.
I'm not massively academic. I'm a commonsense person.
I am a commonsense sort of a person, and I don't get carried away with emotion and fears.
I've done the thing where I stop being communicative, and I've been on the other side where the other person isn't communicating, and I become frustrated.
I'm quite a social person, quite a communicator, and I like to have the work of other people around.
Just because people can express themselves through their art doesn't mean they are great communicators in person.
Because we're able to adjust for compatibility - and what that means is we've already normalized for how well we think each person is going to get along with the other person - the only factor left in determining response rate, really, is the aesthetic appearance of the person who sent you that message.
I think the reason Buddhism and Western psychology are so compatible is that Western psychology helps to identify the stories and the patterns in our personal lives, but what Buddhist awareness training does is it actually allows the person to develop skills to stay in what's going on.
I wish a person with a record of competence such as Nitish Kumar would get a chance to lead India.
A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.
I'm quite a competitive person, so I do quite like to win.
I don't like conflicts. I'm not a competitive person at heart. To be in the middle of turmoil is boring.
I'm not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don't think I'm competitive, just nice.
I'm a very competitive person. But I think that's good.
