Secrets of Adulthood: Simple Truths for Our Complex Lives

Do you need more time, or do you need to make a decision?

The traffic changes, the weather changes, yet the same people are always late, and the same people are always on time.

If you find it hard to take good care of yourself, care for yourself like a toddler: Don’t let yourself get too hungry, too tired, or too uncomfortable; too bored, too lonely, or too overwhelmed.

Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life; we can change our lives by changing our habits.

Be selfish, if only for selfless reasons; be selfless, if only for selfish reasons.

If we can’t be loving, we can be kind; if we can’t be kind, we can be courteous; if we can’t be courteous, we can be quiet.

Character isn’t what we hope to be or do, or intend to be or do; it’s what we actually do, when given a choice.

Failure is good preparation for success, which comes as a pleasant surprise, but success is poor preparation for failure.

Winston Churchill: “To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real.