“Whether we change our lives or do nothing, we have responded. To do nothing is to do something.” —Jonathan Safran Foer, Eating Animals – Jonathan Safran Foer is an American novelist and activist with Polish roots. Foer began to seriously pursue writing as a...

“But unless we are creators we are not fully alive. What do I mean by creators? Not only artists, whose acts of creation are the obvious ones of working with paint of clay or words. Creativity is a way of living life, no matter our vocation or how we earn our...

“[Publishing] is a collaborative enterprise… you have to surround yourself with good people and help them to do what they do well, as opposed to micromanaging.” —Roberta “Robbie” Myers, “Face of Elle,” Forbes Magazine – Robbie Myers...

“I cannot tell the truth about anything unless I confess being a student, growing and learning something new every day. The more I learn, the clearer my view of the world becomes.” —Sonia Sanchez, “Ruminations/Reflections,” I’m Black When I’m...

“Be a good and proactive and even somewhat desperate patient on your own behalf—seek out the most efficacious anti-selfishness medicines, energetically, for the rest of your life. Find out what makes you kinder, what opens you up and brings out the most loving,...

“The book itself is a curious artifact, not showy in its technology but complex and extremely efficient: a really neat little device, compact, often very pleasant to look at and handle, that can last decades, even centuries. It doesn’t have to be plugged...