Quotes from PO BRONSON

And while it might seem to a parent that tattling is incessant, to a child that's not the case—because for every one time a child seeks a parent for help, there were fourteen other instances when he was wronged and did not run to the parent for aid.

Around the world, every week, 3 million people move from rural areas into cities. That's a San Francisco every two days! That isn't a future statistic. That's a today statistic.

It didn't matter if you were rich or poor, black or white, healthy or ill. Across every cohort, controlling for all variables, if you had "a sense of purpose" you stayed healthy, and if you didn't have a sense of purpose, you didn't stay healthy. It was more powerful for your health than exercising every day. It was more important than smoking or drinking. It was pretty much the strongest determinator of your future health.

Nobody is in sales anymore; they're in customer relationship management. Nobody is in marketing, they're in customer engagement.

The Protestant Reformation and the Scientific Revolution are intertwined much like all chicken-and-egg problems. One couldn't have happened without the other. Social change sometimes triggers technological change; sometimes it's the other way around. But they always go hand in hand. No technological revolution fails to be directly connected to a social revolution, either just before or just after.

How often a mother initiates a conversation with her child is not predictive of the language outcomes - what matters is, if the infant initiates, whether the mom responds.

As I get older, I've learned to listen to people rather than accuse them of things.

There is nothing more genuine than breaking away from the chorus to learn the sound of your own voice.

If you want to give yourself a fair chance to succeed, never expect too much too soon

Failure is hard, but success is far more dangerous. If you're successful at the wrong thing, the mix of praise and money and opportunity can lock you in forever.

Success is not measured by bestseller lists. Certain types of great books sell very well; other types of great books don't sell a lot. But they're both great.

A piece of writing has to seduce the reader; it has to suspend disbelief and earn the reader's trust.

Love that has been tested is far more awe-inspiring than love that has never known anything but bliss.

Who you are is more important than what you do. The goal is to bring what you do in alignment with who you are, so you don't end up being someone you don't want to be.

I used to want to change the world. Now I'm open to letting it change me.

People thrive by focusing on the question of who they really are - and connecting that to work that they truly love .

Children key off their parents' reaction more than the argument or physical discipline itself.

We've all lost something along the way.

If you want to give yourself a fair chance to succeed, never expect too much too soon

Failure is hard, but success is far more dangerous. If you're successful at the wrong thing, the mix of praise and money and opportunity can lock you in forever.

But I'd rather help than watch. I'd rather have a heart than a mind. I'd rather expose too much than too little. I'd rather say hello to strangers than be afraid of them. I would rather know all this about myself than have more money than I need. I'd rather have something to love than a way to impress you.

Books have been my classroom and my confidant. Books have widened my horizons. Books have comforted me in my hardest times. Books have changed my life.

Interests evolve into hobbies or volunteer work, which grow into passions. It takes time, more time than anyone imagines.

I learned that it was in hard times that people usually changed the course of their life; in good times, they frequently only talked about change. Hard times forced them to overcome the doubts that normally gave them pause.It surprised me how often we hold ourselves back until we have no choice.