All God makes is good. Can it be that that which seems to oppose the will of God actually is used of Him to accomplish the will of God?
You need eight hugs a day. You'll be happier and the world will be a better place.
Oxytocin connects us to other people; oxytocin makes us feel what other people feel. And it's easy to cause people's brains to release oxytocin. Let me show you. Come here. Give me a hug.
Trust is kind of this economic lubricant. When trust is high, morale is high. . . . Higher trust environments produce individuals who are happier.
Showing kindness causes oxytocin release in the recipient that motives him or her to be kind to others. You can start this virtuous cycle in the simplest ways, for example, by giving someone a hug. I send you a hug!
Like nature itself, modern economic life is driven by relentless competition and unbridled selfishness. Or is it?
Oxytocin infusion increases generosity in unilateral monetary transfers by 80 percent [and] increases donations to charity by 50 percent.
I believe in Democracy because it releases the energies of every human being.
I really want to do a True Blood-Six Feet Under comic book crossover.
There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean, I've felt regret but I've also refused to allow regret to sow a seed and live in me because I don't believe it. You feel it, it's like guilt, it's like jealousy, it's like all those horrible things. You've just got to snip them and get them out, because they're no good.
Science as an intellectual exercise enriches our culture, and is in itself ennobling.