We are all prone to the myth of the perfect stranger

- Gordon Livingston

Our greatest strengths are our greatest weaknesses.

- Gordon Livingston

Only bad things happen quickly, . . . Virtually all the happiness-produ cing processes in our lives take time, usually a long time: learning new thin…

- Gordon Livingston

Life's two most important questions are Why? and Why not? The trick is knowing which one to ask.

- Gordon Livingston

There are no maps to guide our most important searches; we must rely on hope, chance, intuition, and a willingness to be surprised.

- Gordon Livingston

Past behavior is the most reliable predictor of future behavior.

- Gordon Livingston

It is difficult to remove by logic an idea not placed there by logic in the first place. By nature, we are emotional creatures. Often we live and rea…

- Gordon Livingston

We also need to learn the art of letting go: of the past, of unresolved grievances, of our younger selves. Nobody gets out of here alive.

- Gordon Livingston

Everything we are afraid to try, all our unfulfilled dreams, constitute a limitation on what we are and could become.

- Gordon Livingston