“In our society, the ideal self is bold, gregarious, and comfortable in the spotlight. We like to think that we value individuality...”

“A widely held, but rarely articulated, belief in our society is that the ideal self is bold, alpha, gregarious. Introversion is vi...”

“All personality traits have their good side and their bad side. But for a long time, we've seen introversion only through its nega...”

“Shyness is about the fear of social judgments - at a job interview or a party you might be excessively worried about what people t...”

“We need to do teacher training to educate them about what temperament means. Shyness is painful and you want to help a child with...”

“Most people who have grown up introverted in this very extroverted culture of ours have had painful experiences of feeling like th...”

“The people of the future will say, meat-eaters in disgust and regard us in the same way that we regard cannibals and cannibalism.”

“I feel often that we don't have the right language to talk about emotions in disasters. Everyone is on edge, of course, but it als...”

“Stephen King in many respects is a wonderful writer. He has made a contribution. People in the future will be able to pick up Step...”

“There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people.”

“A globalized world is by now a familiar fact of life. Building walls or moats may sound appealing, but the future belongs to those...”

“Whatever help we may want from the international community now or in the future, we want to make sure that this help is tailored t...”