"If you live with your head in the clouds every now and then, it helps you keep your feet on the ground." -Gavin Pretor-Pinney Masterfile (Royalty-Free Div.) hide caption
"If you live with your head in the clouds every now and then, it helps you keep your feet on the ground." -Gavin Pretor-Pinney
Masterfile (Royalty-Free Div.)In this episode, we explore ways to find quiet in our busy lives. How can we step back and make time to reflect in an increasingly distracted and hurried world?
Environmentalist John Francis speaks about the 17 years of his life during which he never spoke a word. Andrew Heavens/Courtesy of TED hide caption
"What I'm saying is that culturally we need a much better balance. We need more of a yin and yang between [introverts and extroverts]." - Susan Cain James Duncan Davidson/TED hide caption
"Singing for me is sweet relief. It is the only time when I feel fluent." - Megan Washington Jean-Jacques Halans/TED hide caption
"I began to learn at least what other people felt and what they wanted to say before cutting them off with my own diatribe. I used to do that." - John Francis Andrew Heavens/TED hide caption
"Clouds are the most egalitarian of nature's displays 'cause we all have a great view of the sky" - Gavin Pretor-Pinney James Duncan Davidson/TED hide caption
"In an age of constant movement, nothing is so urgent as sitting still." -Pico Iyer Ryan Lash/TED hide caption
