Harvard admission essay [PDF]

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. Matsuo Basho

(with Saher Asad and Meha Jain). “The College Dorm as a Lab for Sustainable Behavior” (with the students in the class The Economics of. Sustainability and the Environment). TEACHING EXPERIENCE. Human Ecology and Sustainable Development (PhD and M

When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something

Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find

Nothing in nature is unbeautiful. Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?

Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond. Rumi

If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished? Rumi

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Wayne Gretzky

So many books, so little time. Frank Zappa