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Good fortune or bad, you will always return to your happiness setpoint--your brain's default level of happiness--which was determined largely by your genes. #JonathanHaidt

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Good fortune or bad, you will always return to your happiness setpoint--your brain's default level of happiness--which was determined largely by your genes. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) May 29, 2026
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[On humanism] Whether it is framed as the goal of providing the greatest happiness for the greatest number or as a categorical imperative to treat people as ends rather than means, it was the universal capacity of a person to suffer and flourish #StevenPinker

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[On humanism] Whether it is framed as the goal of providing the greatest happiness for the greatest number or as a categorical imperative to treat people as ends rather than means, it was the universal capacity of a person to suffer and flourish #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) May 28, 2026
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Campbell suggested, 'What will they think of me?' must be put aside for bliss. We begin to feel this bliss when messages previously experienced as critical or blaming begin to be seen for the gifts they are: opportunities to give to people who are in pain. #MarshallRosenberg

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Campbell suggested, 'What will they think of me?' must be put aside for bliss. We begin to feel this bliss when messages previously experienced as critical or blaming begin to be seen for the gifts they are: opportunities to give to people who are in pain. #MarshallRosenberg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) May 24, 2026
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The Greeks understood this relationship between man and the machinations of the universe. Their tragedies taught us that we need to learn raw humility in the fickle face of fate. #DerrenBrown

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The Greeks understood this relationship between man and the machinations of the universe. Their tragedies taught us that we need to learn raw humility in the fickle face of fate. #DerrenBrown — English Quotes (@english_quotes) May 24, 2026
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Moderns aren't only more in love with success, they are far more likely to kill themselves when they fail. #TheSchoolOfLife

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Moderns aren't only more in love with success, they are far more likely to kill themselves when they fail. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) May 23, 2026
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Postmodernism has [...] either become or given rise to one of the least tolerant and most authoritarian ideologies that the world has had to deal with since the widespread decline of communism and the collapses of white supremacy and colonialism. #HelenPluckrose

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Postmodernism has [...] either become or given rise to one of the least tolerant and most authoritarian ideologies that the world has had to deal with since the widespread decline of communism and the collapses of white supremacy and colonialism. #HelenPluckrose — English Quotes (@english_quotes) May 22, 2026
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You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both. #RalphWaldoEmerson

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You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both. #RalphWaldoEmerson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) May 21, 2026
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