English Quotes

It's when crisis hits--when the bombs fall or the floodwaters rise--that we humans become our best selves. #RutgerBregman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 1, 2024

The mistake that people make in the focusing illusion involves attention to selected moments and neglect of what happens at other times. The mind is good with stories, but it does not appear to be well designed for the processing of time. #DanielKahneman

The mistake that people make in the focusing illusion involves attention to selected moments and neglect of what happens at other times. The mind is good with stories, but it does not appear to be well designed for the processing of time. #DanielKahneman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 1, 2024

It is extremely hard to discover the truth when you are ruling the world. You are just far too busy. #YuvalNoahHarari

It is extremely hard to discover the truth when you are ruling the world. You are just far too busy. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 31, 2023

Noise, especially noise that is variable or intermittent, interferes with concentration and increases stress. #JonathanHaidt

Noise, especially noise that is variable or intermittent, interferes with concentration and increases stress. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 31, 2023

Thus the Brexit debate in Britain--a major nuclear power--revolved mainly around questions of economics and immigration, while the vital contribution of the EU to European and global peace has largely been ignored. #YuvalNoahHarari

Thus the Brexit debate in Britain--a major nuclear power--revolved mainly around questions of economics and immigration, while the vital contribution of the EU to European and global peace has largely been ignored. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 31, 2023

The proportion of women attending college in comparison with men dropped from 47 per cent in 1920 to 35 per cent in 1958. A century earlier, women had fought for higher education; now girls went to college to get a husband. #BettyFriedan

The proportion of women attending college in comparison with men dropped from 47 per cent in 1920 to 35 per cent in 1958. A century earlier, women had fought for higher education; now girls went to college to get a husband. #BettyFriedan — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 31, 2023

Happiness is a thing of here and now, the bright leaf in the hand, the moment's sun, the fight accomplished or the summit won. #RichardEyre

Happiness is a thing of here and now, the bright leaf in the hand, the moment's sun, the fight accomplished or the summit won. #RichardEyre — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 31, 2023

The left often refers nonjudgmentally to sex workers and tends to be tolerant of transactions among consenting adults. The right, joined by some feminists, refers to prostitutes or prostituted women and argues that prostitution is inherently demeaning... #NicholasDKristof

The left often refers nonjudgmentally to sex workers and tends to be tolerant of transactions among consenting adults. The right, joined by some feminists, refers to prostitutes or prostituted women and argues that prostitution is inherently demeaning... #NicholasDKristof — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 31, 2023

The more we trust, the farther we are able to venture. #EstherPerel

The more we trust, the farther we are able to venture. #EstherPerel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 30, 2023

Look-Then-Leap Rule: You set a predetermined amount of time for looking--that is, exploring your options, gathering data--in which you categorically don't choose anyone, no matter how impressive. After that point, you enter the leap phase [commit to the best] #BrianChristian

Look-Then-Leap Rule: You set a predetermined amount of time for looking--that is, exploring your options, gathering data--in which you categorically don't choose anyone, no matter how impressive. After that point, you enter the leap phase [commit to the best] #BrianChristian — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 30, 2023

Forming your worldview by relying on the media would be like forming your view about me by looking only at a picture of my foot. #HansRosling

Forming your worldview by relying on the media would be like forming your view about me by looking only at a picture of my foot. #HansRosling — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 30, 2023

Every individual should be able to draw a line between their contribution to the corporation and their individual aspirations. #ErinMeyer

Every individual should be able to draw a line between their contribution to the corporation and their individual aspirations. #ErinMeyer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 30, 2023

Every man lives by exchanging. #AdamSmith

Every man lives by exchanging. #AdamSmith — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 30, 2023

With such a [vast] library spread out before us, we often skim books or read just the reviews. We might already have encountered the Greatest Idea, the insight that would have transformed us had we savored it, taken it to heart, and worked it into our lives. #JonathanHaidt

With such a [vast] library spread out before us, we often skim books or read just the reviews. We might already have encountered the Greatest Idea, the insight that would have transformed us had we savored it, taken it to heart, and worked it into our lives. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 29, 2023

We continue to need exhortations to be sympathetic and just, even if we do not believe that there is a God who has a hand in wishing to make us so. #AlaindeBotton

We continue to need exhortations to be sympathetic and just, even if we do not believe that there is a God who has a hand in wishing to make us so. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 29, 2023

Since then I have come to understand the truth of all the religions of the world: They struggle with the evil inside a human being. It is impossible to expel evil from the world in its entirety, but it is possible to constrict it within each person. #AleksandrSolzhenitsyn

Since then I have come to understand the truth of all the religions of the world: They struggle with the evil inside a human being. It is impossible to expel evil from the world in its entirety, but it is possible to constrict it within each person. #AleksandrSolzhenitsyn — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 29, 2023

...the effect of facial competence on voting is about three times larger for information-poor and TV-prone voters than for others who are better informed and watch less television. #DanielKahneman

...the effect of facial competence on voting is about three times larger for information-poor and TV-prone voters than for others who are better informed and watch less television. #DanielKahneman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 29, 2023

Like Plato, Kant believed that human beings have a dual nature: part animal and part rational. The animal part of us follows the laws of nature, just as does a falling rock or a lion killing its prey. There is no morality in nature; there is only causality. #JonathanHaidt

Like Plato, Kant believed that human beings have a dual nature: part animal and part rational. The animal part of us follows the laws of nature, just as does a falling rock or a lion killing its prey. There is no morality in nature; there is only causality. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 29, 2023

[Wilhelm von Humboldt] also wrote that 'there is only one summit in life--to have taken the measure in feeling of everything human'. This could well be the humanist motto. #YuvalNoahHarari

[Wilhelm von Humboldt] also wrote that 'there is only one summit in life--to have taken the measure in feeling of everything human'. This could well be the humanist motto. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 28, 2023

For years, happiness was always something for my future self to enjoy. I promised myself that once I gained twenty pounds of muscle or after my business was featured in the New York Times, then I could finally relax. #JamesClear

For years, happiness was always something for my future self to enjoy. I promised myself that once I gained twenty pounds of muscle or after my business was featured in the New York Times, then I could finally relax. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 28, 2023

Capitalism is unjust. But it's not criminal like Stalinism. We let millions of Africans die of AIDS, but we don't make racist nationalist declarations like Milosevic. #AlainBadiou

Capitalism is unjust. But it's not criminal like Stalinism. We let millions of Africans die of AIDS, but we don't make racist nationalist declarations like Milosevic. #AlainBadiou — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 28, 2023

But rather than searching for rules to which all people would in fact agree (a difficult task...), Kant turned the problem around and said that people should think about whether the rules guiding their own actions could reasonably be proposed as universal laws. #JonathanHaidt

But rather than searching for rules to which all people would in fact agree (a difficult task...), Kant turned the problem around and said that people should think about whether the rules guiding their own actions could reasonably be proposed as universal laws. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 28, 2023

Bamboo can barely be seen for the first five years as it builds extensive root systems underground before exploding ninety feet into the air within six weeks. Similarly, habits often appear to make no difference until you cross a critical threshold #JamesClear

Bamboo can barely be seen for the first five years as it builds extensive root systems underground before exploding ninety feet into the air within six weeks. Similarly, habits often appear to make no difference until you cross a critical threshold #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 28, 2023

[The problem with talent] is that in most cases the person involved can't control its amount or quality. You might find the amount isn't enough and you want to increase it, or you might try to be frugal and make it last longer, but in neither case do things work #HarukiMurakami

[The problem with talent] is that in most cases the person involved can't control its amount or quality. You might find the amount isn't enough and you want to increase it, or you might try to be frugal and make it last longer, but in neither case do things work #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 28, 2023

Humans try to establish the truth and then base their beliefs on the truth. #StevePeters

Humans try to establish the truth and then base their beliefs on the truth. #StevePeters — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 27, 2023

I don't think we should judge the value of our lives by how efficient they are. #HarukiMurakami

I don't think we should judge the value of our lives by how efficient they are. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 27, 2023

I'm a very ordinary human being; I just happen to like reading books. #HarukiMurakami

I'm a very ordinary human being; I just happen to like reading books. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 27, 2023

If we are overly sensitive, we will be quick to anger. More generally, says Seneca, if we coddle ourselves, if we allow ourselves to be corrupted by pleasure, nothing will seem bearable to us... #WilliamBIrvine

If we are overly sensitive, we will be quick to anger. More generally, says Seneca, if we coddle ourselves, if we allow ourselves to be corrupted by pleasure, nothing will seem bearable to us... #WilliamBIrvine — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 27, 2023

I ignore polling as a method of government. I think that shows a certain weakness of mind--an inability to chart a course whichever way the wind blows, whichever way the media encourages the people to go, you follow. #LeeKuanYew

I ignore polling as a method of government. I think that shows a certain weakness of mind--an inability to chart a course whichever way the wind blows, whichever way the media encourages the people to go, you follow. #LeeKuanYew — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 27, 2023

A typical human being now lives significantly longer than the time between major innovations, especially in developing and developed countries. #GeoffreyWest

A typical human being now lives significantly longer than the time between major innovations, especially in developing and developed countries. #GeoffreyWest — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 27, 2023

In my work, I see couples who no longer wait for an invitation into their partner's interiority, but instead demand admittance, as if they are entitled to unrestricted access into the private thoughts of their loved ones #EstherPerel

In my work, I see couples who no longer wait for an invitation into their partner's interiority, but instead demand admittance, as if they are entitled to unrestricted access into the private thoughts of their loved ones #EstherPerel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 26, 2023

...made me wonder whether our ability and desire to interact with strangers is another muscle that risks atrophy in the smartphone world. #AzizAnsari

...made me wonder whether our ability and desire to interact with strangers is another muscle that risks atrophy in the smartphone world. #AzizAnsari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 26, 2023

It's sometimes hard to avoid losing. Nobody's going to win all the time. #HarukiMurakami

It's sometimes hard to avoid losing. Nobody's going to win all the time. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 26, 2023

Our spouse will usually interpret our message based on our tone of voice, not the words we use. #GaryChapman

Our spouse will usually interpret our message based on our tone of voice, not the words we use. #GaryChapman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 26, 2023

The test of learning psychology is whether your understanding of situations you encounter has changed, not whether you have learned a new fact. #DanielKahneman

The test of learning psychology is whether your understanding of situations you encounter has changed, not whether you have learned a new fact. #DanielKahneman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 26, 2023

Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly. #MahatmaGandhi

Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly. #MahatmaGandhi — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 26, 2023

The central problems of our day flow from this erosion: social isolation, distrust, polarization, the breakdown of family, the loss of community, tribalism, rising suicide rates, rising mental health problems, a spiritual crisis caused by a loss of common purpose... #DavidBrooks

The central problems of our day flow from this erosion: social isolation, distrust, polarization, the breakdown of family, the loss of community, tribalism, rising suicide rates, rising mental health problems, a spiritual crisis caused by a loss of common purpose... #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 25, 2023

And same-sex marriage, though rare, has been sanctioned in some cultures under certain conditions. #StephanieCoontz

And same-sex marriage, though rare, has been sanctioned in some cultures under certain conditions. #StephanieCoontz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 25, 2023

Only by knowing the kinds of beings that we actually are, with the complex mental and emotional architecture that we happen to possess, can anyone even begin to ask about what would count as a meaningful life. #JonathanHaidt

Only by knowing the kinds of beings that we actually are, with the complex mental and emotional architecture that we happen to possess, can anyone even begin to ask about what would count as a meaningful life. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 25, 2023

[Alice] Isen has done more random acts of kindness than any other psychologist: [...] she has manipulated the outcome of video games (to let people win); [...] always with the same finding: Happy people are kinder and more helpful than those in the control group. #JonathanHaidt

[Alice] Isen has done more random acts of kindness than any other psychologist: [...] she has manipulated the outcome of video games (to let people win); [...] always with the same finding: Happy people are kinder and more helpful than those in the control group. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 25, 2023

How can anyone possibly be sure that they've made the right one? Get over it: You can't! So you just have to power through and have hope that as you grow and mature, you'll eventually learn to navigate this new romantic world and find someone who does feel right #AzizAnsari

How can anyone possibly be sure that they've made the right one? Get over it: You can't! So you just have to power through and have hope that as you grow and mature, you'll eventually learn to navigate this new romantic world and find someone who does feel right #AzizAnsari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 25, 2023

Baby boomers, already rather inflated from growing up in the unparalleled prosperity of postwar America, were inflated further by an adult authority that often backed down in the face of their rebellion. #ShelbySteele

Baby boomers, already rather inflated from growing up in the unparalleled prosperity of postwar America, were inflated further by an adult authority that often backed down in the face of their rebellion. #ShelbySteele — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 25, 2023

As Voltaire once wrote, The best is the enemy of the good. #JamesClear

As Voltaire once wrote, The best is the enemy of the good. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 24, 2023

...it takes quite a bit of time, plus effort, to go through each stage, step by step, and arrive at a conclusion. Sometimes it takes too long, and by the time I'm convinced, it's already too late. But what're you going to do? That's the kind of person I am. #HarukiMurakami

...it takes quite a bit of time, plus effort, to go through each stage, step by step, and arrive at a conclusion. Sometimes it takes too long, and by the time I'm convinced, it's already too late. But what're you going to do? That's the kind of person I am. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 24, 2023

Zhuangzi said that a truly free person must have no expectations; he is completely free from dependence. In the real world, that was a lofty, unattainable goal. The life of a sparrow would always be easier. #QianNing

Zhuangzi said that a truly free person must have no expectations; he is completely free from dependence. In the real world, that was a lofty, unattainable goal. The life of a sparrow would always be easier. #QianNing — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 24, 2023

We'd be wary of Daniel Kahneman, for example, if he went around introducing himself as a Nobel Prize-winner; we'd wonder why he felt the need to put himself above everyone else. For this reason, we actively celebrate people for being humble... #KevinSimler

We'd be wary of Daniel Kahneman, for example, if he went around introducing himself as a Nobel Prize-winner; we'd wonder why he felt the need to put himself above everyone else. For this reason, we actively celebrate people for being humble... #KevinSimler — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 24, 2023

Suddenly you see [first-date people] got brown shoes, and you don't like brown shoes, so they're out. Or they don't like your haircut, so they're out. But if you were to get to know each other more, those particular characteristics might begin to recede in importance #HelenFisher

Suddenly you see [first-date people] got brown shoes, and you don't like brown shoes, so they're out. Or they don't like your haircut, so they're out. But if you were to get to know each other more, those particular characteristics might begin to recede in importance #HelenFisher — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 24, 2023

It's an universal law--intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility. #AleksandrSolzhenitsyn

It's an universal law--intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility. #AleksandrSolzhenitsyn — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 23, 2023

Resist the urge to squeal out loud at the preposterous notion that a teenager in any sense knows who she is with the level of certainty sufficient to entrust her with life-altering decisions. #AbigailShrier

Resist the urge to squeal out loud at the preposterous notion that a teenager in any sense knows who she is with the level of certainty sufficient to entrust her with life-altering decisions. #AbigailShrier — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 23, 2023

...morality and freedom are not empirical concepts. We can't prove that they exist, but neither can we make sense of our moral lives without presupposing them. #MichaelSandel

...morality and freedom are not empirical concepts. We can't prove that they exist, but neither can we make sense of our moral lives without presupposing them. #MichaelSandel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 23, 2023

We should add that it is a privilege to be the recipient of a sulk: it means the other person respects and trusts us enough to think we should understand their unspoken hurt. It is one of the odder gifts of love. #AlaindeBotton

We should add that it is a privilege to be the recipient of a sulk: it means the other person respects and trusts us enough to think we should understand their unspoken hurt. It is one of the odder gifts of love. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 23, 2023

It is much easier to signal self-confidence if you are exceedingly polite and friendly; you can control people without having to offend their sensitivity. #NassimNicholasTaleb

It is much easier to signal self-confidence if you are exceedingly polite and friendly; you can control people without having to offend their sensitivity. #NassimNicholasTaleb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 23, 2023

Many of the things that make people happy also make their lives meaningful, such as being connected to others, feeling productive, and not being alone or bored. #StevenPinker

Many of the things that make people happy also make their lives meaningful, such as being connected to others, feeling productive, and not being alone or bored. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 22, 2023

Wanting more is a step on the way to a political idea, or so say political theorists, and ideas can have a way of turning themselves into demands. #LauraKipnis

Wanting more is a step on the way to a political idea, or so say political theorists, and ideas can have a way of turning themselves into demands. #LauraKipnis — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 22, 2023

Whatever modern democracies may tell themselves about their commitment to free speech [...], the values of a given society will uncannily match those of whichever organizations have the scale to pay for runs of thirty-second slots around the nightly news bulletin. #AlaindeBotton

Whatever modern democracies may tell themselves about their commitment to free speech [...], the values of a given society will uncannily match those of whichever organizations have the scale to pay for runs of thirty-second slots around the nightly news bulletin. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 22, 2023

Countries that combine free markets with more taxation, social spending, and regulation than the United States (such as Canada, New Zealand, and Western Europe) turn out to be not grim dystopias but rather pleasant places to live #StevenPinker

Countries that combine free markets with more taxation, social spending, and regulation than the United States (such as Canada, New Zealand, and Western Europe) turn out to be not grim dystopias but rather pleasant places to live #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 22, 2023

Hot sex doesn't lead to secure love; rather, secure attachment leads to hot sex--and also to love that lasts. Monogamy is not a myth. #SueJohnson

Hot sex doesn't lead to secure love; rather, secure attachment leads to hot sex--and also to love that lasts. Monogamy is not a myth. #SueJohnson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 22, 2023

We can hope to be fortunate--but we should strive to be wise. #BrianChristian

We can hope to be fortunate--but we should strive to be wise. #BrianChristian — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 21, 2023

Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist. #EricHoffer

Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist. #EricHoffer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 21, 2023

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet. #Plato

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet. #Plato — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 21, 2023

...the idea of intersectionality could be applied to two or more social justice movements of any kind. Taken to its full extent, intersectionality can be used to arrange every demographic group in society into a hierarchy of oppression #TimUrban

...the idea of intersectionality could be applied to two or more social justice movements of any kind. Taken to its full extent, intersectionality can be used to arrange every demographic group in society into a hierarchy of oppression #TimUrban — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 21, 2023

Our focus has to be on changing reality, not changing laws. #SherylWuDunn

Our focus has to be on changing reality, not changing laws. #SherylWuDunn — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 21, 2023

...one of the greatest developments in human history--a billion and a quarter people escaping from squalor--has gone unnoticed. #StevenPinker

...one of the greatest developments in human history--a billion and a quarter people escaping from squalor--has gone unnoticed. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 20, 2023

In America, when you stared at the skyscrapers in a big city, when speeding cars passed you, when you faced a crowd in which each person seemed to be walking purposefully to some destination, you would feel lonely and isolated. #QianNing

In America, when you stared at the skyscrapers in a big city, when speeding cars passed you, when you faced a crowd in which each person seemed to be walking purposefully to some destination, you would feel lonely and isolated. #QianNing — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 20, 2023

A cluster of tendencies hardens over time into what you call your personality, or what you claim to be your true nature. #Sadhguru

A cluster of tendencies hardens over time into what you call your personality, or what you claim to be your true nature. #Sadhguru — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 20, 2023

Music has that power to revive memories, sometimes so intensely that they hurt. #HarukiMurakami

Music has that power to revive memories, sometimes so intensely that they hurt. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 20, 2023

...our predictions about what we will like tend to be mistaken, and as a result, we tend to want things that, when we get them, will make little difference to our level of happiness. #WilliamBIrvine

...our predictions about what we will like tend to be mistaken, and as a result, we tend to want things that, when we get them, will make little difference to our level of happiness. #WilliamBIrvine — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 20, 2023

Cities are sustained by similar network systems such as roads, railways, and electrical lines that transport people, energy, and resources and whose flow is therefore a manifestation of the metabolism of the city. #GeoffreyWest

Cities are sustained by similar network systems such as roads, railways, and electrical lines that transport people, energy, and resources and whose flow is therefore a manifestation of the metabolism of the city. #GeoffreyWest — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 20, 2023

It gives me a lot of energy to talk to developers or meet students in classrooms who are using our technology to help learn faster and better. Watching them pursue their passion. #TimCook

It gives me a lot of energy to talk to developers or meet students in classrooms who are using our technology to help learn faster and better. Watching them pursue their passion. #TimCook — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 19, 2023

We have begun to think: I will look after myself, and everybody else should look after themselves, as individuals [...] These ideas now run so deep in our culture that we even offer them as feel-good bromides to people who feel down--as if it will lift them up. #JohannHari

We have begun to think: I will look after myself, and everybody else should look after themselves, as individuals [...] These ideas now run so deep in our culture that we even offer them as feel-good bromides to people who feel down--as if it will lift them up. #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 19, 2023

By clearing out fog all the way to the bottom, I build a tree trunk in my head, and from then on, all new information can hold on, which makes that topic forever more interesting and productive to learn about. #TimUrban

By clearing out fog all the way to the bottom, I build a tree trunk in my head, and from then on, all new information can hold on, which makes that topic forever more interesting and productive to learn about. #TimUrban — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 19, 2023

I was suffering from culture shock before the phrase was coined #LeeKuanYew

I was suffering from culture shock before the phrase was coined #LeeKuanYew — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 19, 2023

Keep some perspective. Not every problem is a Crisis, Plague, Epidemic, or Existential Threat, and not every change is the End of This, the Death of That, or the Dawn of a Post-Something Era. #StevenPinker

Keep some perspective. Not every problem is a Crisis, Plague, Epidemic, or Existential Threat, and not every change is the End of This, the Death of That, or the Dawn of a Post-Something Era. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 19, 2023

Peacocks would survive better with shorter, lighter, drabber tails. But the sexual choices of peahens have made peacocks evolve big, bright plumage that takes energy to grow and time to preen, and makes it harder to escape from predators such as tigers. #GeoffreyMiller

Peacocks would survive better with shorter, lighter, drabber tails. But the sexual choices of peahens have made peacocks evolve big, bright plumage that takes energy to grow and time to preen, and makes it harder to escape from predators such as tigers. #GeoffreyMiller — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 18, 2023

He [who is heavily introspective] hesitates, he will not commit, and he agonizes over the consequences of being wrong. He introspects, introspects, and introspects until he reaches physical and nervous exhaustion. #NassimNicholasTaleb

He [who is heavily introspective] hesitates, he will not commit, and he agonizes over the consequences of being wrong. He introspects, introspects, and introspects until he reaches physical and nervous exhaustion. #NassimNicholasTaleb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 18, 2023

Whenever you hear a snotty (and frustrated) European middlebrow presenting his stereotypes about Americans, he will often describe them as uncultured, unintellectual, and poor in math #NassimNicholasTaleb

Whenever you hear a snotty (and frustrated) European middlebrow presenting his stereotypes about Americans, he will often describe them as uncultured, unintellectual, and poor in math #NassimNicholasTaleb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 18, 2023

This never-ending dance between change and stability is like the anchor and the waves. Adult relationships mirror these dynamics all too well. We seek a steady, reliable anchor in our partner. Yet at the same time we expect love to offer a transcendent experience... #EstherPerel

This never-ending dance between change and stability is like the anchor and the waves. Adult relationships mirror these dynamics all too well. We seek a steady, reliable anchor in our partner. Yet at the same time we expect love to offer a transcendent experience... #EstherPerel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 18, 2023

[If folks disagree on] something important, they may disagree as amicably as they like if it is just a matter of getting to the truth or the most amenable option [except when] one party finds their whole purpose in life to reside in some aspect of that disagreement #DouglasMurray

[If folks disagree on] something important, they may disagree as amicably as they like if it is just a matter of getting to the truth or the most amenable option [except when] one party finds their whole purpose in life to reside in some aspect of that disagreement #DouglasMurray — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 18, 2023

Truth without love is harshness. Love without truth is sentimentality. #DavidBrooks

Truth without love is harshness. Love without truth is sentimentality. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 17, 2023

Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent. #CharlesDuhigg

Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 17, 2023

If a woman had a problem [...] she knew that something must be wrong with her marriage, or with herself. Other women were satisfied with their lives, she thought. What kind of a woman was she if she did not feel this mysterious fulfillment waxing the kitchen floor? #BettyFriedan

If a woman had a problem [...] she knew that something must be wrong with her marriage, or with herself. Other women were satisfied with their lives, she thought. What kind of a woman was she if she did not feel this mysterious fulfillment waxing the kitchen floor? #BettyFriedan — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 17, 2023

The tools to crush modern slavery exist, but the political will is lacking. #SherylWuDunn

The tools to crush modern slavery exist, but the political will is lacking. #SherylWuDunn — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 17, 2023

[Smile] came not from some sunny feel-good philosophy but from getting knocked down by a boxing coach... 'If you can't smile when you get up from a knockdown... you're never going to lick an opponent.' ... it was necessary to project easy confidence [to win the war] #DavidBrooks

[Smile] came not from some sunny feel-good philosophy but from getting knocked down by a boxing coach... 'If you can't smile when you get up from a knockdown... you're never going to lick an opponent.' ... it was necessary to project easy confidence [to win the war] #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 17, 2023

From time to time, to remind ourselves to relax and be peaceful, we may wish to set aside some time for a retreat, a day of mindfulness, when we can walk slowly, smile, drink tea with a friend, enjoy being together as if we are the happiest people on Earth. #ThichNhatHanh

From time to time, to remind ourselves to relax and be peaceful, we may wish to set aside some time for a retreat, a day of mindfulness, when we can walk slowly, smile, drink tea with a friend, enjoy being together as if we are the happiest people on Earth. #ThichNhatHanh — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 16, 2023

After expressing his appreciation that his glass is half full rather than being completely empty, he will go on to express his delight in even having a glass: It could, after all, have been broken or stolen. #WilliamBIrvine

After expressing his appreciation that his glass is half full rather than being completely empty, he will go on to express his delight in even having a glass: It could, after all, have been broken or stolen. #WilliamBIrvine — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 16, 2023

When people's judgments deviate from a normative model, as they so often do, we have a puzzle to solve. Sometimes the disparity reveals a genuine irrationality: the human brain cannot cope with the complexity of a problem... #StevenPinker

When people's judgments deviate from a normative model, as they so often do, we have a puzzle to solve. Sometimes the disparity reveals a genuine irrationality: the human brain cannot cope with the complexity of a problem... #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 16, 2023

This faith in mobility may explain why the U.S. has a less-generous welfare state than most major European countries. #MichaelSandel

This faith in mobility may explain why the U.S. has a less-generous welfare state than most major European countries. #MichaelSandel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 16, 2023

Letting off steam makes people angrier, not calmer. Pennebaker discovered that it's not about steam; it's about sense making [...] It was the people who made progress across the four days, who showed increasing insight; they were the ones whose health improved... #JonathanHaidt

Letting off steam makes people angrier, not calmer. Pennebaker discovered that it's not about steam; it's about sense making [...] It was the people who made progress across the four days, who showed increasing insight; they were the ones whose health improved... #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 16, 2023

The Making of a Manager: The first criterion looks at our team's present outcomes; the second criterion asks whether we're set up for great outcomes in the future. #JulieZhuo

The Making of a Manager: The first criterion looks at our team's present outcomes; the second criterion asks whether we're set up for great outcomes in the future. #JulieZhuo — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 16, 2023

He intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was not part of his intention. #AdamSmith

He intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was not part of his intention. #AdamSmith — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 15, 2023

My philosophy is to find the investor who will like to invest in me, not just in our business. #EricYuan

My philosophy is to find the investor who will like to invest in me, not just in our business. #EricYuan — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 15, 2023

We are a demented species. #AlaindeBotton

We are a demented species. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 15, 2023

This disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich [...] neglect persons of poor and mean condition, though necessary both to establish and to maintain the distinction of ranks and the order of society, is [...] cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments. #AdamSmith

This disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich [...] neglect persons of poor and mean condition, though necessary both to establish and to maintain the distinction of ranks and the order of society, is [...] cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments. #AdamSmith — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 15, 2023

Your right to swing your arms ends just where another person's nose begins. #TimUrban

Your right to swing your arms ends just where another person's nose begins. #TimUrban — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 15, 2023

Persistence isn't very glamorous. If genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, then as a culture we tend to lionize the one percent. We love its flash and dazzle. But great power lies in the other ninety-nine percent. #SusanCain

Persistence isn't very glamorous. If genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, then as a culture we tend to lionize the one percent. We love its flash and dazzle. But great power lies in the other ninety-nine percent. #SusanCain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 14, 2023

Of course it's the writer who creates the characters; but characters who are--in a real sense--alive will eventually break free of the writer's control and begin to act independently. #HarukiMurakami

Of course it's the writer who creates the characters; but characters who are--in a real sense--alive will eventually break free of the writer's control and begin to act independently. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 14, 2023

Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness? #HarukiMurakami

Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness? #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 14, 2023

Often we blame a region's religion when the oppression instead may be rooted in its culture. Yet, that acknowledged, it's also true that... it is often cited by the oppressors. #NicholasDKristof

Often we blame a region's religion when the oppression instead may be rooted in its culture. Yet, that acknowledged, it's also true that... it is often cited by the oppressors. #NicholasDKristof — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 14, 2023

[If you are a pessimist] The second step is to cherish and build your social support network. Having one or two good attachment relationships helps adults as well as children (and rhesus monkeys) to face threats. Trusted friends who are good listeners... #JonathanHaidt

[If you are a pessimist] The second step is to cherish and build your social support network. Having one or two good attachment relationships helps adults as well as children (and rhesus monkeys) to face threats. Trusted friends who are good listeners... #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 14, 2023

Why does it limit women to one passion, one role, one occupation? Not long ago, women dreamed and fought for equality, their own place in the world. What happened to their dreams; when did women decide to give up the world and go back home? #BettyFriedan

Why does it limit women to one passion, one role, one occupation? Not long ago, women dreamed and fought for equality, their own place in the world. What happened to their dreams; when did women decide to give up the world and go back home? #BettyFriedan — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 14, 2023

Terrorists hold our imagination captive, and use it against us. Again and again we rehearse the terrorist attack on the stage of our mind--remembering 9/11 or the latest suicide bombings. #YuvalNoahHarari

Terrorists hold our imagination captive, and use it against us. Again and again we rehearse the terrorist attack on the stage of our mind--remembering 9/11 or the latest suicide bombings. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 13, 2023

The widespread sex culture was directly related to the freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution, which publishers of pornography used to legitimize their business. #QianNing

The widespread sex culture was directly related to the freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution, which publishers of pornography used to legitimize their business. #QianNing — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 13, 2023

It can motivate us to make tough but worthwhile career changes if we find ourselves compelled to speak too often about topics that leave us cold. There is no one more courageous than the person who speaks with the courage of his convictions. #SusanCain

It can motivate us to make tough but worthwhile career changes if we find ourselves compelled to speak too often about topics that leave us cold. There is no one more courageous than the person who speaks with the courage of his convictions. #SusanCain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 13, 2023

So often we use the word snapped when we don't know where a burst of anger is coming from or why someone is having a violent reaction. Well, now we know: Something has happened in the moment that triggers one of the brain's trauma memories. #BruceDPerry

So often we use the word snapped when we don't know where a burst of anger is coming from or why someone is having a violent reaction. Well, now we know: Something has happened in the moment that triggers one of the brain's trauma memories. #BruceDPerry — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 13, 2023

This nonjudgmental stance toward values lies at the heart of market reasoning and explains much of its appeal. But our reluctance to engage in moral and spiritual argument, together with our embrace of markets, has exacted a heavy price #MichaelSandel

This nonjudgmental stance toward values lies at the heart of market reasoning and explains much of its appeal. But our reluctance to engage in moral and spiritual argument, together with our embrace of markets, has exacted a heavy price #MichaelSandel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 13, 2023

[The wise] are not fundamentally ashamed of themselves because they have already shed so much of their pride. #AlaindeBotton

[The wise] are not fundamentally ashamed of themselves because they have already shed so much of their pride. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 13, 2023

Want to exercise more? Choose a cue, such as going to the gym as soon as you wake up, and a reward, such as a smoothie after each workout. Then think about that smoothie, or about the endorphin rush you'll feel. Allow yourself to anticipate the reward. #CharlesDuhigg

Want to exercise more? Choose a cue, such as going to the gym as soon as you wake up, and a reward, such as a smoothie after each workout. Then think about that smoothie, or about the endorphin rush you'll feel. Allow yourself to anticipate the reward. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 12, 2023

I will be calm. I will be mistress of myself. #JaneAusten

I will be calm. I will be mistress of myself. #JaneAusten — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 12, 2023

We frequently see the respectful attentions of the world more strongly directed towards the rich and the great, than towards the wise and the virtuous. #RussRoberts

We frequently see the respectful attentions of the world more strongly directed towards the rich and the great, than towards the wise and the virtuous. #RussRoberts — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 12, 2023

We may not succeed in educating all the girls in poor countries, or in preventing all women from dying in childbirth, or in saving all the girls who are imprisoned in brothels. [But it's worth it for the ones who are saved.] #NicholasDKristof

We may not succeed in educating all the girls in poor countries, or in preventing all women from dying in childbirth, or in saving all the girls who are imprisoned in brothels. [But it's worth it for the ones who are saved.] #NicholasDKristof — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 12, 2023

The people of resentment are intent on forbidding the best emotions. What are those emotions? The most important, without doubt, is gratitude... Only a person intent on great evil would be denied or deny themselves this crucial human attitude. #DouglasMurray

The people of resentment are intent on forbidding the best emotions. What are those emotions? The most important, without doubt, is gratitude... Only a person intent on great evil would be denied or deny themselves this crucial human attitude. #DouglasMurray — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 12, 2023

Switching marital partners sometimes took place with as little emotional turmoil as we might feel in switching phone companies. [Marcus] divorced his wife Marcia and arranged for her to marry his friend Hortensius [to strengthen friendship and family connections] #StephanieCoontz

Switching marital partners sometimes took place with as little emotional turmoil as we might feel in switching phone companies. [Marcus] divorced his wife Marcia and arranged for her to marry his friend Hortensius [to strengthen friendship and family connections] #StephanieCoontz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 12, 2023

As much as I love and have benefited from artificial intelligence, I believe that only people can discover such things and then program computers to do them. That's why I believe that the right people, working with each other and with computers, are the key to success #RayDalio

As much as I love and have benefited from artificial intelligence, I believe that only people can discover such things and then program computers to do them. That's why I believe that the right people, working with each other and with computers, are the key to success #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 11, 2023

We are also predisposed to believe stories, especially when they have an emotional theme. Perhaps this is a result of our evolution. #StevenNovella

We are also predisposed to believe stories, especially when they have an emotional theme. Perhaps this is a result of our evolution. #StevenNovella — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 11, 2023

The political utopia envisioned by Marx and Engels clearly implied a total separation between commodity and sentiment, interest and love, as a precondition for authentic, fully human relationships. #EvaIllouz

The political utopia envisioned by Marx and Engels clearly implied a total separation between commodity and sentiment, interest and love, as a precondition for authentic, fully human relationships. #EvaIllouz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 11, 2023

How much should I be aware of the world outside, and how much should I focus on my inner world? To what extent should I be confident in my abilities, and when should I start doubting myself? #HarukiMurakami

How much should I be aware of the world outside, and how much should I focus on my inner world? To what extent should I be confident in my abilities, and when should I start doubting myself? #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 11, 2023

Even when a social problem is so vast as to be insoluble in its entirety, it's still worth mitigating. #NicholasDKristof

Even when a social problem is so vast as to be insoluble in its entirety, it's still worth mitigating. #NicholasDKristof — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 11, 2023

Having benefited from the talents of their followers, they are then likely to motivate them to be even more proactive. Introverted leaders create a virtious circle of proactivity. #SusanCain

Having benefited from the talents of their followers, they are then likely to motivate them to be even more proactive. Introverted leaders create a virtious circle of proactivity. #SusanCain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 11, 2023

I believe that man will not merely ensure; he will prevail. #WilliamFaulkner

I believe that man will not merely ensure; he will prevail. #WilliamFaulkner — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 10, 2023

Love is something you do for someone else, not something you do for yourself. #GaryChapman

Love is something you do for someone else, not something you do for yourself. #GaryChapman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 10, 2023

Compassionate people ask for what they need. They say no when they need to, and when they say yes, they mean it. They're compassionate because their boundaries keep them out of resentment. #BreneBrown

Compassionate people ask for what they need. They say no when they need to, and when they say yes, they mean it. They're compassionate because their boundaries keep them out of resentment. #BreneBrown — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 10, 2023

For a while is a phrase whose length can't be measured. At least by the person who's waiting. #HarukiMurakami

For a while is a phrase whose length can't be measured. At least by the person who's waiting. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 10, 2023

Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. #AdamSmith

Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. #AdamSmith — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 10, 2023

We live in a culture that teaches us to promote and advertise ourselves and to master the skills required for success, but that gives little encouragement to humility, sympathy, and honest self-confrontation, which are necessary for building character. #DavidBrooks

We live in a culture that teaches us to promote and advertise ourselves and to master the skills required for success, but that gives little encouragement to humility, sympathy, and honest self-confrontation, which are necessary for building character. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 10, 2023

This simple test, [Kant] called the categorical imperative, was extraordinarily powerful. It offered to make ethics a branch of applied logic, thereby giving it the sort of certainty that secular ethics, without recourse to a sacred book, had always found elusive #JonathanHaidt

This simple test, [Kant] called the categorical imperative, was extraordinarily powerful. It offered to make ethics a branch of applied logic, thereby giving it the sort of certainty that secular ethics, without recourse to a sacred book, had always found elusive #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 9, 2023

When we act autonomously, according to a law we give ourselves, we do something for its own sake, as an end in itself. We cease to be instruments of purposes given outside us. This capacity to act autonomously is what gives human life its special dignity. #MichaelSandel

When we act autonomously, according to a law we give ourselves, we do something for its own sake, as an end in itself. We cease to be instruments of purposes given outside us. This capacity to act autonomously is what gives human life its special dignity. #MichaelSandel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 9, 2023

People [on social media] are given more occasions to be self-promoters, to embrace the characteristics of celebrity, to manage their own image, to Snapchat out their selfies in ways that they hope will impress and please the world. #DavidBrooks

People [on social media] are given more occasions to be self-promoters, to embrace the characteristics of celebrity, to manage their own image, to Snapchat out their selfies in ways that they hope will impress and please the world. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 9, 2023

What matters is the motive, and the motive must be of a certain kind. What matters is doing the right thing because it's right, not for some ulterior motive. #MichaelSandel

What matters is the motive, and the motive must be of a certain kind. What matters is doing the right thing because it's right, not for some ulterior motive. #MichaelSandel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 9, 2023

Extroversion is an enormously appealing personality style, but we've turned it into an oppressive standard to which most of us feel we must conform. #SusanCain

Extroversion is an enormously appealing personality style, but we've turned it into an oppressive standard to which most of us feel we must conform. #SusanCain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 9, 2023

Purpose in general is for me to do something I have fun in doing. #TimUrban

Purpose in general is for me to do something I have fun in doing. #TimUrban — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 9, 2023

...wars are fundamentally unpredictable (and we do not know it). Owing to this misunderstanding of the causal chains between policy and actions, we can easily trigger Black Swans thanks to aggressive ignorance-like a child playing with a chemistry kit. #NassimNicholasTaleb

...wars are fundamentally unpredictable (and we do not know it). Owing to this misunderstanding of the causal chains between policy and actions, we can easily trigger Black Swans thanks to aggressive ignorance-like a child playing with a chemistry kit. #NassimNicholasTaleb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 8, 2023

Climbing Mount Everest is more satisfying than standing at the top; flirting and foreplay are more exciting than having an orgasm; and conducting groundbreaking lab experiments is more interesting than receiving praise and prizes. #YuvalNoahHarari

Climbing Mount Everest is more satisfying than standing at the top; flirting and foreplay are more exciting than having an orgasm; and conducting groundbreaking lab experiments is more interesting than receiving praise and prizes. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 8, 2023

I was always attracted not by some quantifiable, external beauty, but by something deep down, something absolute. Just as some people have a secret love for rainstorms, earthquakes, or blackouts, I liked that certain undefinable something [...] call it magnetism. #HarukiMurakami

I was always attracted not by some quantifiable, external beauty, but by something deep down, something absolute. Just as some people have a secret love for rainstorms, earthquakes, or blackouts, I liked that certain undefinable something [...] call it magnetism. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 8, 2023

Like dry ground welcoming the rain, he let the solitude, silence, and loneliness soak in. #HarukiMurakami

Like dry ground welcoming the rain, he let the solitude, silence, and loneliness soak in. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 8, 2023

In the inner courtroom of my mind, mine is the only judgment that counts. #NathanielBranden

In the inner courtroom of my mind, mine is the only judgment that counts. #NathanielBranden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 8, 2023

...without any clear standards or respected social institutions to enforce those standards, it is harder for people to find things they want to do. Anomie breeds feelings of rootlessness and anxiety and leads to an increase in amoral and antisocial behavior. #JonathanHaidt

...without any clear standards or respected social institutions to enforce those standards, it is harder for people to find things they want to do. Anomie breeds feelings of rootlessness and anxiety and leads to an increase in amoral and antisocial behavior. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 8, 2023

The millions and millions of corpses, the wasted lives that communism left behind as testament to its main accomplishment, were enough to give any sane believer pause. #DouglasMurray

The millions and millions of corpses, the wasted lives that communism left behind as testament to its main accomplishment, were enough to give any sane believer pause. #DouglasMurray — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 7, 2023

...poor people, who struggle every day just to survive, live under enormous levels of stress--day after day, month after month, year after year. This never-ending stress impacts not only their psychological well-being, but their physiology as well. #BernieSanders

...poor people, who struggle every day just to survive, live under enormous levels of stress--day after day, month after month, year after year. This never-ending stress impacts not only their psychological well-being, but their physiology as well. #BernieSanders — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 7, 2023

Vital engagement does not reside in the person or in the environment; it exists in the relationship between the two. #JonathanHaidt

Vital engagement does not reside in the person or in the environment; it exists in the relationship between the two. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 7, 2023

Our quarrel with the world is an echo of the endless quarrel proceeding within us. #EricHoffer

Our quarrel with the world is an echo of the endless quarrel proceeding within us. #EricHoffer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 7, 2023

[Optimists] are resilient in adapting to failures and hardships, their chances of clinical depression are reduced, their immune system is stronger, they take better care of their health, they feel healthier than others and are in fact likely to live longer. #DanielKahneman

[Optimists] are resilient in adapting to failures and hardships, their chances of clinical depression are reduced, their immune system is stronger, they take better care of their health, they feel healthier than others and are in fact likely to live longer. #DanielKahneman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 7, 2023

Some people live as though they are already dead. There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking corpses. #ThichNhatHanh

Some people live as though they are already dead. There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking corpses. #ThichNhatHanh — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 7, 2023

Blessed with riches and possibilities far beyond anything imagined by ancestor who tilled the unpredictable soil of medieval Europe, modern populations have nonetheless shown a remarkable capacity to feel that neither who they are nor what they have is quite enough #AlaindeBotton

Blessed with riches and possibilities far beyond anything imagined by ancestor who tilled the unpredictable soil of medieval Europe, modern populations have nonetheless shown a remarkable capacity to feel that neither who they are nor what they have is quite enough #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 6, 2023

We need to talk about the nature of the present and our plans for the future, so we know where we are, where we are going, and why we are going there. #JordanPeterson

We need to talk about the nature of the present and our plans for the future, so we know where we are, where we are going, and why we are going there. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 6, 2023

Don't have anything to do with closed-minded people. Being open-minded is much more important than being bright or smart. #RayDalio

Don't have anything to do with closed-minded people. Being open-minded is much more important than being bright or smart. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 6, 2023

Love doesn't keep a score of wrongs. Love doesn't bring up past failures. None of us is perfect. In marriage we do not always do the right thing. We have sometimes done and said hurtful things to our spouses. #GaryChapman

Love doesn't keep a score of wrongs. Love doesn't bring up past failures. None of us is perfect. In marriage we do not always do the right thing. We have sometimes done and said hurtful things to our spouses. #GaryChapman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 6, 2023

Love makes requests, not demands. When I demand things from my spouse, I become a parent and she the child. #GaryChapman

Love makes requests, not demands. When I demand things from my spouse, I become a parent and she the child. #GaryChapman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 6, 2023

Being specific about what you want and how you will achieve it helps you say no to things that derail progress, distract your attention, and pull you off course. #JamesClear

Being specific about what you want and how you will achieve it helps you say no to things that derail progress, distract your attention, and pull you off course. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 6, 2023

Pronounce a lover 'perfect' can only be a sign that we have failed to understand them. We can claim to have begun to know someone only when they have substantially disappointed us. #AlaindeBotton

Pronounce a lover 'perfect' can only be a sign that we have failed to understand them. We can claim to have begun to know someone only when they have substantially disappointed us. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 5, 2023

Why can't we be honest with ourselves? The answer is that our thoughts aren't as private as we imagine. In many ways, conscious thought is a rehearsal of what we're ready to say to others. As Trivers puts it, We deceive ourselves the better to deceive others. #RobinHanson

Why can't we be honest with ourselves? The answer is that our thoughts aren't as private as we imagine. In many ways, conscious thought is a rehearsal of what we're ready to say to others. As Trivers puts it, We deceive ourselves the better to deceive others. #RobinHanson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 5, 2023

When the moral history of the 1990s is written, it might be titled Desperately Seeking Satan. With peace and harmony ascendant, Americans seemed to be searching for substitute villains. We tried drug dealers (but then the crack epidemic waned) and child abductors #JonathanHaidt

When the moral history of the 1990s is written, it might be titled Desperately Seeking Satan. With peace and harmony ascendant, Americans seemed to be searching for substitute villains. We tried drug dealers (but then the crack epidemic waned) and child abductors #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 5, 2023

Declarations of high confidence mainly tell you that an individual has constructed a coherent story in his mind, not necessarily that the story is true. #DanielKahneman

Declarations of high confidence mainly tell you that an individual has constructed a coherent story in his mind, not necessarily that the story is true. #DanielKahneman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 5, 2023

He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice. He gains no practice either in discerning or in desiring what is best. #MichaelSandel

He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice. He gains no practice either in discerning or in desiring what is best. #MichaelSandel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 5, 2023

When you fall in love with the process rather than the product, you don't have to wait to give yourself permission to be happy. You can be satisfied anytime your system is running. #JamesClear

When you fall in love with the process rather than the product, you don't have to wait to give yourself permission to be happy. You can be satisfied anytime your system is running. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 4, 2023

Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to. #SusanCain

Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to. #SusanCain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 4, 2023

Be true to your subject and you will be far more likely to create something that is timeless. #PaulArden

Be true to your subject and you will be far more likely to create something that is timeless. #PaulArden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 4, 2023

A person is a speck of nothing who materializes for a split second, realizes where it stands in the scheme of time and space, understands that it will soon disappear back into nothingness for eternity, says “Wait, what the hell?”, and then disappears into nothingness for eternity. #TimUrban

A person is a speck of nothing who materializes for a split second, realizes where it stands in the scheme of time and space, understands that it will soon disappear back into nothingness for eternity, says Wait, what the hell?, and then disappears into nothingness for eternity #TimUrban — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 4, 2023

If you can reappraise the salesman's move for what it is--an effort to exploit you--you'll feel entitled to exploit him right back. Accept the gift or concession with a feeling of victory--you are exploiting an exploiter--not mindless obligation. #JonathanHaidt

If you can reappraise the salesman's move for what it is--an effort to exploit you--you'll feel entitled to exploit him right back. Accept the gift or concession with a feeling of victory--you are exploiting an exploiter--not mindless obligation. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 4, 2023

Truth is one, paths are many. #MahatmaGandhi

Truth is one, paths are many. #MahatmaGandhi — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 4, 2023

Recent research has indicated that the average individual listens for only seventeen seconds before interrupting and interjecting his own ideas. #GaryChapman

Recent research has indicated that the average individual listens for only seventeen seconds before interrupting and interjecting his own ideas. #GaryChapman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 3, 2023

Devour films, music, books, paintings, poems, photographs, conversations, dreams, trees, architecture, street signs, clouds, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work will be authentic. #PaulArden

Devour films, music, books, paintings, poems, photographs, conversations, dreams, trees, architecture, street signs, clouds, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work will be authentic. #PaulArden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 3, 2023

Exercise spills over, said James Prochaska, a University of Rhode Island researcher. There's something about it that makes other good habits easier. #CharlesDuhigg

Exercise spills over, said James Prochaska, a University of Rhode Island researcher. There's something about it that makes other good habits easier. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 3, 2023

In daring to be specific, in daring to be wrong, Peterson and Seligman have demonstrated ingenuity, leadership, and hope. #JonathanHaidt

In daring to be specific, in daring to be wrong, Peterson and Seligman have demonstrated ingenuity, leadership, and hope. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 3, 2023

Introverts are just as likely as the next kid to seek others' company, though often in smaller doses. #SusanCain

Introverts are just as likely as the next kid to seek others' company, though often in smaller doses. #SusanCain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 3, 2023

No choice recurs. We may get similar choices again, but never that exact one. Hesitation--inaction--is just as irrevocable as action. What the motorist, locked on the one-way road, is to space, we are to the fourth dimension: we truly pass this way but once. #BrianChristian

No choice recurs. We may get similar choices again, but never that exact one. Hesitation--inaction--is just as irrevocable as action. What the motorist, locked on the one-way road, is to space, we are to the fourth dimension: we truly pass this way but once. #BrianChristian — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 3, 2023

It's not that I'm so smart, said Albert Einstein, who was a consummate introvert. It's that I stay with problems longer. #SusanCain

It's not that I'm so smart, said Albert Einstein, who was a consummate introvert. It's that I stay with problems longer. #SusanCain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 2, 2023

Yet the Gross National Product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate... #MichaelSandel

Yet the Gross National Product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate... #MichaelSandel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 2, 2023

...no matter how hard we strive to replace sin with nonmoral words, like mistake or error or weakness, the most essential parts of life are matters of individual responsibility and moral choice: whether to be brave or cowardly, honest or deceitful... #DavidBrooks

...no matter how hard we strive to replace sin with nonmoral words, like mistake or error or weakness, the most essential parts of life are matters of individual responsibility and moral choice: whether to be brave or cowardly, honest or deceitful... #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 2, 2023

One wonderful way to tame our tendency to always want more is to persuade ourselves to want the things we already have. #WilliamBIrvine

One wonderful way to tame our tendency to always want more is to persuade ourselves to want the things we already have. #WilliamBIrvine — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 2, 2023

There are two main kinds of diversity--demographic and moral... Once you make this distinction [...] nobody can coherently even want moral diversity [...] If you prefer diversity on an issue, the issue is not a moral issue for you; it is a matter of personal taste. #JonathanHaidt

There are two main kinds of diversity--demographic and moral... Once you make this distinction [...] nobody can coherently even want moral diversity [...] If you prefer diversity on an issue, the issue is not a moral issue for you; it is a matter of personal taste. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 2, 2023

What happens when people open their hearts? They get better. #HarukiMurakami

What happens when people open their hearts? They get better. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 2, 2023

If I am responsible for having accrued a handsome share of worldly goods--income and wealth, power and prestige--I must deserve them. Success is a sign of virtue. My affluence is my due. #MichaelSandel

If I am responsible for having accrued a handsome share of worldly goods--income and wealth, power and prestige--I must deserve them. Success is a sign of virtue. My affluence is my due. #MichaelSandel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 1, 2023

We don't have the biggest brain or the best memory. We're not the fastest or the strongest or the most prolific. We're not the only ones that mate for life, that show altruism, use tools, language. We don't have the most copies of genes in circulation. #LuluMiller

We don't have the biggest brain or the best memory. We're not the fastest or the strongest or the most prolific. We're not the only ones that mate for life, that show altruism, use tools, language. We don't have the most copies of genes in circulation. #LuluMiller — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 1, 2023

Absurdity challenges every ethics; but also the finished rationalization of the real would leave no room for ethics; it is because man's condition is ambiguous that he seeks, through failure & outrageousness, to save his existence. #SimonedeBeauvoir

Absurdity challenges every ethics; but also the finished rationalization of the real would leave no room for ethics; it is because man's condition is ambiguous that he seeks, through failure & outrageousness, to save his existence. #SimonedeBeauvoir — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 1, 2023

I love Paul O'Neill, but you could not pay me enough to work for him again one official told me. the man has never encountered an answer he can't turn into another twenty hours of work. #CharlesDuhigg

I love Paul O'Neill, but you could not pay me enough to work for him again one official told me. the man has never encountered an answer he can't turn into another twenty hours of work. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 1, 2023

So becoming a karma yogi does not mean you have to give up whatever you are doing right now. It means you do it with wholehearted involvement and, in the process, help create a more joyful world wherever you go. #Sadhguru

So becoming a karma yogi does not mean you have to give up whatever you are doing right now. It means you do it with wholehearted involvement and, in the process, help create a more joyful world wherever you go. #Sadhguru — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 1, 2023

It's better to do less than you hoped than to do nothing at all. #JamesClear

It's better to do less than you hoped than to do nothing at all. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 1, 2023

The takeaway from all these observations is that our species seems, somehow, to derive more benefit from speaking than from listening. #RobinHanson

The takeaway from all these observations is that our species seems, somehow, to derive more benefit from speaking than from listening. #RobinHanson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 30, 2023

Wilson says his own private hell would be to be locked forever into a room full of people discussing the hypocrisies of religion, for example, that many religions preach love, compassion, and virtue yet sometimes cause war, hatred, and terrorism. #JonathanHaidt

Wilson says his own private hell would be to be locked forever into a room full of people discussing the hypocrisies of religion, for example, that many religions preach love, compassion, and virtue yet sometimes cause war, hatred, and terrorism. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 30, 2023

Or you're told that you're in your head too much, a phrase that's often deployed against the quiet and cerebral. Of course, there's another word for such people: thinkers. #SusanCain

Or you're told that you're in your head too much, a phrase that's often deployed against the quiet and cerebral. Of course, there's another word for such people: thinkers. #SusanCain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 30, 2023

The queen of the underworld, the goddess of chaos, is also the force that eternally renews. #JordanPeterson

The queen of the underworld, the goddess of chaos, is also the force that eternally renews. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 30, 2023

But the core lesson remains--if you want to test your hypothesis, try to prove it wrong. Do not only look for evidence to prove it right. #StevenNovella

But the core lesson remains--if you want to test your hypothesis, try to prove it wrong. Do not only look for evidence to prove it right. #StevenNovella — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 30, 2023

[Relationalism] is by going deep into ourselves and finding there our illimitable ability to care, and then spreading outward in commitment to others. #DavidBrooks

[Relationalism] is by going deep into ourselves and finding there our illimitable ability to care, and then spreading outward in commitment to others. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 30, 2023

Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting. #HarukiMurakami

Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 29, 2023

It is through the expression of courtesy that a person becomes polite. It is through the resistance to fear that a person develops courage. It is through the control of facial expressions that one becomes sober. The act precedes the virtue. #DavidBrooks

It is through the expression of courtesy that a person becomes polite. It is through the resistance to fear that a person develops courage. It is through the control of facial expressions that one becomes sober. The act precedes the virtue. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 29, 2023

The idea of Original Sin--of guilt where there is no possibility of innocence, no freedom of choice, no alternatives available--is anti-self-esteem [...] The very notion of guilt without volition or responsibility is an assault on reason as well as on morality. #NathanielBranden

The idea of Original Sin--of guilt where there is no possibility of innocence, no freedom of choice, no alternatives available--is anti-self-esteem [...] The very notion of guilt without volition or responsibility is an assault on reason as well as on morality. #NathanielBranden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 29, 2023

...humans get along with each other spectacularly well, and nothing we've seen in this book can take that away from us. #KevinSimler

...humans get along with each other spectacularly well, and nothing we've seen in this book can take that away from us. #KevinSimler — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 29, 2023

The greatest victory in living memory--of the United States over the Soviet Union--was achieved without any major military confrontation. #YuvalNoahHarari

The greatest victory in living memory--of the United States over the Soviet Union--was achieved without any major military confrontation. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 29, 2023

...consider the difference between blue jeans and dress pants. Jeans are durable and don't need to be washed every day, whereas dress pants demand a bit more in terms of upkeep--which is precisely why they're considered more formal attire. #RobinHanson

...consider the difference between blue jeans and dress pants. Jeans are durable and don't need to be washed every day, whereas dress pants demand a bit more in terms of upkeep--which is precisely why they're considered more formal attire. #RobinHanson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 29, 2023

Since life brings both ups and downs, struggling well doesn't just make your ups better; it makes your downs less bad. #RayDalio

Since life brings both ups and downs, struggling well doesn't just make your ups better; it makes your downs less bad. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 28, 2023

Against marriage [Darwin] listed the 'terrible loss of time,' lack of freedom to go where he wished, the burden of visiting relatives, the expense and anxiety provoked by children, the concern that 'perhaps my wife won't like London,' and having less money to spend on books.

Against marriage [Darwin] listed the 'terrible loss of time,' lack of freedom to go where he wished, the burden of visiting relatives, the expense and anxiety provoked by children, the concern that 'perhaps my wife won't like London,' and having less money to spend on books. — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 28, 2023

A universal human nature brings us to a third theme, humanism. The thinkers of the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment saw an urgent need for a secular foundation for morality, because they were haunted by a historical memory of centuries of religious carnage #StevenPinker

A universal human nature brings us to a third theme, humanism. The thinkers of the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment saw an urgent need for a secular foundation for morality, because they were haunted by a historical memory of centuries of religious carnage #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 28, 2023

One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die. #CharlesDarwin

One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die. #CharlesDarwin — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 28, 2023

Human productivity is the most important force in causing the world's total wealth, power, and living standards to rise over time. #RayDalio

Human productivity is the most important force in causing the world's total wealth, power, and living standards to rise over time. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 28, 2023

The truth is, the brain can be reprogrammed. You just have to be deliberate about it. #CharlesDuhigg

The truth is, the brain can be reprogrammed. You just have to be deliberate about it. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 28, 2023

...as a kidnapping victim, you don't suffer because you've seen your kidnapper's face; you suffer when the kidnapper thinks you've seen his face. If you could somehow see his face without giving him any idea that you'd done so, you'd probably be better off. #KevinSimler

...as a kidnapping victim, you don't suffer because you've seen your kidnapper's face; you suffer when the kidnapper thinks you've seen his face. If you could somehow see his face without giving him any idea that you'd done so, you'd probably be better off. #KevinSimler — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 27, 2023

Books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory. #FranklinDRoosevelt

Books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory. #FranklinDRoosevelt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 27, 2023

Managers often don't want other managers, their own teams, or other people within the power structure to know exactly what they're doing or what is being accomplished and how fast. #JeffSutherland

Managers often don't want other managers, their own teams, or other people within the power structure to know exactly what they're doing or what is being accomplished and how fast. #JeffSutherland — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 27, 2023

You don't need to die in order to enter the kingdom of heaven. In fact, you have to be truly alive in order to do so. #ThichNhatHanh