He who loves another tries truly to understand the other. #HarryOverstreet
He who loves another tries truly to understand the other. #HarryOverstreet — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 30, 2023
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People who could not become parents before can now do so in such bewildering combinations that a child can potentially have five different parents: a sperm donor, an egg donor, a birth mother, and the social father and mother who raise the child. #StephanieCoontz
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People who could not become parents before can now do so in such bewildering combinations that a child can potentially have five different parents: a sperm donor, an egg donor, a birth mother, and the social father and mother who raise the child. #StephanieCoontz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 29, 2023
Spend 37% of your apartment hunt [...] noncommittally exploring options [...] But after that point, be prepared to immediately commit [...] to the very first place you see that beats whatever you've already seen [...] It is the provably optimal solution. #BrianChristian
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Spend 37% of your apartment hunt [...] noncommittally exploring options [...] But after that point, be prepared to immediately commit [...] to the very first place you see that beats whatever you've already seen [...] It is the provably optimal solution. #BrianChristian — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 28, 2023
There can be no question of which was the greatest era for culture; the answer has to be today, until it is superseded by tomorrow. #StevenPinker
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In thoughtful disagreement, both parties are motivated by the genuine fear of missing important perspectives. Exchanges in which you really see what the other person is seeing and they really see... are immensely helpful and a giant source of untapped potential. #RayDalio
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In thoughtful disagreement, both parties are motivated by the genuine fear of missing important perspectives. Exchanges in which you really see what the other person is seeing and they really see... are immensely helpful and a giant source of untapped potential. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 28, 2023
What interests me is living and dying for what one loves. #AlbertCamus
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If you tried to doubt everything you would not get as far as doubting anything. The game of doubting itself presupposes certainty. #LudwigWittgenstein
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[Paleolithic couples] would never have fantasized about running off by themselves to their own little retreats in the forest. No Stone Age lovers would have imagined in their wildest dreams that they could or should be everything to each other. That way lay death #StephanieCoontz
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[Paleolithic couples] would never have fantasized about running off by themselves to their own little retreats in the forest. No Stone Age lovers would have imagined in their wildest dreams that they could or should be everything to each other. That way lay death #StephanieCoontz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 25, 2023
I always tried to be correct, not politically correct. #LeeKuanYew
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Mankind can never get rid of the need for religious self-identification: who am I, where did I come from, where do I fit in, why am I responsible, what does my life mean, how will I face death? #LeszekKolakowski
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To remember that behind every ruler there is a Ruler. To remember that a category is at best a proxy; at worst, a shackle. #LuluMiller
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The theory that religion is a force for peace, often heard among the religious right and its allies today, does not fit the facts of history. #StevenPinker
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True love always liberates. In the context of marriage, if we do not feel loved, our differences are magnified. We come to view each other as a threat to our happiness. We fight for self-worth and significance, and marriage becomes a battlefield rather than a haven. #GaryChapman
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True love always liberates. In the context of marriage, if we do not feel loved, our differences are magnified. We come to view each other as a threat to our happiness. We fight for self-worth and significance, and marriage becomes a battlefield rather than a haven. #GaryChapman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 23, 2023
[Troubadours' myth of true love] seems to have grown and diffused in modern times into a set of interrelated ideas about love and marriage. #JonathanHaidt
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There is a cue, a trigger that tells your brain to go into automatic mode and which habit to use. Then there is the routine, which can be physical or mental or emotional. Finally, there is a reward, which helps your brain figure out if this particular loop is worth #CharlesDuhigg
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There is a cue, a trigger that tells your brain to go into automatic mode and which habit to use. Then there is the routine, which can be physical or mental or emotional. Finally, there is a reward, which helps your brain figure out if this particular loop is worth #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 21, 2023
Surrendering to desires in the moment is rational for a mortal being in an uncertain world, as long as future moments are not discounted too steeply or shortsightedly #StevenPinker
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Start with putting three of your friends to jail. You definitely know what for, and people will believe you. #LeeKuanYew
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In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders. #SherylSandberg
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Progress and resentment are perfectly compatible. Indeed, women may be resented precisely because they are achieving rapid social progress in some areas. #KateManne
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How many people do you need to see before you know you've found the best [person to marry]? Schwartz asked. The answer is every damn person there is. How else do you know it's the best? If you're looking for the best, this is a recipe for complete misery. #AzizAnsari
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How many people do you need to see before you know you've found the best [person to marry]? Schwartz asked. The answer is every damn person there is. How else do you know it's the best? If you're looking for the best, this is a recipe for complete misery. #AzizAnsari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 18, 2023
The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. #Plato
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In a world deluged by irrelevant information, clarity is power. #YuvalNoahHarari
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An unrefined palate won't appreciate a Michelin-starred restaurant. An untrained ear can't appreciate the genius of Bach. #KevinSimler
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In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be. #HarukiMurakami
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Far from being a 'haven' from the marketplace, modern romantic love is a practice intimately complicit with the political economy of late capitalism. #EvaIllouz
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So her silence is icy; her neutral expression, sullen. Her not looking is snubbing; her passivity, aggression. But an ice queen, a bitch, a temptress--or an angel, for that matter--each has something in common: they are human, all too human, female characters. #KateManne
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So her silence is icy; her neutral expression, sullen. Her not looking is snubbing; her passivity, aggression. But an ice queen, a bitch, a temptress--or an angel, for that matter--each has something in common: they are human, all too human, female characters. #KateManne — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 15, 2023
Traditionally, another way of acquiring knowledge has been through personal conversations. The discussion and exchange of ideas has for millennia provided an emotional and psychological dimension in addition to the factual content of the information exchanged. #HenryKissinger
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Traditionally, another way of acquiring knowledge has been through personal conversations. The discussion and exchange of ideas has for millennia provided an emotional and psychological dimension in addition to the factual content of the information exchanged. #HenryKissinger — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 15, 2023
People, in relation to each other and their environments, can unwittingly create moments of poetry. #DerrenBrown
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Order makes possible the highest human relationships which are the principal source of man's education. #AgnesEMeyer
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How, then, can we understand this thing called rationality which would appear to be our birthright yet is so frequently and flagrantly flouted? #StevenPinker
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[Time, rank, outward appearance] all of these are secondary. For a runner like me, what's really important is reaching the goal I set myself, under my own power. I give it everything I have, endure what needs enduring, and am able, in my own way, to be satisfied. #HarukiMurakami
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[Time, rank, outward appearance] all of these are secondary. For a runner like me, what's really important is reaching the goal I set myself, under my own power. I give it everything I have, endure what needs enduring, and am able, in my own way, to be satisfied. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 14, 2023
If his or her upbringing is successful, the young man or woman will have evolved out of that dependency into a self-respecting and self-responsible human being who is able to respond to the challenges of life competently and enthusiastically. #NathanielBranden
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If his or her upbringing is successful, the young man or woman will have evolved out of that dependency into a self-respecting and self-responsible human being who is able to respond to the challenges of life competently and enthusiastically. #NathanielBranden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 13, 2023
It was the first time I had left Singapore to go overseas. I was being exposed to a new world of the hates and loves, the prejudices and biases of different peoples. #LeeKuanYew
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There is little more terrifying than... that you could come to a crisis point in your life when you need every faculty you possess to make the decision properly, only to find you have pathologized yourself with deceit and can no longer rely on your own judgment. #JordanPeterson
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There is little more terrifying than... that you could come to a crisis point in your life when you need every faculty you possess to make the decision properly, only to find you have pathologized yourself with deceit and can no longer rely on your own judgment. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 12, 2023
Pain cannot be kept intact, it needs to be processed, converted into humor. #AnnieErnaux
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It is hard to think about your past without tidying it up into a kind of story: one in which you are cast as the hero or victim. Invariably we ignore the regular dice-rolls of chance or random luck #DerrenBrown
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Eskimo couples often had cospousal arrangements, in which each partner had sexual relations with the other's spouse. In Tibet and parts of India, Kashmir, and Nepal, a woman may be married to two or more brothers, all of whom share sexual access to her. #StephanieCoontz
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Eskimo couples often had cospousal arrangements, in which each partner had sexual relations with the other's spouse. In Tibet and parts of India, Kashmir, and Nepal, a woman may be married to two or more brothers, all of whom share sexual access to her. #StephanieCoontz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 11, 2023
A sizeable part of who we are is ordained by our genes, by our brains, by our nervous systems. And yet the elasticity that Schwartz found in some of the high-reactive teens also suggests the converse: we have free will and can use it to shape our personalities. #SusanCain
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A sizeable part of who we are is ordained by our genes, by our brains, by our nervous systems. And yet the elasticity that Schwartz found in some of the high-reactive teens also suggests the converse: we have free will and can use it to shape our personalities. #SusanCain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 10, 2023
Perhaps the wise one is the one who knows that he cannot see things far away. #NassimNicholasTaleb
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The noblest search is the search for excellence. #LyndonBJohnson
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This [capitalist--consumerist ideal] is the first religion in history whose followers actually do what they are asked to do. #YuvalNoahHarari
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I am not given to making sense out of life--or coming up with some grand narrative on it--other than to measure it by what you think you want to do in life. As for me, I have done what I had wanted to, to the best of my ability. I am satisfied. #LeeKuanYew
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I am not given to making sense out of life--or coming up with some grand narrative on it--other than to measure it by what you think you want to do in life. As for me, I have done what I had wanted to, to the best of my ability. I am satisfied. #LeeKuanYew — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 9, 2023
Your mind is the basis of everything you experience and of every contribution you make to the lives of others. Given this fact, it makes sense to train it. #SamHarris
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Group selection does not end conflict; it just pushes it up to the next level of social organization. Atrocities committed in the name of religion are almost always committed against out-group members, or against the most dangerous people [apostates and traitors] #JonathanHaidt
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Group selection does not end conflict; it just pushes it up to the next level of social organization. Atrocities committed in the name of religion are almost always committed against out-group members, or against the most dangerous people [apostates and traitors] #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 9, 2023
People watch their bosses closely to understand the team's values and norms. Our radars are fine-tuned to spot instances where someone in a position of authority says one thing and does another. #JulieZhuo
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It is our own inner terror that prompts the media to obsess about terrorism, and the government to overreact. The success or failure of terrorism thus depends on us. #YuvalNoahHarari
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The universe, they say, came out of the Big Bang. But human beings on this earth have developed over the last 20,000 years into thinking beings, and are able to see beyond themselves and think about themselves. Is that a result of Darwinian evolution? Or is it God? #LeeKuanYew
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The universe, they say, came out of the Big Bang. But human beings on this earth have developed over the last 20,000 years into thinking beings, and are able to see beyond themselves and think about themselves. Is that a result of Darwinian evolution? Or is it God? #LeeKuanYew — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 6, 2023
When it comes to climate, countries are just not sovereign. They are at the mercy of actions taken by people on the other side of the planet. #YuvalNoahHarari
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I recall my sometimes acutely painful feelings of loneliness and of longing for someone [...] I had accepted the idea that loneliness was a weakness [...] I had no answer to the pain except to tense my body against it [...] I clung to alienation as a virtue. #NathanielBranden
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I recall my sometimes acutely painful feelings of loneliness and of longing for someone [...] I had accepted the idea that loneliness was a weakness [...] I had no answer to the pain except to tense my body against it [...] I clung to alienation as a virtue. #NathanielBranden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 6, 2023
Almost nothing you're socially scared of is actually scary. #TimUrban
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In fact, the vast majority of weekly churchgoers are socially well-adjusted and successful across a broad range of outcomes. #RobinHanson
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The people who multitask the most just can't focus. #JeffSutherland
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You need to experiment with unproductive paths, explore dead ends, make space for doubts and boredom, and allow little seeds of insight to slowly grow and blossom. If you cannot afford to waste time, you will never find the truth. #YuvalNoahHarari
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When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there? #ThichNhatHanh
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People who undergo plastic surgery report (on average) high levels of satisfaction with the process, and they even report increases in the quality of their lives and decreases in psychiatric symptoms (such as depression and anxiety) #JonathanHaidt
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...now every company adds sodium laureth sulfate to make toothpaste foam more. There's no cleaning benefit, but people feel better when there's a bunch of suds around their mouth. Once the customer starts expecting that foam, the habit starts growing. #CharlesDuhigg
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...now every company adds sodium laureth sulfate to make toothpaste foam more. There's no cleaning benefit, but people feel better when there's a bunch of suds around their mouth. Once the customer starts expecting that foam, the habit starts growing. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 4, 2023
But when a moral mission and legal rules are incompatible, we usually care more about the mission. #JonathanHaidt
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Money is the most universal and most efficient system of mutual trust ever devised. #YuvalNoahHarari
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...and religious people are happier, on average, than nonreligious people. This effect arises from the social ties that come with participation in a religious community, as well as from feeling connected to something beyond the self. #JonathanHaidt
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The meritocratic ideal is not a remedy for inequality; it is a justification of inequality. #MichaelSandel
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[Monotheists] believed that their God was the only god, and that He demanded universal obedience. Consequently, as Christianity and Islam spread around the world, so did the incidence of crusades, jihads, inquisitions and religious discrimination. #YuvalNoahHarari
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[Monotheists] believed that their God was the only god, and that He demanded universal obedience. Consequently, as Christianity and Islam spread around the world, so did the incidence of crusades, jihads, inquisitions and religious discrimination. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 3, 2023
We must decline to tell our children that human history began with bloody magic and will end with bloody magic in a glorious war between the righteous and the rest. #SamHarris
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It is the exterior that matters: Cancer in the lungs or a missing kidney is not disgusting; a tumor on the face or a missing finger is. #JonathanHaidt
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When we do not express ourselves, do not assert our being, do not stand up for our values in contexts where it is appropriate to do so, we inflict wounds on our sense of self. The world does not do it to us, we do it to ourselves. #NathanielBranden
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You can do several things at once, but only if they are easy and undemanding. #DanielKahneman
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Meritocratic sorting taught us that our success is our own doing, and so eroded our sense of indebtedness. #MichaelSandel
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And so the important thing we do with managers, generally, is to find the .400 hitters and then not tell them how to swing. #WarrenBuffett
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Prestige, however, is the kind of status we get from being an impressive human specimen (think Meryl Streep), and it's governed by admiration and other approach instincts. #KevinSimler
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The only true meaning in existence is the ability to form meaning. #MarkManson
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What looks like altruism is actually, at a deeper level, competitive self-interest. #KevinSimler
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