English Quotes

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

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 — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 27, 2023

During his first big television interview, Kremen wore a tie-dyed shirt, sat on a brightly colored beanbag chair, and boldly told the camera: Match.com will bring more love to the planet than anything since Jesus Christ. #AzizAnsari

During his first big television interview, Kremen wore a tie-dyed shirt, sat on a brightly colored beanbag chair, and boldly told the camera: Match.com will bring more love to the planet than anything since Jesus Christ. #AzizAnsari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 27, 2023

Success and failure are unavoidably related in our minds with the state of things around us. Hence it is that people with a sense of fulfillment think it a good world and would like to conserve it as it is, while the frustrated favor radical change. #EricHoffer

Success and failure are unavoidably related in our minds with the state of things around us. Hence it is that people with a sense of fulfillment think it a good world and would like to conserve it as it is, while the frustrated favor radical change. #EricHoffer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 27, 2023

The premise of this book is that it is easier to recognize other people's mistakes than our own. #DanielKahneman

The premise of this book is that it is easier to recognize other people's mistakes than our own. #DanielKahneman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 26, 2023

When you make a request of your spouse, you are affirming his or her worth and abilities. #GaryChapman

When you make a request of your spouse, you are affirming his or her worth and abilities. #GaryChapman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 26, 2023

Never hold anyone by the button or the hand in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them. #LordChesterfield

Never hold anyone by the button or the hand in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them. #LordChesterfield — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 26, 2023

You have to give to receive. You have to surrender to something outside yourself to gain strength within yourself. You have to conquer your desire to get what you crave. #DavidBrooks

You have to give to receive. You have to surrender to something outside yourself to gain strength within yourself. You have to conquer your desire to get what you crave. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 26, 2023

We humans are unhappy in large part because we are insatiable [...] Rather than feeling satisfied, we feel a bit bored, and in response to this boredom, we go on to form new, even grander desires. #WilliamBIrvine

We humans are unhappy in large part because we are insatiable [...] Rather than feeling satisfied, we feel a bit bored, and in response to this boredom, we go on to form new, even grander desires. #WilliamBIrvine — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 26, 2023

The mature person can make decisions without relying on the negative and positive reactions from admirers or detractors because the mature person has steady criteria to determine what is right. #DavidBrooks

The mature person can make decisions without relying on the negative and positive reactions from admirers or detractors because the mature person has steady criteria to determine what is right. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 26, 2023

We do this every day in most areas of our lives, like when we buy groceries, pack for a vacation, or plan a birthday party. In these practical domains, we feel much less pride in what we believe, anger when our beliefs are challenged, or shame in changing our minds #RobinHanson

We do this every day in most areas of our lives, like when we buy groceries, pack for a vacation, or plan a birthday party. In these practical domains, we feel much less pride in what we believe, anger when our beliefs are challenged, or shame in changing our minds #RobinHanson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 25, 2023

For many people, one of the pleasures of going to church is the experience of collective elevation. People step out of their everyday profane existence, which offers only occasional opportunities for movement on the third dimension #JonathanHaidt

For many people, one of the pleasures of going to church is the experience of collective elevation. People step out of their everyday profane existence, which offers only occasional opportunities for movement on the third dimension #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 25, 2023

Finding someone today is probably more complicated and stressful than it was for previous generations--but you're also more likely to end up with someone you are really excited about. #AzizAnsari

Finding someone today is probably more complicated and stressful than it was for previous generations--but you're also more likely to end up with someone you are really excited about. #AzizAnsari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 25, 2023

Two thousand years of monotheistic brainwashing have caused most Westerners to see polytheism as ignorant and childish idolatry. This is an unjust stereotype. #YuvalNoahHarari

Two thousand years of monotheistic brainwashing have caused most Westerners to see polytheism as ignorant and childish idolatry. This is an unjust stereotype. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 25, 2023

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories. #HarukiMurakami

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 25, 2023

Whether selling a new song, a new food, or a new crib, the lesson is the same: If you dress a new something in old habits, it's easier for the public to accept it. #CharlesDuhigg

Whether selling a new song, a new food, or a new crib, the lesson is the same: If you dress a new something in old habits, it's easier for the public to accept it. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 25, 2023

We do not know what we intend to do until the intention itself arises. To understand this is to realize that we are not the authors of our thoughts and actions in the way that people generally suppose. #SamHarris

We do not know what we intend to do until the intention itself arises. To understand this is to realize that we are not the authors of our thoughts and actions in the way that people generally suppose. #SamHarris — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 24, 2023

Man must not attempt to dispel the ambiguity of his being but, on the contrary, accept the task of realizing it. #SimonedeBeauvoir

Man must not attempt to dispel the ambiguity of his being but, on the contrary, accept the task of realizing it. #SimonedeBeauvoir — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 24, 2023

According, therefore, as this produce, or what is purchased with it, bears a greater or smaller proportion to the number of those who are to consume it, the nation will be better or worse supplied with all the necessaries and conveniencies for which it has occasion. #AdamSmith

According, therefore, as this produce, or what is purchased with it, bears a greater or smaller proportion to the number of those who are to consume it, the nation will be better or worse supplied with all the necessaries and conveniencies for which it has occasion. #AdamSmith — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 24, 2023

We're a nation hungry for more joy: Because we're starving from a lack of gratitude. #BreneBrown

We're a nation hungry for more joy: Because we're starving from a lack of gratitude. #BreneBrown — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 24, 2023

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate to prefer the latter. #ThomasJefferson

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate to prefer the latter. #ThomasJefferson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 24, 2023

Far from rejecting outright any hierarchy of success or failure, philosophy instead reconfigures the judging process, lending legitimacy to the idea that the mainstream value system may unfairly consign some people to disgrace and others to respectability. #AlaindeBotton

Far from rejecting outright any hierarchy of success or failure, philosophy instead reconfigures the judging process, lending legitimacy to the idea that the mainstream value system may unfairly consign some people to disgrace and others to respectability. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 24, 2023

Children are also trained to accept being measured, graded, and ranked, often in front of others. This [school] enterprise, which typically lasts well over a decade, serves as a systematic exercise in human domestication. #KevinSimler

Children are also trained to accept being measured, graded, and ranked, often in front of others. This [school] enterprise, which typically lasts well over a decade, serves as a systematic exercise in human domestication. #KevinSimler — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 23, 2023

Tell people in America that your novel sold a million copies in Japan or won some literary prize and they're basically unimpressed, but get published in The New Yorker and they start treating you very differently. I often find myself envious of a culture like this #HarukiMurakami

Tell people in America that your novel sold a million copies in Japan or won some literary prize and they're basically unimpressed, but get published in The New Yorker and they start treating you very differently. I often find myself envious of a culture like this #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 23, 2023

We have paid a price for our inclusiveness, but we have bought ourselves a more humane society, with greater opportunity for racial minorities, women, gay people, the handicapped, and others--that is, for most people. #JonathanHaidt

We have paid a price for our inclusiveness, but we have bought ourselves a more humane society, with greater opportunity for racial minorities, women, gay people, the handicapped, and others--that is, for most people. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 23, 2023

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn put it, the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either--but right through every human heart. #DavidBrooks

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn put it, the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either--but right through every human heart. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 23, 2023

It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true. #BertrandRussell

It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true. #BertrandRussell — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 23, 2023

Nothing has more potential for strengthening one's sense of well-being than effectively loving and being loved. #GaryChapman

Nothing has more potential for strengthening one's sense of well-being than effectively loving and being loved. #GaryChapman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 23, 2023

It is even more deceptive to dream of gaining through the child a plenitude, a warmth, a value, which one is unable to create for oneself #SimonedeBeauvoir

It is even more deceptive to dream of gaining through the child a plenitude, a warmth, a value, which one is unable to create for oneself #SimonedeBeauvoir — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 22, 2023

We are deemed to be insufficiently competent when a love story fails, and for this reason, love failures threaten the foundations of the self, which is why modern love demands psychotherapies, endless friends' talks, consultations and consolations. #EvaIllouz

We are deemed to be insufficiently competent when a love story fails, and for this reason, love failures threaten the foundations of the self, which is why modern love demands psychotherapies, endless friends' talks, consultations and consolations. #EvaIllouz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 22, 2023

Children, Silvern explained, rely on the adults around them to interpret what's happening to them. They use their parents' constructed systems: This is good and that is bad; this person is untrustworthy, and that person is somebody you can count on. #RobertKolker

Children, Silvern explained, rely on the adults around them to interpret what's happening to them. They use their parents' constructed systems: This is good and that is bad; this person is untrustworthy, and that person is somebody you can count on. #RobertKolker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 22, 2023

...dissatisfied. I've got my health, fine children, a lovely new home, enough money. My husband has a real future as an electron-ics engineer. He doesnt have any of these feelings. He says maybe I need a vacation, let's go to New York for a weekend. But that isnt it #BettyFriedan

...dissatisfied. I've got my health, fine children, a lovely new home, enough money. My husband has a real future as an electron-ics engineer. He doesnt have any of these feelings. He says maybe I need a vacation, let's go to New York for a weekend. But that isnt it #BettyFriedan — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 22, 2023

A Sharpie makes it impossible to drill down that deep. You can only draw shapes. lines. and boxes. That's good. The big picture is all you should be worrying about in the beginning. #JasonFriedandDavidHeinemeierHansson

A Sharpie makes it impossible to drill down that deep. You can only draw shapes. lines. and boxes. That's good. The big picture is all you should be worrying about in the beginning. #JasonFriedandDavidHeinemeierHansson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 22, 2023

While they lasted, male friendships included much more physical contact [...] We retired early, he recorded one day in 1851, and in each other's arms did friendship sink peacefully to sleep. Such behavior did not bother the fiancee of Blake's roommate a bit. #StephanieCoontz

While they lasted, male friendships included much more physical contact [...] We retired early, he recorded one day in 1851, and in each other's arms did friendship sink peacefully to sleep. Such behavior did not bother the fiancee of Blake's roommate a bit. #StephanieCoontz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 22, 2023

Each suburban wife struggles with it alone. As she made the beds, [...], ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffeured Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night- she was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question--'Is this all?' #BettyFriedan

Each suburban wife struggles with it alone. As she made the beds, [...], ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffeured Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night- she was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question--'Is this all?' #BettyFriedan — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 21, 2023

Any serious explanation of corporate executives' salaries must be based on the reasons for those salaries being offered, not the reasons why the recipients desire them. #ThomasSowell

Any serious explanation of corporate executives' salaries must be based on the reasons for those salaries being offered, not the reasons why the recipients desire them. #ThomasSowell — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 21, 2023

'In my kingdom', as the Red Queen tells Alice in Wonderland, 'you have to run as fast as you can just to stay in the same place.' No one standing still can triumph, no matter how well constituted. #JordanPeterson

'In my kingdom', as the Red Queen tells Alice in Wonderland, 'you have to run as fast as you can just to stay in the same place.' No one standing still can triumph, no matter how well constituted. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 21, 2023

There is no conflict between a man being vulnerable and insecure and his being a misogynist. Indeed, this kind of vulnerability would be predicted on my analysis to be a common trigger. #KateManne

There is no conflict between a man being vulnerable and insecure and his being a misogynist. Indeed, this kind of vulnerability would be predicted on my analysis to be a common trigger. #KateManne — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 21, 2023

...totally entranced by the glow of something one minute, be willing to sacrifice everything to make it yours, but then a little time passes, or your perspective changes a bit, and all of a sudden you're shocked at how faded it appears. What was I looking at? #HarukiMurakami

...totally entranced by the glow of something one minute, be willing to sacrifice everything to make it yours, but then a little time passes, or your perspective changes a bit, and all of a sudden you're shocked at how faded it appears. What was I looking at? #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 21, 2023

...the rate at which we need to process energy to sustain our standard of living remained at just a few hundred watts for hundreds of thousands of years, until about ten thousand years ago when we began to form collective urban communities. #GeoffreyWest

...the rate at which we need to process energy to sustain our standard of living remained at just a few hundred watts for hundreds of thousands of years, until about ten thousand years ago when we began to form collective urban communities. #GeoffreyWest — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 21, 2023

So love remains powerful, subjectively powerful: one of those rare experiences where, on the basis of chance inscribed in a moment, you attempt a declaration of eternity. #AlainBadiou

So love remains powerful, subjectively powerful: one of those rare experiences where, on the basis of chance inscribed in a moment, you attempt a declaration of eternity. #AlainBadiou — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 20, 2023

...about a quarter of Kagan's high-reactive kids suffer from some degree of the condition known as social anxiety disorder, a chronic and disabling form of shyness. #SusanCain

...about a quarter of Kagan's high-reactive kids suffer from some degree of the condition known as social anxiety disorder, a chronic and disabling form of shyness. #SusanCain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 20, 2023

Your travels will take you through some interesting and exciting twists and turns. It can be scary. At some point you will confront a belief you really want to be true, that may even be part of your identity, but that does not stand up to close scrutiny. #StevenNovella

Your travels will take you through some interesting and exciting twists and turns. It can be scary. At some point you will confront a belief you really want to be true, that may even be part of your identity, but that does not stand up to close scrutiny. #StevenNovella — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 20, 2023

Social media turns out to be a superlative way to embed new dogmas and crush contrary opinion just when you needed to listen to them most. #DouglasMurray

Social media turns out to be a superlative way to embed new dogmas and crush contrary opinion just when you needed to listen to them most. #DouglasMurray — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 20, 2023

Why aren't girls forced to grow up - to achieve somehow the core of self that will end the unnecessary dilemma, the mistaken choice between femaleness and humanness that is implied in the feminine mystique? #BettyFriedan

Why aren't girls forced to grow up - to achieve somehow the core of self that will end the unnecessary dilemma, the mistaken choice between femaleness and humanness that is implied in the feminine mystique? #BettyFriedan — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 20, 2023

THE FRAMEWORK: Identify the routine. Experiment with rewards. Isolate the cue. Have a plan #CharlesDuhigg

THE FRAMEWORK: Identify the routine. Experiment with rewards. Isolate the cue. Have a plan #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 20, 2023

I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time. #HenryKissinger

I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time. #HenryKissinger — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 19, 2023

We assume that there is one person in each body, but in some ways we are each more like a committee whose members have been thrown together to do a job, but who often find themselves working at cross purposes. #JonathanHaidt

We assume that there is one person in each body, but in some ways we are each more like a committee whose members have been thrown together to do a job, but who often find themselves working at cross purposes. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 19, 2023

Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time. #HarukiMurakami

Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 19, 2023

But when a research institution is hijacked by a golem within its midst, all of those rules change. Peer review stops filtering out falsehoods and starts filtering out ideas that threaten the golem. The research institution becomes an instrument of the golem... #TimUrban

But when a research institution is hijacked by a golem within its midst, all of those rules change. Peer review stops filtering out falsehoods and starts filtering out ideas that threaten the golem. The research institution becomes an instrument of the golem... #TimUrban — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 19, 2023

You build a new worldview. That takes time. And many visits to the wreckage. And this process involves both unconscious and conscious repetitive reenactment behaviors, or writing, drawing, sculpting, or playing. #BruceDPerry

You build a new worldview. That takes time. And many visits to the wreckage. And this process involves both unconscious and conscious repetitive reenactment behaviors, or writing, drawing, sculpting, or playing. #BruceDPerry — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 19, 2023

Nowadays young people entering the workforce can expect to see several major changes during their lifetime that will very likely disrupt the continuity of their careers. This increasingly rapid rate of change induces serious stress on all facets of urban life. #GeoffreyWest

Nowadays young people entering the workforce can expect to see several major changes during their lifetime that will very likely disrupt the continuity of their careers. This increasingly rapid rate of change induces serious stress on all facets of urban life. #GeoffreyWest — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 19, 2023

...the characters are useful because of some quirks of our minds, yours and mine. A sentence is understood more easily if it describes what an agent (system 2) does than if it describes what something is, what properties it has. #DanielKahneman

...the characters are useful because of some quirks of our minds, yours and mine. A sentence is understood more easily if it describes what an agent (system 2) does than if it describes what something is, what properties it has. #DanielKahneman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 18, 2023

By bringing people together, religious creeds make large-scale human cooperation possible. They inspire people to build hospitals, schools, and bridges in addition to armies and prisons. Adam and Eve never existed, but Chartres Cathedral is still beautiful. #YuvalNoahHarari

By bringing people together, religious creeds make large-scale human cooperation possible. They inspire people to build hospitals, schools, and bridges in addition to armies and prisons. Adam and Eve never existed, but Chartres Cathedral is still beautiful. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 18, 2023

The Koreans are among the toughest of all the peoples in their region because Korea was where the invading hordes of Mongolia stopped. They had trouble crossing the waters to invade Japan and many just settled in Korea. #LeeKuanYew

The Koreans are among the toughest of all the peoples in their region because Korea was where the invading hordes of Mongolia stopped. They had trouble crossing the waters to invade Japan and many just settled in Korea. #LeeKuanYew — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 18, 2023

A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security. #HenryKissinger

A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security. #HenryKissinger — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 18, 2023

...paradox mostly applies to people they call maximizers [...] satisficers--are more laid back about choice. They evaluate an array of options until they find one that is good enough, and then they stop looking. Satisficers are not hurt by a surfeit of options. #JonathanHaidt

...paradox mostly applies to people they call maximizers [...] satisficers--are more laid back about choice. They evaluate an array of options until they find one that is good enough, and then they stop looking. Satisficers are not hurt by a surfeit of options. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 18, 2023

For it is not the strength of the mothers that is at fault but their weakness, their passive childlike dependency and immaturity that is mistaken for femininity. #BettyFriedan

For it is not the strength of the mothers that is at fault but their weakness, their passive childlike dependency and immaturity that is mistaken for femininity. #BettyFriedan — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 18, 2023

I'll be happy if running and I can grow old together. #HarukiMurakami

I'll be happy if running and I can grow old together. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 17, 2023

The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do. #DennisWaitley

The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do. #DennisWaitley — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 17, 2023

But although I have begun to see the richness that divinity adds to human experience, I do not entirely lament the flattening of life in the West over the last few hundred years. #JonathanHaidt

But although I have begun to see the richness that divinity adds to human experience, I do not entirely lament the flattening of life in the West over the last few hundred years. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 17, 2023

We teach for standardized tests instead of emphasizing learning, curiosity, and critical thinking. #JamesClear

We teach for standardized tests instead of emphasizing learning, curiosity, and critical thinking. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 17, 2023

Humankind ascended to the top so quickly that the ecosystem was not given time to adjust [...] we are full of fears and anxieties over our position, which makes us doubly cruel [...] calamities, from deadly wars to ecological catastrophes, have resulted from this #YuvalNoahHarari

Humankind ascended to the top so quickly that the ecosystem was not given time to adjust [...] we are full of fears and anxieties over our position, which makes us doubly cruel [...] calamities, from deadly wars to ecological catastrophes, have resulted from this #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 17, 2023

The verbal framework that helps us delimit the world is a consequence of the landscape of value that is constructed socially--but also bounded by the brute necessity of reality itself. #JordanPeterson

The verbal framework that helps us delimit the world is a consequence of the landscape of value that is constructed socially--but also bounded by the brute necessity of reality itself. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 17, 2023

We can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness. #DanielKahneman

We can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness. #DanielKahneman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 16, 2023

This is what happened after 9/11, as Islamic fundamentalists incited the American bull to destroy the Middle Eastern china shop. Now they flourish in the wreckage. And there is no shortage of short-tempered bulls in the world. #YuvalNoahHarari

This is what happened after 9/11, as Islamic fundamentalists incited the American bull to destroy the Middle Eastern china shop. Now they flourish in the wreckage. And there is no shortage of short-tempered bulls in the world. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 16, 2023

Life consists of three phases. In the first, we are dependent on others and we learn. In the second, others depend on us and we work. And in the third and last, when others no longer depend on us and we no longer have to work, we are free to savor life. #RayDalio

Life consists of three phases. In the first, we are dependent on others and we learn. In the second, others depend on us and we work. And in the third and last, when others no longer depend on us and we no longer have to work, we are free to savor life. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 16, 2023

In the age of white guilt, white blindness has been driven not by racism but by the white need to dissociate from racism. #ShelbySteele

In the age of white guilt, white blindness has been driven not by racism but by the white need to dissociate from racism. #ShelbySteele — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 16, 2023

If mass immigration doesn't make you a richer person, then it will make you a better person. And if it doesn't make your country a better country, then it will at least make it a richer country. #DouglasMurray

If mass immigration doesn't make you a richer person, then it will make you a better person. And if it doesn't make your country a better country, then it will at least make it a richer country. #DouglasMurray — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 16, 2023

If there were a way to fast-forward all the learning (and retention) that actually takes place in school--for example, by giving students a magic pill that taught them everything in an instant--we would still need to subject them to boring lectures and nitpicky tests #RobinHanson

If there were a way to fast-forward all the learning (and retention) that actually takes place in school--for example, by giving students a magic pill that taught them everything in an instant--we would still need to subject them to boring lectures and nitpicky tests #RobinHanson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 16, 2023

They [Silicon Valley people] often ban their own kids from using the sites and gadgets they design, and send them instead to tech-free Montessori schools. But their business model can only succeed if they take steps to dominate the attention spans of the wider society #JohannHari

They [Silicon Valley people] often ban their own kids from using the sites and gadgets they design, and send them instead to tech-free Montessori schools. But their business model can only succeed if they take steps to dominate the attention spans of the wider society #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 15, 2023

The Now Habit suggests first scheduling one's social engagements and leisure time and then filling the gaps with work--rather than the other way around, as we so often do. #BrianChristian

The Now Habit suggests first scheduling one's social engagements and leisure time and then filling the gaps with work--rather than the other way around, as we so often do. #BrianChristian — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 15, 2023

Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything. Nothing's going to disappear just because you can't see what's going on. In fact, things will even be worse the next time you open your eyes. That's the kind of world we live in. Keep your eyes wide open. #HarukiMurakami

Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything. Nothing's going to disappear just because you can't see what's going on. In fact, things will even be worse the next time you open your eyes. That's the kind of world we live in. Keep your eyes wide open. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 15, 2023

Perseverance, grit, and willpower are essential to success, but the way to improve these qualities is not by wishing you were a more disciplined person, but by creating a more disciplined environment. #JamesClear

Perseverance, grit, and willpower are essential to success, but the way to improve these qualities is not by wishing you were a more disciplined person, but by creating a more disciplined environment. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 15, 2023

...people would do all kinds of things they'd love to do in their real life but wouldn't dare to try, and by behaving that way they'd end up quickly getting a life going on in the simulation that's both far more successful and much truer to themselves than the real life #TimUrban

...people would do all kinds of things they'd love to do in their real life but wouldn't dare to try, and by behaving that way they'd end up quickly getting a life going on in the simulation that's both far more successful and much truer to themselves than the real life #TimUrban — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 15, 2023

However, what lingered in my mind was that one person's dissatisfaction. We tend to notice what's wrong rather than what's right. #MarshallRosenberg

However, what lingered in my mind was that one person's dissatisfaction. We tend to notice what's wrong rather than what's right. #MarshallRosenberg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 15, 2023

Regardless of what we think we're teaching, we teach what we are. #NathanielBranden

Regardless of what we think we're teaching, we teach what we are. #NathanielBranden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 14, 2023

[China, India are] striking examples of poor countries whose abandonment of severe international trade and investment restrictions led to dramatic increases in their economic growth rates, which in turn led to tens of millions of their citizens rising out of poverty #ThomasSowell

[China, India are] striking examples of poor countries whose abandonment of severe international trade and investment restrictions led to dramatic increases in their economic growth rates, which in turn led to tens of millions of their citizens rising out of poverty #ThomasSowell — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 14, 2023

You must look into people as well as at them. #LordChesterfield

You must look into people as well as at them. #LordChesterfield — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 14, 2023

Learning the structure of the world around us and forming lasting social relationships are both lifelong tasks. #BrianChristian

Learning the structure of the world around us and forming lasting social relationships are both lifelong tasks. #BrianChristian — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 14, 2023

The Chinese sage Lao Tzu warned people to make their own choices and not pursue the material objects everyone else was pursuing #JonathanHaidt

The Chinese sage Lao Tzu warned people to make their own choices and not pursue the material objects everyone else was pursuing #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 14, 2023

...we're a species that isn't great at truth. We're built to believe convenient delusions, not to be accurate. #TimUrban

...we're a species that isn't great at truth. We're built to believe convenient delusions, not to be accurate. #TimUrban — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 14, 2023

Believing everyone is dangerous, but believing nobody is more dangerous. #AbrahamLincoln

Believing everyone is dangerous, but believing nobody is more dangerous. #AbrahamLincoln — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 13, 2023

After days and then months, [Dangling Man] became a purposeless street-wanderer. Gradually, this freedom became an unbearable burden, and the young man eventually reported to the recruitment office voluntarily, demanding immediate enlistment for any available assignment #QianNing

After days and then months, [Dangling Man] became a purposeless street-wanderer. Gradually, this freedom became an unbearable burden, and the young man eventually reported to the recruitment office voluntarily, demanding immediate enlistment for any available assignment #QianNing — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 13, 2023

The poor and stressed always die first, and in greater numbers. They are also much more susceptible to non-infectious diseases, such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease. #JordanPeterson

The poor and stressed always die first, and in greater numbers. They are also much more susceptible to non-infectious diseases, such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 13, 2023

The sciences are linking up, generating cross-level coherence, and, like magic, big new ideas are beginning to emerge. #JonathanHaidt

The sciences are linking up, generating cross-level coherence, and, like magic, big new ideas are beginning to emerge. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 13, 2023

Every incident is a learning opportunity, an unplanned investment that was made without our consent. #GeneKim

Every incident is a learning opportunity, an unplanned investment that was made without our consent. #GeneKim — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 13, 2023

...norm-following and norm-enforcement can be a very high-stakes game. #RobinHanson

...norm-following and norm-enforcement can be a very high-stakes game. #RobinHanson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 13, 2023

...a perfect meritocracy banishes all sense of gift or grace. It diminishes our capacity to see ourselves as sharing a common fate. It leaves little room for the solidarity that can arise when we reflect on the contingency of our talents and fortunes. #MichaelSandel

...a perfect meritocracy banishes all sense of gift or grace. It diminishes our capacity to see ourselves as sharing a common fate. It leaves little room for the solidarity that can arise when we reflect on the contingency of our talents and fortunes. #MichaelSandel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 12, 2023

In trading you have to be defensive and aggressive at the same time. If you are not aggressive, you are not going to make money, and if you are not defensive, you are not going to keep money. #RayDalio

In trading you have to be defensive and aggressive at the same time. If you are not aggressive, you are not going to make money, and if you are not defensive, you are not going to keep money. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 12, 2023

Passionate love ends that state of indecisiveness, releases us from the blockage of irresolution. This kind of love is character-building, and ultimately is the only one to provide a compass by which to lead one's life. #EvaIllouz