Good leaders seize crises to remake organizational habits. #CharlesDuhigg
Good leaders seize crises to remake organizational habits. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 1, 2024
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...prestige is like a popularity contest, similar to the kind found in high schools around the world (only perhaps not quite as vapid). #RobinHanson
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National, religious and cultural tensions are made worse by the grandiose feeling that my nation, my religion and my culture are the most important in the world--hence my interests should come before the interests of anyone else, or of humankind as a whole. #YuvalNoahHarari
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National, religious and cultural tensions are made worse by the grandiose feeling that my nation, my religion and my culture are the most important in the world--hence my interests should come before the interests of anyone else, or of humankind as a whole. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 29, 2024
The proud person tries to establish self-worth by winning a great reputation, but of course this makes him utterly dependent on the gossipy and unstable crowd for his own identity. #DavidBrooks
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We know that a habit cannot be eradicated--it must, instead, be replaced. #CharlesDuhigg
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Until Japan became rich, many people thought East Asia had not developed because of Confucianism. But when Japan succeeded, this thesis was revised to say that Japan was developing so fast because its unique form of Confucianism emphasized co-operation... #HaJoonChang
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Until Japan became rich, many people thought East Asia had not developed because of Confucianism. But when Japan succeeded, this thesis was revised to say that Japan was developing so fast because its unique form of Confucianism emphasized co-operation... #HaJoonChang — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 28, 2024
And yes, all societies have norms against lying, but that just means we have to work a little harder not to get caught. Instead of telling bald-faced lies, maybe we spin or cherry-pick the truth. #KevinSimler
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Stop trying to muffle or silence or pathologize that pain. Instead, we need to listen to it, and honor it. It is only when we listen to our pain that we can follow it back to its source--and only there, when we can see its true causes, can we begin to overcome it. #JohannHari
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Stop trying to muffle or silence or pathologize that pain. Instead, we need to listen to it, and honor it. It is only when we listen to our pain that we can follow it back to its source--and only there, when we can see its true causes, can we begin to overcome it. #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 28, 2024
People wrongly dismiss black achievement in [areas e.g. sports] for reasons that can be ascribed only to racism--that our compelling excellence follows from a mere genetic advantage. #ShelbySteele
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I came to the conclusion long ago that all religions were true and that also that all had some error in them, and while I hold by my own religion, I should hold other religions as dear as Hinduism. #MahatmaGandhi
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[Our confirmation bias:] People think that dreams are omens because they recall the time when they dreamt a relative had a mishap and she did, but they forget about all the times when a relative was fine after they dreamt she had a mishap. #StevenPinker
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[Our confirmation bias:] People think that dreams are omens because they recall the time when they dreamt a relative had a mishap and she did, but they forget about all the times when a relative was fine after they dreamt she had a mishap. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 27, 2024
Love is for those with not enough problems in their lives. #Anonymous
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One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving. #PauloCoelho
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[11% medical spending in USA goes towards patients in their final year]. And yet it's one of the least effective (therapeutic) kinds of medicine. Even where it succeeds in prolonging life, it rarely succeeds in helping the patient achieve a reasonable quality of life #RobinHanson
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[11% medical spending in USA goes towards patients in their final year]. And yet it's one of the least effective (therapeutic) kinds of medicine. Even where it succeeds in prolonging life, it rarely succeeds in helping the patient achieve a reasonable quality of life #RobinHanson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 26, 2024
Every country needs one language that everybody understands. #LeeKuanYew
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When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. #HenryFord
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Debt eats equity but central banks can feed debt by printing money instead. #RayDalio
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Meaning can be found in all sorts of places. For most individuals it is found in the love of the people and places around them: in friends, family and loved ones, in culture, place and wonder. #DouglasMurray
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There's never any closure in an awe-inspired life, only constant acceptance of the mysteries of life. #OliverBurkeman
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Root out the violence in your life, and learn to live compassionately and mindfully. Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others is possible. #ThichNhatHanh
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What if there were no crime? What if there emerged a society where everyone was perfectly respectful... Would everyone frolic in fields picking daises and singing the 'Hallelujah' chorus from Handel's Messiah? Durkheim said no, that in fact the opposite would happen #MarkManson
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What if there were no crime? What if there emerged a society where everyone was perfectly respectful... Would everyone frolic in fields picking daises and singing the 'Hallelujah' chorus from Handel's Messiah? Durkheim said no, that in fact the opposite would happen #MarkManson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 24, 2024
We say to each other: Nobody can help you except you. It made me realize: we haven't just started doing things alone more, in every decade since the 1930s. We have started to believe that doing things alone is the natural state of human beings #JohannHari
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We say to each other: Nobody can help you except you. It made me realize: we haven't just started doing things alone more, in every decade since the 1930s. We have started to believe that doing things alone is the natural state of human beings #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 23, 2024
Figure out what you are meant to contribute to the world and make sure you contribute it. If this requires public speaking or networking or other activities that make you uncomfortable, do them anyway. But accept that they're difficult, get the training you need... #SusanCain
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Figure out what you are meant to contribute to the world and make sure you contribute it. If this requires public speaking or networking or other activities that make you uncomfortable, do them anyway. But accept that they're difficult, get the training you need... #SusanCain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 23, 2024
Some political scientists even said that most people were so confused about political issues that they had no real ideology at all. #JonathanHaidt
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Do not slip into the downward spiral of blame, shame, and control. It doesn't work. #WilliamMartin
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Remember that no one tool is good for everything. If your favorite idea is a hammer, look for colleagues with screwdrivers, wrenches, and tape measures. Be open to ideas from other fields. #HansRosling
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When a man of self-esteem chooses his values and sets his goals, when he projects the long range purposes that will unify and guide his actions--it is like a bridge thrown to the future, across which his life will pass, a bridge supported by the conviction... #NathanielBranden
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When a man of self-esteem chooses his values and sets his goals, when he projects the long range purposes that will unify and guide his actions--it is like a bridge thrown to the future, across which his life will pass, a bridge supported by the conviction... #NathanielBranden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 22, 2024
Men of today seem to feel more acutely than ever the paradox of their condition. They know themselves to be the supreme end to which all action should be subordinated, but the exigencies of action force them to treat one another as instruments [...], as means. #SimonedeBeauvoir
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Men of today seem to feel more acutely than ever the paradox of their condition. They know themselves to be the supreme end to which all action should be subordinated, but the exigencies of action force them to treat one another as instruments [...], as means. #SimonedeBeauvoir — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 21, 2024
I'm sorry. I know I have hurt you, but I would like to make the future different. I would like to love you in your language. I would like to meet your needs. I have seen marriages rescued from the brink of divorce when couples make the choice to love. #GaryChapman
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I'm sorry. I know I have hurt you, but I would like to make the future different. I would like to love you in your language. I would like to meet your needs. I have seen marriages rescued from the brink of divorce when couples make the choice to love. #GaryChapman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 21, 2024
Problem drug use is a symptom, not a cause, of personal and social maladjustment. #JohannHari
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Secularism should not be equated with Stalinist dogmatism or with the bitter fruits of Western imperialism and runaway industrialisation. Yet it cannot shirk all responsibility for them, either. #YuvalNoahHarari
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Originality is a living, evolving thing, whose shape is devilishly hard to pin down. #HarukiMurakami
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At the heart of Jung's objection was the question of the nature of delusional mental illness: Is schizophrenia something you're born with, a physical affliction of the brain? Or is it acquired in life, after one has become scarred somehow by the world? #RobertKolker
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At the heart of Jung's objection was the question of the nature of delusional mental illness: Is schizophrenia something you're born with, a physical affliction of the brain? Or is it acquired in life, after one has become scarred somehow by the world? #RobertKolker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 20, 2024
Happiness comes from between. It comes from getting the right relationships between yourself and others, yourself and your work, and yourself and something larger than yourself. #JonathanHaidt
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Most previous ethical systems presented people with a pretty tough deal. They were promised paradise, but only if they cultivated compassion and tolerance, overcame craving and anger, and restrained their selfish interests. This was too tough for most. #YuvalNoahHarari
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Most previous ethical systems presented people with a pretty tough deal. They were promised paradise, but only if they cultivated compassion and tolerance, overcame craving and anger, and restrained their selfish interests. This was too tough for most. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 19, 2024
After trying out [ways] to reduce inequalities and failing, I was gradually forced to conclude that the decisive factors were the people, their natural abilities, education and training. Knowledge and the possession of technology were vital for the creation of wealth. #LeeKuanYew
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After trying out [ways] to reduce inequalities and failing, I was gradually forced to conclude that the decisive factors were the people, their natural abilities, education and training. Knowledge and the possession of technology were vital for the creation of wealth. #LeeKuanYew — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 19, 2024
Given the asymmetrical effects of career obsolescence on woman and men, it is hardly surprising that women tend to work in fields with lower rates of obsolescence--as teachers and librarians, for example, rather than as computer engineers or tax accountants. #ThomasSowell
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Given the asymmetrical effects of career obsolescence on woman and men, it is hardly surprising that women tend to work in fields with lower rates of obsolescence--as teachers and librarians, for example, rather than as computer engineers or tax accountants. #ThomasSowell — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 19, 2024
When opponents of evolution object that human beings are not mere apes, they are correct. We are also part bee. #JonathanHaidt
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The best work comes from those who have the time to live and breathe a problem fully, who can dedicate themselves to finding the best solution. #JulieZhuo
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The human lust for power and esteem, coupled with its vulnerability to self-deception and self-righteousness, makes that an invitation to a calamity, all the worse when the power is directed at a goal as quixotic as eradicating human self-interest. #StevenPinker
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The human lust for power and esteem, coupled with its vulnerability to self-deception and self-righteousness, makes that an invitation to a calamity, all the worse when the power is directed at a goal as quixotic as eradicating human self-interest. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 18, 2024
There is no royal flower strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it, for whatever success I have attained has been the result of much hard work and many sleepless nights. #MadamCJWalker
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Rather, my research on the moral emotions has led me to conclude that the human mind simply does perceive divinity and sacredness, whether or not God exists. #JonathanHaidt
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To maintain order and structure in an evolving system requires the continual supply and use of energy whose by-product is disorder. That's why to stay alive we need to continually eat so as to combat the inevitable, destructive forces of entropy production. #GeoffreyWest
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To maintain order and structure in an evolving system requires the continual supply and use of energy whose by-product is disorder. That's why to stay alive we need to continually eat so as to combat the inevitable, destructive forces of entropy production. #GeoffreyWest — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 17, 2024
...some pitch would be made for the deserted ground. People in wealthy Western democracies today could not simply remain the first people in recorded history to have absolutely no explanation for what we are doing here, and no story to give life purpose. #DouglasMurray
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...some pitch would be made for the deserted ground. People in wealthy Western democracies today could not simply remain the first people in recorded history to have absolutely no explanation for what we are doing here, and no story to give life purpose. #DouglasMurray — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 17, 2024
The problem is they now take it for granted and they believe that we can go on autopilot. I don't think so. I think if the government falls into bad hands, bad leaders, it will gradually regress. There is no such thing as flying at maximum speed, autopilot. #LeeKuanYew
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The problem is they now take it for granted and they believe that we can go on autopilot. I don't think so. I think if the government falls into bad hands, bad leaders, it will gradually regress. There is no such thing as flying at maximum speed, autopilot. #LeeKuanYew — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 17, 2024
...you see, the whole of my adult life... I have believed in Malaysia, merger and the unity of these two territories. You know, it's a people, connected by geography, economics and ties of kinship... Would you mind if we stop for a while? #LeeKuanYew
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The soul is the piece of your consciousness that has moral worth and bears moral responsibility. #DavidBrooks
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How can you get very far, if you don't know who you are? How can you do what you ought, if you don't know what you've got? And if you don't know which to do of all the things in front of you, then what you'll have when you are through is just a mess without a clue. #BenjaminHoff
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How can you get very far, if you don't know who you are? How can you do what you ought, if you don't know what you've got? And if you don't know which to do of all the things in front of you, then what you'll have when you are through is just a mess without a clue. #BenjaminHoff — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 16, 2024
The hippocampus is the structure where memory is supposedly controlled. It is the most plastic part of the brain #NassimNicholasTaleb
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...Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative. #HenryKissinger
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The potential social and political disruptions are so alarming that even if the probability of systemic mass unemployment is low, we should take it very seriously. #YuvalNoahHarari
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Ignorant people see everything in black and white--they rely heavily on the myth of pure evil--and they are strongly influenced by their own self-interest. #JonathanHaidt
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To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature. #AdamSmith
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The longer we examine our world, the stranger it proves to be. #LuluMiller
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If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin. #CharlesDarwin
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Most of the troubles in life come on all of a sudden. #HarukiMurakami
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...an early study at Yale demonstrated that infants laugh much more readily when tickled by their mothers than when tickled by a stranger. This kind of laughter isn't just a knee-jerk physiological reaction; it's a message used to regulate social interaction. #RobinHanson
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...an early study at Yale demonstrated that infants laugh much more readily when tickled by their mothers than when tickled by a stranger. This kind of laughter isn't just a knee-jerk physiological reaction; it's a message used to regulate social interaction. #RobinHanson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 13, 2024
...the most frequent one hundred words account for 60 percent of all conversations. The most common four thousand words account for 98 percent of conversations. Why do humans bother knowing... #DavidBrooks
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Yet if the absence of serious discussion and the innate contradictions alone were enough to stop this new religion of social justice, it would hardly have got started. #DouglasMurray
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...we don't create our lives; we are summoned by life. The important answers are not found inside, they are found outside. This perspective begins not within the autonomous self, but with the concrete circumstances in which you happen to be embedded. #DavidBrooks
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...we don't create our lives; we are summoned by life. The important answers are not found inside, they are found outside. This perspective begins not within the autonomous self, but with the concrete circumstances in which you happen to be embedded. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 12, 2024
In strict Muslim countries such as Afghanistan, many young men have little hope of ever finding a partner. Typically in such nations, there are at least 3 percent more males than females, partly because females don't receive the same medical care as males. #NicholasDKristof
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In strict Muslim countries such as Afghanistan, many young men have little hope of ever finding a partner. Typically in such nations, there are at least 3 percent more males than females, partly because females don't receive the same medical care as males. #NicholasDKristof — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 12, 2024
...pursuing pleasure, Seneca warns, is like pursuing a wild beast: On being captured, it can turn on us and tear us to pieces. #WilliamBIrvine
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The core of science is not a mathematical modeling--it is intellectual honesty. It is a willingness to have our certainties about the world constrained by good evidence and good argument. #SamHarris
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[New info reduces ignorance, changes the probability.] If that sounds mystical or paradoxical, think about the probability that a coin I just flipped landed heads. For you, it's .5. For me, it's 1 (I peeked). Same event, different knowledge, different probability. #StevenPinker
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[New info reduces ignorance, changes the probability.] If that sounds mystical or paradoxical, think about the probability that a coin I just flipped landed heads. For you, it's .5. For me, it's 1 (I peeked). Same event, different knowledge, different probability. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 11, 2024
The grand illusion of committed love is that we think our partners are ours. In truth, their separateness is unassailable, and their mystery is forever ungraspable. As soon as we can begin to acknowledge this, sustained desire becomes a real possibility. #EstherPerel
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The grand illusion of committed love is that we think our partners are ours. In truth, their separateness is unassailable, and their mystery is forever ungraspable. As soon as we can begin to acknowledge this, sustained desire becomes a real possibility. #EstherPerel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 11, 2024
Female attorneys are less likely to ever marry, to have children, or to remarry after divorce than women in other professions. But an even higher proportion of male attorneys are childless, suggesting there might be something about this career that is unfriendly #StephanieCoontz
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Female attorneys are less likely to ever marry, to have children, or to remarry after divorce than women in other professions. But an even higher proportion of male attorneys are childless, suggesting there might be something about this career that is unfriendly #StephanieCoontz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 10, 2024
It is much safer to be feared than loved. Love is sustained by a bond of gratitude which, because men are excessively self-interested, is broken whenever they see the chance to benefit themselves. But fear is sustained by a dread of punishment that is always effective. #Mach…
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It is much safer to be feared than loved. Love is sustained by a bond of gratitude which, because men are excessively self-interested, is broken whenever they see the chance to benefit themselves. But fear is sustained by a dread of punishment that is always effective. #Mach… — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 10, 2024
You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me. #AleksandrSolzhenitsyn
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Destructive organizational habits can be found within hundreds of industries and at thousands of firms. And almost always, they are the products of thoughtlessness, of leaders who avoid thinking about the culture and so let it develop without guidance. #CharlesDuhigg
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Destructive organizational habits can be found within hundreds of industries and at thousands of firms. And almost always, they are the products of thoughtlessness, of leaders who avoid thinking about the culture and so let it develop without guidance. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 10, 2024
It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question. #MichaelSandel
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It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question. #MichaelSandel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 9, 2024
When a group of people make something sacred, the members of the cult lose the ability to think clearly about it. Morality binds and blinds. #JonathanHaidt
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This is the deep reason secular people cherish scientific truth: not in order to satisfy their curiosity, but in order to know how best to reduce the suffering in the world. #YuvalNoahHarari
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If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive. #BreneBrown
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Society can't trust you unless you put some skin in the game. #RobinHanson
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In the early decades of the 20th century, IBM used corporate songs to instill a sense of unity among their workers. Some companies in Japan still use these practices today. #RobinHanson
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We don't let them play freely [...] We feed them food that causes energy crashes [...] We expose them to brain-disrupting chemicals in the atmosphere. It's not a flaw in them that causes children to struggle to pay attention. It's a flaw in the world we built for them #JohannHari
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We don't let them play freely [...] We feed them food that causes energy crashes [...] We expose them to brain-disrupting chemicals in the atmosphere. It's not a flaw in them that causes children to struggle to pay attention. It's a flaw in the world we built for them #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 6, 2024
A good player works hard to win the game everyone else is playing. A great player creates a new game that favors their strengths and avoids their weaknesses. #JamesClear
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Hyper-individualism does not emphasize and eventually does not even see the other drives--the deeper and more elusive motivations that seek connection, fusion, service, and care. These are not the desires of the ego, but the longings of the heart and soul... #DavidBrooks
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Hyper-individualism does not emphasize and eventually does not even see the other drives--the deeper and more elusive motivations that seek connection, fusion, service, and care. These are not the desires of the ego, but the longings of the heart and soul... #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 6, 2024
We are dangerous when we are not conscious of our responsibility for how we behave, think, and feel. #MarshallRosenberg
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I've come to think of the multitude of tasks that fill up a manager's day as sorting neatly into three buckets: purpose, people, and process. #JulieZhuo
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The value of any commodity, therefore, to the person who possesses it, and who means not to use or consume it himself, but to exchange it for other commodities, is equal to the quantity of labour which it enables him to purchase or command. #AdamSmith
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It's strange to learn that in Livermore, California, one of the first light bulbs ever manufactured remains lit, over a hundred years after it was first switched on. #DerrenBrown
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As a culture, in the Western world, we work longer with each decade that passes [...] an extra month per year has been tacked on to what, in 1969, was considered a full-time job. #JohannHari
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No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change. #ThichNhatHanh
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Listen before you speak and learn before you act. #ErinMeyer
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It wasn't until 1999 that text messages could cross from one phone network to another, and after that usage began to rise. In 2007 the number of texts exchanged in a month outnumbered the number of phone calls made in the United States for the first time in history #AzizAnsari
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It wasn't until 1999 that text messages could cross from one phone network to another, and after that usage began to rise. In 2007 the number of texts exchanged in a month outnumbered the number of phone calls made in the United States for the first time in history #AzizAnsari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 4, 2024
When man rejects reason as his standard of judgement, only one alternative standard remains to him: his feelings. #NathanielBranden
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What people might really need are the tools to connect to their own experiences. #YuvalNoahHarari
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If you want to succeed as a leader, then don't think of yourself. Create a system where the others can make money and become rich. And you will remain an honest official and relatively poor. #LeeKuanYew
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People's deeper and more distinctive traits emerge gradually through shared experiences and intimate encounters, the kinds we sometimes have when we give relationships a chance to develop #AzizAnsari
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...sacrifice isn't a zero-sum game; there are big benefits that accrue to the entire community. All these sacrifices work to maintain high levels of commitment and trust among community members, which ultimately reduces the need to monitor everyone's behavior. #KevinSimler
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...sacrifice isn't a zero-sum game; there are big benefits that accrue to the entire community. All these sacrifices work to maintain high levels of commitment and trust among community members, which ultimately reduces the need to monitor everyone's behavior. #KevinSimler — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 3, 2024
...beliefs aren't always in the driver's seat. Instead, they're often better modeled as symptoms of the underlying incentives, which are frequently social rather than psychological. #RobinHanson
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Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness. #BreneBrown
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Your actions reveal how badly you want something. If you keep saying something is a priority but you never act on it, then you don't really want it. It's time to have an honest conversation with yourself. Your actions reveal your true motivations. #JamesClear
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Your actions reveal how badly you want something. If you keep saying something is a priority but you never act on it, then you don't really want it. It's time to have an honest conversation with yourself. Your actions reveal your true motivations. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 2, 2024
Most people have reliable partners and sharing with a partner is one of the joys of life. However, basing your security on a partner or any other one individual is a recipe for disaster. #StevePeters
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[Think of a dream world where] we won't be able to judge anyone by their possessions, nor will anyone be able to judge us. No one will comment on our clothes anymore or notice if we stop washing our cars. It will render all our purchases completely inconspicuous. #KevinSimler
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[Think of a dream world where] we won't be able to judge anyone by their possessions, nor will anyone be able to judge us. No one will comment on our clothes anymore or notice if we stop washing our cars. It will render all our purchases completely inconspicuous. #KevinSimler — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 2, 2024
It is painful to face the self we know we have never had the integrity to honor and assert. #NathanielBranden
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[It's hard to alter] personality by sheer force of will, and if it is a weakness you choose to work on, you probably won't enjoy the process. If you don't find pleasure or reinforcement [...], then--unless you have the willpower of Ben Franklin--you'll soon give up #JonathanHaidt
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[It's hard to alter] personality by sheer force of will, and if it is a weakness you choose to work on, you probably won't enjoy the process. If you don't find pleasure or reinforcement [...], then--unless you have the willpower of Ben Franklin--you'll soon give up #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 1, 2024
There is always only one question in the ethics of truth: how will I, as some-one, continue to exceed my own being? #AlainBadiou
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It's better to regret what you have done than what you haven't. #PaulArden
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