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Hunter-gatherers spent their time in more stimulating and varied ways, and were less in danger of starvation and disease. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) May 1, 2024

We shouldn't be afraid of atomic bombs and missiles. No matter what kind of war breaks out--conventional or thermonuclear--we'll win. As for China, if the imperialists unleash war on us, we may lose more than three hundred million people. So what? #MaoZedong

We shouldn't be afraid of atomic bombs and missiles. No matter what kind of war breaks out--conventional or thermonuclear--we'll win. As for China, if the imperialists unleash war on us, we may lose more than three hundred million people. So what? #MaoZedong — English Quotes (@english_quotes) May 1, 2024

When moral instruction triggers emotions, it speaks to the elephant as well as the rider. #JonathanHaidt

When moral instruction triggers emotions, it speaks to the elephant as well as the rider. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 30, 2024

By 1690, [John Banister] was reporting that the Indians of the Hudson Bay area had been successfully tempted by traders to want 'many things which they had not wanted before, because they never had them, but which by means of trade are now highly necessary to them' #AlaindeBotton

By 1690, [John Banister] was reporting that the Indians of the Hudson Bay area had been successfully tempted by traders to want 'many things which they had not wanted before, because they never had them, but which by means of trade are now highly necessary to them' #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 30, 2024

Capitalism won the Cold War because distributed data processing works better than centralised data processing, at least in periods of accelerating technological change. #YuvalNoahHarari

Capitalism won the Cold War because distributed data processing works better than centralised data processing, at least in periods of accelerating technological change. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 30, 2024

The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of an immense world. #EdYong

The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of an immense world. #EdYong — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 30, 2024

From the sister of the Holy Roman Emperor: It is hard enough to marry a man... whom you do not know or love, and worse still to be required to leave home and kindred, and follow a stranger to the ends of the earth, without even being able to speak his language. #StephanieCoontz

From the sister of the Holy Roman Emperor: It is hard enough to marry a man... whom you do not know or love, and worse still to be required to leave home and kindred, and follow a stranger to the ends of the earth, without even being able to speak his language. #StephanieCoontz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 29, 2024

Mine is a very matter-of-fact approach to the problem. If you can select a population and they're educated and they're properly brought up, then you don't have to use too much of the stick because they would already have been trained. #LeeKuanYew

Mine is a very matter-of-fact approach to the problem. If you can select a population and they're educated and they're properly brought up, then you don't have to use too much of the stick because they would already have been trained. #LeeKuanYew — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 29, 2024

...what precisely self-esteem is--and what specifically its attainment depends on--remain the great questions. #NathanielBranden

...what precisely self-esteem is--and what specifically its attainment depends on--remain the great questions. #NathanielBranden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 29, 2024

[In Perpetual Peace], the philosopher, Immanuel Kant, argued that perpetual peace would eventually come to the world in one of two ways, by human insight or by conflicts and catastrophes of a magnitude that left humanity no other choice. We are at such a juncture. #HenryKissinger

[In Perpetual Peace], the philosopher, Immanuel Kant, argued that perpetual peace would eventually come to the world in one of two ways, by human insight or by conflicts and catastrophes of a magnitude that left humanity no other choice. We are at such a juncture. #HenryKissinger — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 29, 2024

The elegant solution, by contrast, is always to change something small to create the largest effect. #DerrenBrown

The elegant solution, by contrast, is always to change something small to create the largest effect. #DerrenBrown — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 29, 2024

The modern conservative movement was largely started by former Marxists who had been mugged by reality #DavidBrooks

The modern conservative movement was largely started by former Marxists who had been mugged by reality #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 29, 2024

Self-efficacy is the experience of competence in thinking, learning, making appropriate decisions, and responding effectively to the challenges of life. #NathanielBranden

Self-efficacy is the experience of competence in thinking, learning, making appropriate decisions, and responding effectively to the challenges of life. #NathanielBranden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 28, 2024

If you have a very strong belief in some story, that may tell us a lot of interesting things about your psychology, about your childhood, and about your brain structure--but it does not prove that the story is true. #YuvalNoahHarari

If you have a very strong belief in some story, that may tell us a lot of interesting things about your psychology, about your childhood, and about your brain structure--but it does not prove that the story is true. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 28, 2024

A thick institution is not trying to serve its people instrumentally, to give them a degree or to simply help them earn a salary. A thick institution seeks to change the person's whole identity. It engages the whole person: head, hands, heart, and soul. #DavidBrooks

A thick institution is not trying to serve its people instrumentally, to give them a degree or to simply help them earn a salary. A thick institution seeks to change the person's whole identity. It engages the whole person: head, hands, heart, and soul. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 28, 2024

Confronting our delusions must therefore (at least in part) undermine their very reason for existing. There's a very real sense in which we might be better off not knowing what we're up to. #RobinHanson

Confronting our delusions must therefore (at least in part) undermine their very reason for existing. There's a very real sense in which we might be better off not knowing what we're up to. #RobinHanson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 28, 2024

If it is true that love is the pursuit in another of qualities we lack in ourselves, then in our love of someone from another culture, one ambition may be to weld ourselves more closely to values missing from our own culture. #AlaindeBotton

If it is true that love is the pursuit in another of qualities we lack in ourselves, then in our love of someone from another culture, one ambition may be to weld ourselves more closely to values missing from our own culture. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 28, 2024

Beginnings are always ripe with possibilities, for they hold the promise of completion. Through love we imagine a new way of being. You see me as I've never seen myself. #EstherPerel

Beginnings are always ripe with possibilities, for they hold the promise of completion. Through love we imagine a new way of being. You see me as I've never seen myself. #EstherPerel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 27, 2024

Second Law of Thermodynamics, which says that whenever energy is transformed into a useful form, it also produces useless energy as a degraded by-product: unintended consequences in the form of inaccessible disorganized heat or unusable products are inevitable. #GeoffreyWest

Second Law of Thermodynamics, which says that whenever energy is transformed into a useful form, it also produces useless energy as a degraded by-product: unintended consequences in the form of inaccessible disorganized heat or unusable products are inevitable. #GeoffreyWest — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 27, 2024

Every war, every revolution, demands the sacrifice of a generation, of a collectivity, by those who undertake it. #SimonedeBeauvoir

Every war, every revolution, demands the sacrifice of a generation, of a collectivity, by those who undertake it. #SimonedeBeauvoir — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 27, 2024

The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice. #MarkTwain

The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice. #MarkTwain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 27, 2024

The culturescape is so strong, so self-reinforcing that it convinces us that life must unfold in a particular way. This is fine if you'd like to live a regular, safe life. [...] The problem happens when safety gives rise to boredom and eventually stagnation. #VishenLakhiani

The culturescape is so strong, so self-reinforcing that it convinces us that life must unfold in a particular way. This is fine if you'd like to live a regular, safe life. [...] The problem happens when safety gives rise to boredom and eventually stagnation. #VishenLakhiani — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 27, 2024

Joy is not produced because others praise you. Joy emanates unbidden and unforced. Joy comes as a gift when you least expect it. At those fleeting moments you know why you were put here and what truth you serve. #DavidBrooks

Joy is not produced because others praise you. Joy emanates unbidden and unforced. Joy comes as a gift when you least expect it. At those fleeting moments you know why you were put here and what truth you serve. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 26, 2024

[Desire] thrives on the mysterious, the novel, and the unexpected. Love is about having; desire is about wanting. An expression of longing, desire requires ongoing elusiveness. #EstherPerel

[Desire] thrives on the mysterious, the novel, and the unexpected. Love is about having; desire is about wanting. An expression of longing, desire requires ongoing elusiveness. #EstherPerel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 26, 2024

Who says you need to wait until you 'feel like' doing something in order to start doing it? The problem, from this perspective, isn't that you don't feel motivated; it's that you imagine you need to feel motivated. #OliverBurkeman

Who says you need to wait until you 'feel like' doing something in order to start doing it? The problem, from this perspective, isn't that you don't feel motivated; it's that you imagine you need to feel motivated. #OliverBurkeman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 26, 2024

What's crucial is whether your writing attains the standards you've set for yourself. [...] Basically a writer has a quiet, inner motivation, and doesn't seek validation in the outwardly visible. #HarukiMurakami

What's crucial is whether your writing attains the standards you've set for yourself. [...] Basically a writer has a quiet, inner motivation, and doesn't seek validation in the outwardly visible. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 26, 2024

There is some evidence that the size of the average Sapiens brain has actually decreased since the age of foraging. #YuvalNoahHarari

There is some evidence that the size of the average Sapiens brain has actually decreased since the age of foraging. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 26, 2024

Giving up something for something else is commerce; giving up something for nothing is a sacrifice. #Sadhguru

Giving up something for something else is commerce; giving up something for nothing is a sacrifice. #Sadhguru — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 26, 2024

It was not by mere coincidence that sex so disturbed us for thousands of years: repressive religious dictates and social taboos grew out of aspects of our nature that cannot now just be wished away. #AlaindeBotton

It was not by mere coincidence that sex so disturbed us for thousands of years: repressive religious dictates and social taboos grew out of aspects of our nature that cannot now just be wished away. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 25, 2024

[Maturity] is earned by being dependable in times of testing, straight in times of temptation. Maturity does not glitter. It is not built on the traits that make people celebrities. A mature person possesses a settled unity of purpose. #DavidBrooks

[Maturity] is earned by being dependable in times of testing, straight in times of temptation. Maturity does not glitter. It is not built on the traits that make people celebrities. A mature person possesses a settled unity of purpose. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 25, 2024

...to comfort people who are enduring some trauma [...] show up [...] don't compare [...] do the practical things--making lunch, dusting the room, washing the towels. [...] don't try to minimize what is going on [...] don't say that the pain is all for the best... #DavidBrooks

...to comfort people who are enduring some trauma [...] show up [...] don't compare [...] do the practical things--making lunch, dusting the room, washing the towels. [...] don't try to minimize what is going on [...] don't say that the pain is all for the best... #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 25, 2024

Another idea from social psychology that goes into our texting games is the scarcity principle. Basically, we see something as more desirable when it is less available. When you are texting someone less frequently, you are, in effect, creating a scarcity of you #AzizAnsari

Another idea from social psychology that goes into our texting games is the scarcity principle. Basically, we see something as more desirable when it is less available. When you are texting someone less frequently, you are, in effect, creating a scarcity of you #AzizAnsari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 25, 2024

Mistaking a naive observation of the past as something definitive or representative of the future is the one and only cause of our inability to understand the Black Swan. #NassimNicholasTaleb

Mistaking a naive observation of the past as something definitive or representative of the future is the one and only cause of our inability to understand the Black Swan. #NassimNicholasTaleb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 25, 2024

We voluntarily and happily place limitations on ourselves. Every time we play a game, for example, we accept a set of arbitrary restrictions. We narrow and limit ourselves, and explore the possibilities thereby revealed. That is what makes the game. #JordanPeterson

We voluntarily and happily place limitations on ourselves. Every time we play a game, for example, we accept a set of arbitrary restrictions. We narrow and limit ourselves, and explore the possibilities thereby revealed. That is what makes the game. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 25, 2024

Our self is not a selfish thing, it thrives in a network with others. So we can discover these reclaimed aspects of ourselves within the context of our relationships. #DerrenBrown

Our self is not a selfish thing, it thrives in a network with others. So we can discover these reclaimed aspects of ourselves within the context of our relationships. #DerrenBrown — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 24, 2024

Do not seek to lord it over your beloved. There is no hierarchy in a union of souls. Each of you must flow like a stream and surround the other with nurture and refreshment. #WilliamMartin

Do not seek to lord it over your beloved. There is no hierarchy in a union of souls. Each of you must flow like a stream and surround the other with nurture and refreshment. #WilliamMartin — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 24, 2024

Life is basically unfair. But even in a situation that's unfair, I think it's possible to seek a kind of fairness. #HarukiMurakami

Life is basically unfair. But even in a situation that's unfair, I think it's possible to seek a kind of fairness. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 24, 2024

Birth and death are only a door through which we go in and out. Birth and death are only a game of hide-and-seek. So smile to me and take my hand and wave good-bye. Tomorrow we shall meet again or even before. We shall always be meeting again at the true source... #ThichNhatHanh

Birth and death are only a door through which we go in and out. Birth and death are only a game of hide-and-seek. So smile to me and take my hand and wave good-bye. Tomorrow we shall meet again or even before. We shall always be meeting again at the true source... #ThichNhatHanh — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 24, 2024

[Trump voters] did not see [meritocracy] as an unfinished project requiring further government action to dismantle barriers to achievement. This is partly because they feared such intervention would favor ethnic and racial minorities, thus violating [it] #MichaelSandel

[Trump voters] did not see [meritocracy] as an unfinished project requiring further government action to dismantle barriers to achievement. This is partly because they feared such intervention would favor ethnic and racial minorities, thus violating [it] #MichaelSandel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 24, 2024

Britain also banned exports from its colonies that competed with its own products, home and abroad. It banned cotton textile imports from India ('calicoes'), which were then superior to the British ones. #HaJoonChang

Britain also banned exports from its colonies that competed with its own products, home and abroad. It banned cotton textile imports from India ('calicoes'), which were then superior to the British ones. #HaJoonChang — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 23, 2024

If the feminine issue is so absurd, is because the male's arrogance made it a discussion #SimonedeBeauvoir

If the feminine issue is so absurd, is because the male's arrogance made it a discussion #SimonedeBeauvoir — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 23, 2024

A lot of what drives me and others working in this space is the knowledge that, whatever your constraints, we can always do better, and the desire to help people on their journey. #GeneKim

A lot of what drives me and others working in this space is the knowledge that, whatever your constraints, we can always do better, and the desire to help people on their journey. #GeneKim — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 23, 2024

Besides love and sympathy, animals exhibit other qualities connected with the social instincts which in us would be called moral. #CharlesDarwin

Besides love and sympathy, animals exhibit other qualities connected with the social instincts which in us would be called moral. #CharlesDarwin — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 23, 2024

The question of what everyone else is doing is less important than the question of what works for the two people in the actual relationship. It matters that everyone's needs are carefully considered and respected, not that everyone is doing the same thing. #AngelaChen

The question of what everyone else is doing is less important than the question of what works for the two people in the actual relationship. It matters that everyone's needs are carefully considered and respected, not that everyone is doing the same thing. #AngelaChen — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 23, 2024

The most addicted alcoholics can become sober. The most dysfunctional companies can transform themselves. A high school dropout can become a successful manager. However, to modify a habit, you must decide to change it. #CharlesDuhigg

The most addicted alcoholics can become sober. The most dysfunctional companies can transform themselves. A high school dropout can become a successful manager. However, to modify a habit, you must decide to change it. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 23, 2024

Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort. #CharlesDuhigg

Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 22, 2024

To Goethe again we owe the profound saying: the mathematician is only complete insofar as he feels within himself the beauty of the true. #OswaldSpengler

To Goethe again we owe the profound saying: the mathematician is only complete insofar as he feels within himself the beauty of the true. #OswaldSpengler — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 22, 2024

For of course people only think that they would have acted better in history because they know how history ended up. People in history didn't--and don't--have that luxury. They made good or bad choices in the times and places they were in, given the situations... #DouglasMurray

For of course people only think that they would have acted better in history because they know how history ended up. People in history didn't--and don't--have that luxury. They made good or bad choices in the times and places they were in, given the situations... #DouglasMurray — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 22, 2024

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. #WilliamShakespeare

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. #WilliamShakespeare — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 22, 2024

Popper introduced the mechanism of conjectures and refutations, which works as follows: you formulate a (bold) conjecture and you start looking for the observation that would prove you wrong. #NassimNicholasTaleb

Popper introduced the mechanism of conjectures and refutations, which works as follows: you formulate a (bold) conjecture and you start looking for the observation that would prove you wrong. #NassimNicholasTaleb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 22, 2024

I like the person I become when I read a lot of books. I dislike the person I become when I spend a lot of time on social media. #JohannHari

I like the person I become when I read a lot of books. I dislike the person I become when I spend a lot of time on social media. #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 22, 2024

If you make what you want clear and commit yourself to its pursuit, you may fail. But if you do not make what you want clear, then you will certainly fail. #JordanPeterson

If you make what you want clear and commit yourself to its pursuit, you may fail. But if you do not make what you want clear, then you will certainly fail. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 21, 2024

Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy. #JamesClear

Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 21, 2024

The costs are worth paying to achieve a better society, but denying that the costs exist, while satisfying to the soul and politically correct, is not scientifically defensible. #DanielKahneman

The costs are worth paying to achieve a better society, but denying that the costs exist, while satisfying to the soul and politically correct, is not scientifically defensible. #DanielKahneman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 21, 2024

...the Scottish philosopher David Hume reduced the principles of association to three: resemblance, contiguity in time and place, and causality. Our concept of association has changed radically since Hume's days, but his three principles still provide a good start #DanielKahneman

...the Scottish philosopher David Hume reduced the principles of association to three: resemblance, contiguity in time and place, and causality. Our concept of association has changed radically since Hume's days, but his three principles still provide a good start #DanielKahneman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 21, 2024

Debates about justice and rights are often, unavoidably, debates about the purpose of social institutions, the goods they allocate, and the virtues they honor [...] it may not be possible to say what's just without arguing about the nature of the good life. #MichaelSandel

- April 20, 2024

Debates about justice and rights are often, unavoidably, debates about the purpose of social institutions, the goods they allocate, and the virtues they honor [...] it may not be possible to say what's just without arguing about the nature of the good life. #MichaelSandel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 20, 2024

The average farmer worked harder than the average forager, and got a worse diet in return. The Agricultural Revolution was history's biggest fraud. [...] wheat, rice and potatoes. These plants domesticated Homo sapiens, rather than vice versa. #YuvalNoahHarari

- April 20, 2024

The average farmer worked harder than the average forager, and got a worse diet in return. The Agricultural Revolution was history's biggest fraud. [...] wheat, rice and potatoes. These plants domesticated Homo sapiens, rather than vice versa. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 20, 2024

We must have faith that actions today that seem to have no impact in the present moment are in fact accumulating in a positive direction, which will be revealed to us only at some unknown time in the future. #AnnaLembke

We must have faith that actions today that seem to have no impact in the present moment are in fact accumulating in a positive direction, which will be revealed to us only at some unknown time in the future. #AnnaLembke — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 20, 2024

There is a third truth, which only the mature lover will be able to hear. My spouse's criticisms about my behavior provide me with the clearest clue to her primary love language. #GaryChapman

There is a third truth, which only the mature lover will be able to hear. My spouse's criticisms about my behavior provide me with the clearest clue to her primary love language. #GaryChapman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 20, 2024

Someone with a low degree of epistemic arrogance is not too visible, like a shy person at a cocktail party. We are not predisposed to respect humble people, those who try to suspend judgement. #NassimNicholasTaleb

Someone with a low degree of epistemic arrogance is not too visible, like a shy person at a cocktail party. We are not predisposed to respect humble people, those who try to suspend judgement. #NassimNicholasTaleb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 19, 2024

To honor the self is to be willing to think independently, to live by our own mind, and to have the courage of our own perceptions. #NathanielBranden

To honor the self is to be willing to think independently, to live by our own mind, and to have the courage of our own perceptions. #NathanielBranden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 19, 2024

There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for. #MahatmaGandhi

There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for. #MahatmaGandhi — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 19, 2024

We should not be surprised that what people take away from science education is a syncretic mishmash, where gravity and electromagnetism coexist with psi, qi, karma, and crystal healing. #StevenPinker

We should not be surprised that what people take away from science education is a syncretic mishmash, where gravity and electromagnetism coexist with psi, qi, karma, and crystal healing. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 19, 2024

So the next time you see a person with a composed face and a soft voice, remember that inside her mind she might be solving an equation, composing a sonnet, designing a hat. She might, that is, be deploying the powers of quiet. #SusanCain

So the next time you see a person with a composed face and a soft voice, remember that inside her mind she might be solving an equation, composing a sonnet, designing a hat. She might, that is, be deploying the powers of quiet. #SusanCain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 19, 2024

When judging modernity, it is all too tempting to take the viewpoint of a twenty-first-century middle-class Westerner. #YuvalNoahHarari

When judging modernity, it is all too tempting to take the viewpoint of a twenty-first-century middle-class Westerner. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 18, 2024

Individualism thrives in the prosaic world, the world of career choices and worldly accomplishment. The second-mountain ethos says, No, this is an enchanted world, a moral and emotional drama. Individualism accepts and assumes self-interest. #DavidBrooks

Individualism thrives in the prosaic world, the world of career choices and worldly accomplishment. The second-mountain ethos says, No, this is an enchanted world, a moral and emotional drama. Individualism accepts and assumes self-interest. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 18, 2024

But those layers [of life covered by economics and political science and evolutionary psychology] don't explain Chartres Cathedral or Ode to Joy; they don't explain Nelson Mandela in jail, Abraham Lincoln in the war room, or a mother holding her baby. #DavidBrooks

But those layers [of life covered by economics and political science and evolutionary psychology] don't explain Chartres Cathedral or Ode to Joy; they don't explain Nelson Mandela in jail, Abraham Lincoln in the war room, or a mother holding her baby. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 18, 2024

The point of modernity is to live a life without illusions while not becoming disillusioned #AntonioGramsci

- April 17, 2024

The point of modernity is to live a life without illusions while not becoming disillusioned #AntonioGramsci — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 18, 2024

We don't become better because we acquire new information. We become better because we acquire better loves. We don't become what we know. Education is a process of love formation. When you go to a school, it should offer you new things to love. #DavidBrooks

- April 17, 2024

We don't become better because we acquire new information. We become better because we acquire better loves. We don't become what we know. Education is a process of love formation. When you go to a school, it should offer you new things to love. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 18, 2024

The strategy for the discoverers and entrepreneurs is to rely less on top-down planning and focus on maximum tinkering and recognizing opportunities when they present themselves. #NassimNicholasTaleb

- April 17, 2024

The strategy for the discoverers and entrepreneurs is to rely less on top-down planning and focus on maximum tinkering and recognizing opportunities when they present themselves. #NassimNicholasTaleb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 17, 2024

So the source of your misery is not your past actions. The source of your misery is how you're processing the imprint of the past now. #Sadhguru

So the source of your misery is not your past actions. The source of your misery is how you're processing the imprint of the past now. #Sadhguru — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 17, 2024

Wherever the European had trod, death seemed to pursue the aboriginal. #CharlesDarwin

Wherever the European had trod, death seemed to pursue the aboriginal. #CharlesDarwin — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 17, 2024

...recognize that a broad, multidisciplinary, multi-institutional, multinational initiative, guided by a broader, more integrated and unified perspective, should be playing a central role in guiding our scientific agenda in addressing this issue and informing policy #GeoffreyWest

...recognize that a broad, multidisciplinary, multi-institutional, multinational initiative, guided by a broader, more integrated and unified perspective, should be playing a central role in guiding our scientific agenda in addressing this issue and informing policy #GeoffreyWest — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 16, 2024

The ability to navigate is like a muscle--use it or lose it. #YuvalNoahHarari

The ability to navigate is like a muscle--use it or lose it. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 16, 2024

Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding. #LordChesterfield

Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding. #LordChesterfield — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 16, 2024

A snob was taken to mean someone without high status, but it quickly assumed its modern and almost diametrically opposed meaning: someone offended by a lack of high status in others, a person who believes in a flawless equations between social rank and human worth. #AlaindeBotton

A snob was taken to mean someone without high status, but it quickly assumed its modern and almost diametrically opposed meaning: someone offended by a lack of high status in others, a person who believes in a flawless equations between social rank and human worth. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 16, 2024

Moral authority comes to institutions only when they relieve minorities of responsibility (lowered standards, racial preferences). #ShelbySteele

Moral authority comes to institutions only when they relieve minorities of responsibility (lowered standards, racial preferences). #ShelbySteele — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 16, 2024

Insecurity can be solved the hard way or the easy way--and by giving people the easy option, dogmatic tribes remove the pressure to do the hard work of evolving into a more independent person with a more internally-defined identity. #TimUrban

Insecurity can be solved the hard way or the easy way--and by giving people the easy option, dogmatic tribes remove the pressure to do the hard work of evolving into a more independent person with a more internally-defined identity. #TimUrban — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 16, 2024

Scientific theories never dictate human values, but they can often cast new light on ethical issues. #GeoffreyMiller

Scientific theories never dictate human values, but they can often cast new light on ethical issues. #GeoffreyMiller — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 15, 2024

Champions don't do extraordinary things, Dungy would explain. They do ordinary things, but they do them without thinking, too fast for the other team to react. They follow the habits they've learned. #CharlesDuhigg

Champions don't do extraordinary things, Dungy would explain. They do ordinary things, but they do them without thinking, too fast for the other team to react. They follow the habits they've learned. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 15, 2024

The basis of karma yoga is to be involved in the process, not the product. #Sadhguru

The basis of karma yoga is to be involved in the process, not the product. #Sadhguru — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 15, 2024

We tend to use knowledge as therapy. #NassimNicholasTaleb

We tend to use knowledge as therapy. #NassimNicholasTaleb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 15, 2024

Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question. #YuvalNoahHarari

Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 14, 2024

For one such: women positioned in relations of asymmetrical moral support with men have historically been required to show him moral respect [...] When she breaks character, [...] she is withholding from him the good will he may be accustomed to receiving from her. #KateManne

For one such: women positioned in relations of asymmetrical moral support with men have historically been required to show him moral respect [...] When she breaks character, [...] she is withholding from him the good will he may be accustomed to receiving from her. #KateManne — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 14, 2024

If it's natural, it has to be good for you. Well, bird shit and gravel are natural, but I won't eat them! #JamesRandi

If it's natural, it has to be good for you. Well, bird shit and gravel are natural, but I won't eat them! #JamesRandi — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 14, 2024

...greatest barriers to connection is the cultural importance we place on going it alone. Somehow we've come to equate success with not needing anyone... as if we've divided the world into those who offer help & those who need help. The truth is that we are both #BreneBrown

...greatest barriers to connection is the cultural importance we place on going it alone. Somehow we've come to equate success with not needing anyone... as if we've divided the world into those who offer help & those who need help. The truth is that we are both #BreneBrown — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 14, 2024

Our life is the creation of our mind #JonathanHaidt

Our life is the creation of our mind #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 13, 2024

There are real trolls out there, but sometimes trolling is in the eye of the beholder. Sometimes we can be the troll. #StevenNovella

There are real trolls out there, but sometimes trolling is in the eye of the beholder. Sometimes we can be the troll. #StevenNovella — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 13, 2024

A simple platitude, Rape is not sex cannot take into account all these subtleties and instead leads people to wonder how to process a consensual, negative experience and how they're allowed to feel afterward. #AngelaChen

A simple platitude, Rape is not sex cannot take into account all these subtleties and instead leads people to wonder how to process a consensual, negative experience and how they're allowed to feel afterward. #AngelaChen — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 13, 2024

I am a microscopic particle here for only a brief moment who knows that I am a microscopic particle here for only a brief moment. #TimUrban

I am a microscopic particle here for only a brief moment who knows that I am a microscopic particle here for only a brief moment. #TimUrban — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 13, 2024

Nobody can deny that [the European's] choices have resulted in kinder societies, with less of an underclass and a smaller gap between winners and losers when compared with America. But it has come at a price. [...] A new social contract will have to be negotiated. #LeeKuanYew

Nobody can deny that [the European's] choices have resulted in kinder societies, with less of an underclass and a smaller gap between winners and losers when compared with America. But it has come at a price. [...] A new social contract will have to be negotiated. #LeeKuanYew — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 13, 2024

The glass ceiling may be broken; but then there may be smackdown. And some women get hit by shards of glass that rain down from others' rising. #KateManne

The glass ceiling may be broken; but then there may be smackdown. And some women get hit by shards of glass that rain down from others' rising. #KateManne — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 12, 2024

Love is then renunciation of all possession, of all confusion. One renounces being in order that there may be that being which one is not. #SimonedeBeauvoir

Love is then renunciation of all possession, of all confusion. One renounces being in order that there may be that being which one is not. #SimonedeBeauvoir — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 12, 2024

Sex and excretion are reminders that anyone's claim to round-the-clock dignity is tenuous. The so-called rational animal has a desperate drive to pair up and moan and writhe. #StevenPinker

Sex and excretion are reminders that anyone's claim to round-the-clock dignity is tenuous. The so-called rational animal has a desperate drive to pair up and moan and writhe. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 12, 2024

The nervous system consumes more glucose than most other parts of the body, and effortful mental activity appears to be especially expensive in the currency of glucose. #DanielKahneman

The nervous system consumes more glucose than most other parts of the body, and effortful mental activity appears to be especially expensive in the currency of glucose. #DanielKahneman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 12, 2024

When the opportunity to settle down presents itself, the glamour of the single life and all the potential options loom over [...] The continuing fear many singles expressed [...] was that by getting into a serious relationship, they weren't settling down but settling. #AzizAnsari

When the opportunity to settle down presents itself, the glamour of the single life and all the potential options loom over [...] The continuing fear many singles expressed [...] was that by getting into a serious relationship, they weren't settling down but settling. #AzizAnsari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 11, 2024

Bolton Hall, began by taking for granted the awkwardness of having to work for someone else, and so advised his readers that they could win their freedom by leaving their offices and factories and buying three acres apiece of inexpensive farmland in middle America. #AlaindeBotton

Bolton Hall, began by taking for granted the awkwardness of having to work for someone else, and so advised his readers that they could win their freedom by leaving their offices and factories and buying three acres apiece of inexpensive farmland in middle America. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 11, 2024

Why should failure to make money be taken as a sign of an unconditionally flawed human being rather than of a fiasco in one particular area if the far larger, more multifaceted, project of leading a good life? #AlaindeBotton

Why should failure to make money be taken as a sign of an unconditionally flawed human being rather than of a fiasco in one particular area if the far larger, more multifaceted, project of leading a good life? #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 11, 2024

Those around me who may have tried to proselytize to me no longer do so because they know it is a hopeless case. #LeeKuanYew

Those around me who may have tried to proselytize to me no longer do so because they know it is a hopeless case. #LeeKuanYew — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 11, 2024

Language is the road map of a culture. #RitaMaeBrown

Language is the road map of a culture. #RitaMaeBrown — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 11, 2024

you can't give what you don't get. If no one ever spoke to you, you can't speak; if you have never been loved, you can't be loving. #BruceDPerry

you can't give what you don't get. If no one ever spoke to you, you can't speak; if you have never been loved, you can't be loving. #BruceDPerry — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 10, 2024

Temperance: Self-control, Prudence, Humility #JonathanHaidt

Temperance: Self-control, Prudence, Humility #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 10, 2024

Although the exact numbers vary from one study to the next, very few Americans live out the rags to riches story celebrated in the American dream. #MichaelSandel

Although the exact numbers vary from one study to the next, very few Americans live out the rags to riches story celebrated in the American dream. #MichaelSandel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 10, 2024

Charlie and I view the marketable common stocks that Berkshire owns as interests in businesses, not as ticker symbols to be bought or sold based on their 'chart' patterns, the 'target' prices of analysts, or the opinions of media pundits. #WarrenBuffett

Charlie and I view the marketable common stocks that Berkshire owns as interests in businesses, not as ticker symbols to be bought or sold based on their 'chart' patterns, the 'target' prices of analysts, or the opinions of media pundits. #WarrenBuffett — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 10, 2024

There are lessons for long-term relationships in the way that Manet approached asparagus. #AlaindeBotton

There are lessons for long-term relationships in the way that Manet approached asparagus. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 10, 2024

The effectance motive helps explain the progress principle: We get more pleasure from making progress toward our goals than we do from achieving them because, as Shakespeare said, Joy's soul lies in the doing. #JonathanHaidt

The effectance motive helps explain the progress principle: We get more pleasure from making progress toward our goals than we do from achieving them because, as Shakespeare said, Joy's soul lies in the doing. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 10, 2024

In 2016, despite wars in Syria, Ukraine, and several other hot spots, fewer people died from human violence than from obesity, car accidents, or suicide. #YuvalNoahHarari

In 2016, despite wars in Syria, Ukraine, and several other hot spots, fewer people died from human violence than from obesity, car accidents, or suicide. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 9, 2024

In 1966, 42 percent said that becoming rich was an important life goal. By 1990, 74 percent agreed with that statement. Financial security, once seen as a middling value, is now tied as students' top goal. #DavidBrooks

In 1966, 42 percent said that becoming rich was an important life goal. By 1990, 74 percent agreed with that statement. Financial security, once seen as a middling value, is now tied as students' top goal. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 9, 2024

The only way to win is to step away from the table. And the only way to step away, to make yourself not react to the ups and downs of life, is to meditate and tame the mind. Although you give up the pleasures of winning, you also give up the larger pains of losing. #JonathanHaidt

The only way to win is to step away from the table. And the only way to step away, to make yourself not react to the ups and downs of life, is to meditate and tame the mind. Although you give up the pleasures of winning, you also give up the larger pains of losing. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 9, 2024

It is a wonderful quirk of our species that the incentives of social life don't reward strictly ruthless behavior. Leaders who are too domineering are often penalized. Rampant lying and cheating are often caught and punished. Freeloaders frequently get the boot. #RobinHanson

It is a wonderful quirk of our species that the incentives of social life don't reward strictly ruthless behavior. Leaders who are too domineering are often penalized. Rampant lying and cheating are often caught and punished. Freeloaders frequently get the boot. #RobinHanson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 9, 2024

If the Communists win Europe and a large part of the world, it will not be because they know how to stir up discontent or how to infect people with hatred, but because they know how to preach hope. #EricHoffer

If the Communists win Europe and a large part of the world, it will not be because they know how to stir up discontent or how to infect people with hatred, but because they know how to preach hope. #EricHoffer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 9, 2024

However, as we would know if failed businessmen could sell their biographies as well as the successful ones, blind faith is more commonly a recipe for disaster than for triumph. #DerrenBrown

However, as we would know if failed businessmen could sell their biographies as well as the successful ones, blind faith is more commonly a recipe for disaster than for triumph. #DerrenBrown — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 8, 2024

If you talk more at a meeting than you listen, you may be putting your ardor to outshine above learning #DavidBrooks