English Quotes

Everyone should cultivate a secret garden. #EstherPerel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 16, 2024

It's humbling to recognise just how many great achievements have been the result not of superior talent or technical know-how, but merely of that strange buoyancy of the soul we call confidence. #TheSchoolOfLife

It's humbling to recognise just how many great achievements have been the result not of superior talent or technical know-how, but merely of that strange buoyancy of the soul we call confidence. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 15, 2024

We feel guilty for all that we have not yet read, but overlook how much better read we already are than Augustine or Dante, thereby ignoring that our problem lies squarely with our manner of absorption rather than with the extent of our consumption. #AlaindeBotton

We feel guilty for all that we have not yet read, but overlook how much better read we already are than Augustine or Dante, thereby ignoring that our problem lies squarely with our manner of absorption rather than with the extent of our consumption. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 15, 2024

If we want to create welcoming, inclusive communities, we should be doing everything we can to turn down the tribalism and turn up the sense of common humanity. #JonathanHaidt

If we want to create welcoming, inclusive communities, we should be doing everything we can to turn down the tribalism and turn up the sense of common humanity. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 15, 2024

Confidence is a skill, not a gift from the gods. #TheSchoolOfLife

Confidence is a skill, not a gift from the gods. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 15, 2024

The conference is geared to people who enjoy meaningful discussions and sometimes move a conversation to a deeper level, only to find out we are the only ones there. #SusanCain

The conference is geared to people who enjoy meaningful discussions and sometimes move a conversation to a deeper level, only to find out we are the only ones there. #SusanCain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 15, 2024

...a self-made gentleman, one who was guided by the values of civility, humility, and decency, inspired by religious and social service, and utterly devoted to the idea of dignity. #DavidBrooks

...a self-made gentleman, one who was guided by the values of civility, humility, and decency, inspired by religious and social service, and utterly devoted to the idea of dignity. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 15, 2024

It is important to see that whatever seems determined in your life has been determined by you unconsciously. #Sadhguru

It is important to see that whatever seems determined in your life has been determined by you unconsciously. #Sadhguru — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 14, 2024

In the tradition of the East, marriage is a union of a man and a woman in totality. One partner bears a moral responsibility should any change in the martial relation occur. #QianNing

In the tradition of the East, marriage is a union of a man and a woman in totality. One partner bears a moral responsibility should any change in the martial relation occur. #QianNing — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 14, 2024

Perhaps then, we will not only realize but finally embrace the Uncomfortable Truth: that we imagined our own importance, we invented our purpose, and we were, and still are, nothing. #MarkManson

Perhaps then, we will not only realize but finally embrace the Uncomfortable Truth: that we imagined our own importance, we invented our purpose, and we were, and still are, nothing. #MarkManson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 14, 2024

People throughout history worried that unless we put all our faith in some set of absolute answers, human society will crumble. #YuvalNoahHarari

People throughout history worried that unless we put all our faith in some set of absolute answers, human society will crumble. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 14, 2024

Does what is praised becomes better? Does an emerald become worse if it isn't praised? And what a gold, ivory, a flower or a little plant? #AlaindeBotton

Does what is praised becomes better? Does an emerald become worse if it isn't praised? And what a gold, ivory, a flower or a little plant? #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 14, 2024

Saint Augustine consolingly codified unhappiness as an immutable feature of existence, part of the wretchedness of man's situation, and poured scorn on all those theories by which men have tried hard to build up joy for themselves within the misery of this life. #AlaindeBotton

Saint Augustine consolingly codified unhappiness as an immutable feature of existence, part of the wretchedness of man's situation, and poured scorn on all those theories by which men have tried hard to build up joy for themselves within the misery of this life. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 13, 2024

Since I'm new, you might not feel comfortable sharing everything with me right away. I hope to earn your trust over time. I'll start by sharing more about myself, including my biggest failure ever... I love this anecdote because it's the epitome of show, don't tell #JulieZhuo

Since I'm new, you might not feel comfortable sharing everything with me right away. I hope to earn your trust over time. I'll start by sharing more about myself, including my biggest failure ever... I love this anecdote because it's the epitome of show, don't tell #JulieZhuo — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 13, 2024

Maybe one of our biggest problems is that different human groups have completely different futures. #YuvalNoahHarari

Maybe one of our biggest problems is that different human groups have completely different futures. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 13, 2024

There is no crime, absolutely none, that cannot be condoned when our side commits it. Even if one does not deny that the crime has happened, even if one knows that it is exactly the same crime as one has condemned in some other case... #GeorgeOrwell

There is no crime, absolutely none, that cannot be condoned when our side commits it. Even if one does not deny that the crime has happened, even if one knows that it is exactly the same crime as one has condemned in some other case... #GeorgeOrwell — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 13, 2024

Something unexpected, shocking and abhorrent regularly comes along, not only to us, but to all human beings. We are simply too exposed to accident, too lacking in information, too frail in our capacities, to avoid some serious avalanches and traps. #TheSchoolOfLife

Something unexpected, shocking and abhorrent regularly comes along, not only to us, but to all human beings. We are simply too exposed to accident, too lacking in information, too frail in our capacities, to avoid some serious avalanches and traps. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 12, 2024

The neural networks embody our experiences and in turn guide future action. They contain the unique way each of us carries himself in the world, the way we walk, talk, and react. They are the grooves down which our behavior flows. #DavidBrooks

The neural networks embody our experiences and in turn guide future action. They contain the unique way each of us carries himself in the world, the way we walk, talk, and react. They are the grooves down which our behavior flows. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 12, 2024

Unfortunately, the new ambitious ideals of parenting have developed at exactly the same moment as has modern capitalism. In other words, just as unprecedented demands have been made on us in our working lives, so too the parenting sphere has become more exacting #TheSchoolOfLife

Unfortunately, the new ambitious ideals of parenting have developed at exactly the same moment as has modern capitalism. In other words, just as unprecedented demands have been made on us in our working lives, so too the parenting sphere has become more exacting #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 12, 2024

Nothing is decided in advance, and it is because man has something to lose and because he can lose that he can also win. #SimonedeBeauvoir

Nothing is decided in advance, and it is because man has something to lose and because he can lose that he can also win. #SimonedeBeauvoir — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 12, 2024

This is why Marxists recount the history of capitalism; why feminists study the formation of patriarchal societies; and why African Americans commemorate the horrors of the slave trade. They aim not to perpetuate the past, but rather to be liberated from it. #YuvalNoahHarari

This is why Marxists recount the history of capitalism; why feminists study the formation of patriarchal societies; and why African Americans commemorate the horrors of the slave trade. They aim not to perpetuate the past, but rather to be liberated from it. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 12, 2024

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. #LuciusAnnaeusSeneca

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. #LuciusAnnaeusSeneca — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 11, 2024

I've been really lucky, he said. And I really, genuinely believe that if you tell people that they have what it takes to succeed, they'll prove you right. #CharlesDuhigg

I've been really lucky, he said. And I really, genuinely believe that if you tell people that they have what it takes to succeed, they'll prove you right. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 11, 2024

If you are in a big city or on an online dating site, you are flooded with options. Seeing all these options [...] are we now comparing our potential partners not to other potential partners but rather to an idealized person whom no one could measure up to? #AzizAnsari

If you are in a big city or on an online dating site, you are flooded with options. Seeing all these options [...] are we now comparing our potential partners not to other potential partners but rather to an idealized person whom no one could measure up to? #AzizAnsari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 11, 2024

We tend to focus overly on the externals: a certain sort of room, particular kinds of clothes, a certain level of hormones... But the most important ingredient in encouraging us to take off our clothes and present ourselves without inhibition or fear is [trust]. #TheSchoolOfLife

We tend to focus overly on the externals: a certain sort of room, particular kinds of clothes, a certain level of hormones... But the most important ingredient in encouraging us to take off our clothes and present ourselves without inhibition or fear is [trust]. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 11, 2024

I think that we approach the problem of romantic love all wrong when we start with the questions: why do so many relationships fail? I think that the interesting question is why do some succeed? #NathanielBranden

I think that we approach the problem of romantic love all wrong when we start with the questions: why do so many relationships fail? I think that the interesting question is why do some succeed? #NathanielBranden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 11, 2024

...across Europe to study the factors that affect the suicide rate. [Emile's] findings can be summarized in one word constraints. No matter how he parsed the data, people who had fewer social constraints, bonds, and obligations were more likely to kill themselves. #JonathanHaidt

...across Europe to study the factors that affect the suicide rate. [Emile's] findings can be summarized in one word constraints. No matter how he parsed the data, people who had fewer social constraints, bonds, and obligations were more likely to kill themselves. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 11, 2024

Living is a kind of skill. The calm and wisdom of old age are achieved over time. #AtulGawande

Living is a kind of skill. The calm and wisdom of old age are achieved over time. #AtulGawande — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 10, 2024

The only thing I know is that I know nothing, and I am not quite sure that I know that. #Socrates

The only thing I know is that I know nothing, and I am not quite sure that I know that. #Socrates — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 10, 2024

Many movies about artificial intelligence are so divorced from scientific reality that one suspects they are just allegories of completely different concerns. #YuvalNoahHarari

Many movies about artificial intelligence are so divorced from scientific reality that one suspects they are just allegories of completely different concerns. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 10, 2024

Window daydreaming is a strategic rebellion against the excessive demands of immediate pressures in favour of the slow development of more substantial plans. #TheSchoolOfLife

Window daydreaming is a strategic rebellion against the excessive demands of immediate pressures in favour of the slow development of more substantial plans. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 10, 2024

If you think that moral reasoning is something we do to figure out the truth, you'll be constantly frustrated by how foolish, biased, and illogical people become when they disagree with you. #JonathanHaidt

If you think that moral reasoning is something we do to figure out the truth, you'll be constantly frustrated by how foolish, biased, and illogical people become when they disagree with you. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 10, 2024

Everyone wants someone to help but prefers that it not be them. #StevenPinker

Everyone wants someone to help but prefers that it not be them. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 9, 2024

We've all heard that what doesn't kill us makes us stronger, but that is a dangerous oversimplification. Many of the things that don't kill you can damage you for life. #JonathanHaidt

We've all heard that what doesn't kill us makes us stronger, but that is a dangerous oversimplification. Many of the things that don't kill you can damage you for life. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 9, 2024

What I want to say is that in a certain sense, while the novelist is creating a novel, he is simultaneously being created by the novel as well. #HarukiMurakami

What I want to say is that in a certain sense, while the novelist is creating a novel, he is simultaneously being created by the novel as well. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 9, 2024

Get busy living, or get busy dying. #StephenKing

Get busy living, or get busy dying. #StephenKing — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 9, 2024

Don't always consider all your options. Don't necessarily go for the outcome that seems best every time. #BrianChristian

Don't always consider all your options. Don't necessarily go for the outcome that seems best every time. #BrianChristian — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 8, 2024

[A nationalist] sees history, especially contemporary history, as the endless rise and decline of great power units, and every event that happens seems to him a demonstration that his own side is on the up-grade and some hated rival is on the down-grade. #GeorgeOrwell

[A nationalist] sees history, especially contemporary history, as the endless rise and decline of great power units, and every event that happens seems to him a demonstration that his own side is on the up-grade and some hated rival is on the down-grade. #GeorgeOrwell — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 8, 2024

If a parent or carer is warm, consistent, attuned, steady and kind, the child will thrive. It will have confidence in itself and in the world. It will know how to love and will have the courage to start relationships, secure [and calmly complain when neglected] #TheSchoolOfLife

If a parent or carer is warm, consistent, attuned, steady and kind, the child will thrive. It will have confidence in itself and in the world. It will know how to love and will have the courage to start relationships, secure [and calmly complain when neglected] #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 8, 2024

A fellow NCO in the Marines once told me that his priorities were the following: provider, parent, spouse, and change agent. In that order. #GeneKim

A fellow NCO in the Marines once told me that his priorities were the following: provider, parent, spouse, and change agent. In that order. #GeneKim — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 8, 2024

Living by the wisdom of computer science doesn't sound so bad after all. And unlike most advice, it's backed up by proofs. #BrianChristian

Living by the wisdom of computer science doesn't sound so bad after all. And unlike most advice, it's backed up by proofs. #BrianChristian — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 8, 2024

Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that's the essence of running, and a metaphor for life--and for me, for writing as well. #HarukiMurakami

Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that's the essence of running, and a metaphor for life--and for me, for writing as well. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 8, 2024

Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy. #HenryKissinger

Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy. #HenryKissinger — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 7, 2024

[Some] need to dial up a faith in Free Will, others need more of a mellow acceptance of Determinism. The oldest debate in philosophy isn't [unanswerable]. We just have to answer it with more of a sense of what we need to believe in to be calmer and more fulfilled #TheSchoolOfLife

[Some] need to dial up a faith in Free Will, others need more of a mellow acceptance of Determinism. The oldest debate in philosophy isn't [unanswerable]. We just have to answer it with more of a sense of what we need to believe in to be calmer and more fulfilled #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 7, 2024

...rather amazingly, an IAT developed for monkeys shows that they, too, exhibit implicit preferences for in-group members, associating good things like fruit with in-group members and bad things like spiders with out-group members. #JoshuaGreene

...rather amazingly, an IAT developed for monkeys shows that they, too, exhibit implicit preferences for in-group members, associating good things like fruit with in-group members and bad things like spiders with out-group members. #JoshuaGreene — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 7, 2024

Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, but we cannot move forward if we're still holding onto the pain of that past and wishing it was something else. #OprahWinfrey

Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, but we cannot move forward if we're still holding onto the pain of that past and wishing it was something else. #OprahWinfrey — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 7, 2024

The people and institutions who leave a mark provide you with better things to love, a new field of knowledge or a new form of carpentry or auto repair, or a new vision of social change. #DavidBrooks

The people and institutions who leave a mark provide you with better things to love, a new field of knowledge or a new form of carpentry or auto repair, or a new vision of social change. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 6, 2024

We're told that to be great is to be bold, to be happy is to be sociable. We see ourselves as a nation of extroverts--which means that we've lost sight of who we really are. #SusanCain

We're told that to be great is to be bold, to be happy is to be sociable. We see ourselves as a nation of extroverts--which means that we've lost sight of who we really are. #SusanCain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 6, 2024

There is a value in leaving behind your other concerns and narrowing down your attention to one thing, sentence after sentence, page after page. #JohannHari

There is a value in leaving behind your other concerns and narrowing down your attention to one thing, sentence after sentence, page after page. #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 6, 2024

However, optimism is highly valued, socially and in the market; people and firms reward the providers of dangerously misleading information more than they reward truth tellers. #DanielKahneman

However, optimism is highly valued, socially and in the market; people and firms reward the providers of dangerously misleading information more than they reward truth tellers. #DanielKahneman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 6, 2024

[Sex] cannot occur without a high degree of vulnerability on both sides. The physical act requires an almost unavoidable degree of physical and emotional intimacy--which explains why sex can be so difficult between two people who lack trust... #TheSchoolOfLife

[Sex] cannot occur without a high degree of vulnerability on both sides. The physical act requires an almost unavoidable degree of physical and emotional intimacy--which explains why sex can be so difficult between two people who lack trust... #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 6, 2024

You only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power--he's free again. #AleksandrSolzhenitsyn

You only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power--he's free again. #AleksandrSolzhenitsyn — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 5, 2024

If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. #AleksandrSolzhenitsyn

If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. #AleksandrSolzhenitsyn — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 5, 2024

With this moral authority there was the power to better defend myself against racism, but there was also a new, abusive power very similar to the abusive power that had been wielded against me--a power of racial privilege deriving solely from the color of my skin. #ShelbySteele

With this moral authority there was the power to better defend myself against racism, but there was also a new, abusive power very similar to the abusive power that had been wielded against me--a power of racial privilege deriving solely from the color of my skin. #ShelbySteele — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 5, 2024

Men can't 'multi-task' apparently. #RobertWebb

Men can't 'multi-task' apparently. #RobertWebb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 5, 2024

If a government is corrupt and fails to improve people's lives, enough citizens will eventually realise this and replace the government. But government control of the media undermines Lincoln's logic, because it prevents citizens from realising the truth. #YuvalNoahHarari

If a government is corrupt and fails to improve people's lives, enough citizens will eventually realise this and replace the government. But government control of the media undermines Lincoln's logic, because it prevents citizens from realising the truth. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 5, 2024

Instead, the lesson is that false beliefs, once they've become culturally entrenched--once they've become tribal badges of honor--are very difficult to change, and changing them is no longer simply a matter of educating people. #JoshuaGreene

Instead, the lesson is that false beliefs, once they've become culturally entrenched--once they've become tribal badges of honor--are very difficult to change, and changing them is no longer simply a matter of educating people. #JoshuaGreene — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 4, 2024

The two biggest causes of evil are two that we think are good, and that we try to encourage in our children: high self-esteem and moral idealism. #JonathanHaidt

The two biggest causes of evil are two that we think are good, and that we try to encourage in our children: high self-esteem and moral idealism. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 4, 2024

[White guilt] says that white supremacy is not a moral truth that decency requires us to observe, but rather an evil that decency requires us to condemn. This new virtue demands that whites condemn the idea of their own racial superiority. #ShelbySteele

[White guilt] says that white supremacy is not a moral truth that decency requires us to observe, but rather an evil that decency requires us to condemn. This new virtue demands that whites condemn the idea of their own racial superiority. #ShelbySteele — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 4, 2024

[When] forgiveness feels impossible, therapists speak of [...] 'splitting', [declaring] some people to be entirely good and others [as] entirely awful [to] protect ourselves from what can feel like the impossible dangers of disappointment or grown-up ambivalence. #TheSchoolOfLife

[When] forgiveness feels impossible, therapists speak of [...] 'splitting', [declaring] some people to be entirely good and others [as] entirely awful [to] protect ourselves from what can feel like the impossible dangers of disappointment or grown-up ambivalence. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 4, 2024

As all schoolchildren learn, nature abhors a vacuum, and into the postmodern vacuum new ideas began to creep, with the intention of providing explanations and meanings of their own. #DouglasMurray

As all schoolchildren learn, nature abhors a vacuum, and into the postmodern vacuum new ideas began to creep, with the intention of providing explanations and meanings of their own. #DouglasMurray — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 4, 2024

With these distinctive traditions and millennial habits of superiority, China entered the modern age a singular kind of empire: a state claiming universal relevance for its culture and institutions but making few efforts to proselytize #HenryKissinger

With these distinctive traditions and millennial habits of superiority, China entered the modern age a singular kind of empire: a state claiming universal relevance for its culture and institutions but making few efforts to proselytize #HenryKissinger — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 3, 2024

There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We still have to prove our worth anew each day. But when we have a valid alibi for not achieving anything we are fixed, so to speak, for life.

There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We still have to prove our worth anew each day. But when we have a valid alibi for not achieving anything we are fixed, so to speak, for life. — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 3, 2024

Studying history aims to loosen the grip of the past. It enables us to turn our head this way and that, and begin to notice possibilities that our ancestors could not imagine, or didn't want us to imagine. #YuvalNoahHarari

Studying history aims to loosen the grip of the past. It enables us to turn our head this way and that, and begin to notice possibilities that our ancestors could not imagine, or didn't want us to imagine. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 3, 2024

The way we work seems fixed and unchangeable--until it changes, and then we realise it didn't have to be like that in the first place. #JohannHari

The way we work seems fixed and unchangeable--until it changes, and then we realise it didn't have to be like that in the first place. #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 3, 2024

We began to question our long-held beliefs about our own society. This perhaps was one of the most profound and complicated feelings experienced by many Chinese students [having studied overseas]. #QianNing

We began to question our long-held beliefs about our own society. This perhaps was one of the most profound and complicated feelings experienced by many Chinese students [having studied overseas]. #QianNing — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 3, 2024

What we learn from the past is to maximize the qualities of our future memories, not necessarily of our future experience. This is the tyranny of the remembering self. #DanielKahneman

What we learn from the past is to maximize the qualities of our future memories, not necessarily of our future experience. This is the tyranny of the remembering self. #DanielKahneman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 3, 2024

It's as if we are on a succession of accelerating treadmills and have to jump from one to another at an ever-increasing rate. This is clearly not sustainable, potentially leading to the collapse of the entire urbanized socioeconomic fabric. #GeoffreyWest

It's as if we are on a succession of accelerating treadmills and have to jump from one to another at an ever-increasing rate. This is clearly not sustainable, potentially leading to the collapse of the entire urbanized socioeconomic fabric. #GeoffreyWest — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 2, 2024

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. #Thoreau

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. #Thoreau — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 2, 2024

Loyalty is involved, and so pity ceases to function. #GeorgeOrwell

Loyalty is involved, and so pity ceases to function. #GeorgeOrwell — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 2, 2024

When countries desperately need reserve currencies to service their reserve currency-denominated debts, and to buy things from sellers who only accept reserve currencies, they can go bankrupt. #RayDalio

When countries desperately need reserve currencies to service their reserve currency-denominated debts, and to buy things from sellers who only accept reserve currencies, they can go bankrupt. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 2, 2024

But even though social class may once have been a good predictor of ideology, that link has been largely broken in modern times, when the rich go both ways (industrialists mostly right, tech billionaires mostly left) #JonathanHaidt

But even though social class may once have been a good predictor of ideology, that link has been largely broken in modern times, when the rich go both ways (industrialists mostly right, tech billionaires mostly left) #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 2, 2024

No worse fate could befall a group emerging from oppression than to find itself gripped by a militancy that sees justice in making others responsible for its advancement. #ShelbySteele

No worse fate could befall a group emerging from oppression than to find itself gripped by a militancy that sees justice in making others responsible for its advancement. #ShelbySteele — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 2, 2024

Hyper-individualism erodes our obligations and responsibilities to others and our kind. #DavidBrooks

Hyper-individualism erodes our obligations and responsibilities to others and our kind. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 1, 2024

The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small. #HenryKissinger

The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small. #HenryKissinger — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 1, 2024

[A] reason for Buddha's emphasis on detachment may have been the turbulent times he lived in: Kings and city-states were making war, and people's lives and fortunes could be burned up overnight. When life is unpredictable and dangerous (as it was for the Stoic...) #JonathanHaidt

[A] reason for Buddha's emphasis on detachment may have been the turbulent times he lived in: Kings and city-states were making war, and people's lives and fortunes could be burned up overnight. When life is unpredictable and dangerous (as it was for the Stoic...) #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 1, 2024

We carry within us a gamut of expectations that remorselessly torment us and inflict on us some of the many symptoms of self-hatred: a tense spine, insomnia, malfunctioning bowels [...] a feeling of dread and, in the wake of crises, a desire to kill ourselves. #TheSchoolOfLife