English Quotes

...we really don't have a clear understanding of what our laughter means or why we find funny things funny. Our brains just figure it out, without burdening us with too many damning details. #RobinHanson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 1, 2025

We have been left with only one tool, the legal system, which levies fines and prison sentences but isn't in the business of restoring reputation--and doesn't get involved in most of the errors that cause it to be lost in the first place. #TheSchoolOfLife

We have been left with only one tool, the legal system, which levies fines and prison sentences but isn't in the business of restoring reputation--and doesn't get involved in most of the errors that cause it to be lost in the first place. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 1, 2025

...our best research says that schools are structured in ways that actively interfere with the learning process, such as early wake-up times and frequent testing. #RobinHanson

...our best research says that schools are structured in ways that actively interfere with the learning process, such as early wake-up times and frequent testing. #RobinHanson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 31, 2025

[Patriarchal ideology involves] women's internalization of the relevant social norms, narratives about women's distinctive proclivities and preferences, and valorizing depictions of the relevant forms of care work as personally rewarding, socially necessary... #KateManne

[Patriarchal ideology involves] women's internalization of the relevant social norms, narratives about women's distinctive proclivities and preferences, and valorizing depictions of the relevant forms of care work as personally rewarding, socially necessary... #KateManne — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 31, 2025

Without sex, we would be dangerously invulnerable. We might believe we were not ridiculous. We wouldn't know rejection and humiliation so intimately. #AlaindeBotton

Without sex, we would be dangerously invulnerable. We might believe we were not ridiculous. We wouldn't know rejection and humiliation so intimately. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 31, 2025

People today spend a great deal of money on holidays abroad because they are true believers in the myths of romantic consumerism. Romanticism tells us that in order to make the most of our human potential we must have as many different experiences as we can. #YuvalNoahHarari

People today spend a great deal of money on holidays abroad because they are true believers in the myths of romantic consumerism. Romanticism tells us that in order to make the most of our human potential we must have as many different experiences as we can. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 31, 2025

Tetlock found two very different kinds of careful reasoning. Exploratory thought is an evenhanded consideration of alternative points of view. Confirmatory thought is a one-sided attempt to rationalize a particular point of view. #JonathanHaidt

Tetlock found two very different kinds of careful reasoning. Exploratory thought is an evenhanded consideration of alternative points of view. Confirmatory thought is a one-sided attempt to rationalize a particular point of view. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 31, 2025

One of the greatest sorrows of work stems from a sense that only a small portion of our talents is taken up and engaged by the job we are paid to do every day. We are likely to be so much more than our labour allows us to be. #TheSchoolOfLife

One of the greatest sorrows of work stems from a sense that only a small portion of our talents is taken up and engaged by the job we are paid to do every day. We are likely to be so much more than our labour allows us to be. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 31, 2025

A man of politics writes about philosophy: it could be that his true philosophy should be looked for rather in his writings on politics. In every personality there is one dominant and predominant activity: it is here that his thought must be looked for... #AntonioGramsci

A man of politics writes about philosophy: it could be that his true philosophy should be looked for rather in his writings on politics. In every personality there is one dominant and predominant activity: it is here that his thought must be looked for... #AntonioGramsci — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 30, 2025

People are more interested in what you have to say if they think your thoughts come from a self-determined place, and they'll begin to tune you out if they suspect you tend to just repeat what you heard from another source. #TimUrban

People are more interested in what you have to say if they think your thoughts come from a self-determined place, and they'll begin to tune you out if they suspect you tend to just repeat what you heard from another source. #TimUrban — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 30, 2025

China, the rising power of the early twenty-first century, has assiduously avoided all armed conflicts since its failed invasion of Vietnam in 1979, and it owes its ascent strictly to economic factors. #YuvalNoahHarari

China, the rising power of the early twenty-first century, has assiduously avoided all armed conflicts since its failed invasion of Vietnam in 1979, and it owes its ascent strictly to economic factors. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 30, 2025

It should at some stage cause people to pause and reflect that the voices almost everybody wanted to demonise and dismiss were in the final analysis the voices whose predictions were nearest to being right. #DouglasMurray

It should at some stage cause people to pause and reflect that the voices almost everybody wanted to demonise and dismiss were in the final analysis the voices whose predictions were nearest to being right. #DouglasMurray — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 30, 2025

William James analyzed the varieties of religious experience, including rapid and gradual religious conversions and experiences with drugs and nature. James found such extraordinary similarity in the reports [...] they revealed deep psychological truths. #JonathanHaidt

William James analyzed the varieties of religious experience, including rapid and gradual religious conversions and experiences with drugs and nature. James found such extraordinary similarity in the reports [...] they revealed deep psychological truths. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 29, 2025

It is clear that each party to this dispute--as to all that persist through long periods of time--is partly right and partly wrong. #JonathanHaidt

It is clear that each party to this dispute--as to all that persist through long periods of time--is partly right and partly wrong. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 29, 2025

When the person is highly intelligent, he can astonish you with the most far-fetched, yet completely plausible interpretations of the most innocuous remark. #NassimNicholasTaleb

When the person is highly intelligent, he can astonish you with the most far-fetched, yet completely plausible interpretations of the most innocuous remark. #NassimNicholasTaleb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 29, 2025

Things fall apart of their own accord, but the sins of men speed their deterioration: that is wisdom from the ages. #JordanPeterson

Things fall apart of their own accord, but the sins of men speed their deterioration: that is wisdom from the ages. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 29, 2025

...a culture in which people turn into little brand managers, using Facebook, Twitter, text messages, and Instagram to create a falsely upbeat, slightly overexuberant, external self that can be famous first in a small sphere and then, with luck, in a large one. #DavidBrooks

...a culture in which people turn into little brand managers, using Facebook, Twitter, text messages, and Instagram to create a falsely upbeat, slightly overexuberant, external self that can be famous first in a small sphere and then, with luck, in a large one. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 28, 2025

...the theft of women's achievement. The more incredible a woman is, the more barriers she busts through, the more gender nonconforming she is deemed to be. In this perverse schema, by definition, the more amazing a woman is, the less she counts as a woman. #AbigailShrier

...the theft of women's achievement. The more incredible a woman is, the more barriers she busts through, the more gender nonconforming she is deemed to be. In this perverse schema, by definition, the more amazing a woman is, the less she counts as a woman. #AbigailShrier — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 28, 2025

Reputation can't buy us love, but it can provide us with those valuable proxies: respect, honour and politeness. #TheSchoolOfLife

Reputation can't buy us love, but it can provide us with those valuable proxies: respect, honour and politeness. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 28, 2025

But pain seems to be a precondition for this kind of sport. If pain weren't involved, who in the world would ever go to the trouble of taking part in sports like the triathlon or the marathon, which demand such an investment of time and energy? #HarukiMurakami

But pain seems to be a precondition for this kind of sport. If pain weren't involved, who in the world would ever go to the trouble of taking part in sports like the triathlon or the marathon, which demand such an investment of time and energy? #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 28, 2025

Naive empiricism--successions of anecdotes selected to fit a story do not constitute evidence. Anyone looking for confirmation will find enough of it to deceive himself--and no doubt his peers. #NassimNicholasTaleb

Naive empiricism--successions of anecdotes selected to fit a story do not constitute evidence. Anyone looking for confirmation will find enough of it to deceive himself--and no doubt his peers. #NassimNicholasTaleb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 28, 2025

history teaches by analogy, shedding light on the likely consequences of comparable situations. #HenryKissinger

history teaches by analogy, shedding light on the likely consequences of comparable situations. #HenryKissinger — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 27, 2025

The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty. #JeanJacquesRousseau

The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty. #JeanJacquesRousseau — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 27, 2025

The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to. #AlaindeBotton

The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 27, 2025

Just as Plato wrote the Gorgias and Protagoras for the major sophists, we should write the Nietzsche and the Wittgenstein. And, for the minor sophists, the Vattimo and the Rorty. Neither more nor less polemical, neither more nor less respectful. #AlainBadiou

Just as Plato wrote the Gorgias and Protagoras for the major sophists, we should write the Nietzsche and the Wittgenstein. And, for the minor sophists, the Vattimo and the Rorty. Neither more nor less polemical, neither more nor less respectful. #AlainBadiou — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 27, 2025

Be to each other like water. It brings nourishment to all it touches without effort or strain. It seeks out the low places and does not strive to raise itself above all others. #WilliamMartin

Be to each other like water. It brings nourishment to all it touches without effort or strain. It seeks out the low places and does not strive to raise itself above all others. #WilliamMartin — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 27, 2025

Now I could see the ways my asexuality had protected me. Being ace spared me from sexual distraction, from slut-shaming internal or external, from bad hookups or any hookups at all, from casual relationships that ended in ghosting and confusion. #AngelaChen

Now I could see the ways my asexuality had protected me. Being ace spared me from sexual distraction, from slut-shaming internal or external, from bad hookups or any hookups at all, from casual relationships that ended in ghosting and confusion. #AngelaChen — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 27, 2025

By 1952 there were two million more working wives than there had been at the height of World War II. #StephanieCoontz

By 1952 there were two million more working wives than there had been at the height of World War II. #StephanieCoontz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 26, 2025

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. #WilliamHazlitt

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. #WilliamHazlitt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 26, 2025

To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being. #MahatmaGandhi

To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being. #MahatmaGandhi — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 26, 2025

...while people tend to be too optimistic about their own lives, they are too pessimistic about their societies. [E.g.] between 1992 and 2015, an era that criminologists call the Great American Crime Decline, a majority of Americans believed that crime was rising. #StevenPinker

...while people tend to be too optimistic about their own lives, they are too pessimistic about their societies. [E.g.] between 1992 and 2015, an era that criminologists call the Great American Crime Decline, a majority of Americans believed that crime was rising. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 26, 2025

Creativity, as usually understood, entails not only a what, a talent, but a who--strong personal characteristics, a strong identity, personal sensibility, a personal style, which flow into the talent, interfuse it, give it personal body and form. #HarukiMurakami

Creativity, as usually understood, entails not only a what, a talent, but a who--strong personal characteristics, a strong identity, personal sensibility, a personal style, which flow into the talent, interfuse it, give it personal body and form. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 25, 2025

But, in truth, many ideas of normality are neither universal nor incontestable. It would be wholly possible to assemble large groups of impressive people who would take quite contrary views. #TheSchoolOfLife

But, in truth, many ideas of normality are neither universal nor incontestable. It would be wholly possible to assemble large groups of impressive people who would take quite contrary views. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 25, 2025

I have come to realize that bad times coupled with good reflections provide some of the best lessons, and not just about business but also about relationships. #RayDalio

I have come to realize that bad times coupled with good reflections provide some of the best lessons, and not just about business but also about relationships. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 25, 2025

At the third level of personality, the need for adversity is even more obvious: You need interesting material to write a good story. #JonathanHaidt

At the third level of personality, the need for adversity is even more obvious: You need interesting material to write a good story. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 25, 2025

Certain attitudes age us more than others. Sadness and grief are natural and heal quite readily. But always wishing things had worked out differently withers our spirit and makes us older than we are. #WilliamMartin

Certain attitudes age us more than others. Sadness and grief are natural and heal quite readily. But always wishing things had worked out differently withers our spirit and makes us older than we are. #WilliamMartin — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 25, 2025

What made those teams great is that everyone trusted one another. It can be a powerful thing when that magic dynamic exists. #GeneKim

What made those teams great is that everyone trusted one another. It can be a powerful thing when that magic dynamic exists. #GeneKim — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 25, 2025

For a family, schizophrenia is, primarily, a felt experience, as if the foundation of the family is permanently tilted in the direction of the sick family member. Even if just one child has schizophrenia, everything about the internal logic of that family changes. #RobertKolker

For a family, schizophrenia is, primarily, a felt experience, as if the foundation of the family is permanently tilted in the direction of the sick family member. Even if just one child has schizophrenia, everything about the internal logic of that family changes. #RobertKolker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 24, 2025

...the revolution in marriage has transformed how people organize their work and interpersonal commitments, use their leisure time, understand their sexuality, and take care of children and the elderly. #StephanieCoontz

...the revolution in marriage has transformed how people organize their work and interpersonal commitments, use their leisure time, understand their sexuality, and take care of children and the elderly. #StephanieCoontz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 24, 2025

Those of us in medicine don't help, for we often regard the patient on the downhill as uninteresting unless he or she has a discrete problem we can fix. #AtulGawande

Those of us in medicine don't help, for we often regard the patient on the downhill as uninteresting unless he or she has a discrete problem we can fix. #AtulGawande — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 24, 2025

Or consider Here Without You by 3 Doors Down, or almost any song by the group Maroon 5. Those bands are so featureless that critics and listeners created a new music category--bath rock--to describe their tepid sounds. #CharlesDuhigg

Or consider Here Without You by 3 Doors Down, or almost any song by the group Maroon 5. Those bands are so featureless that critics and listeners created a new music category--bath rock--to describe their tepid sounds. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 24, 2025

I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire, and never more so than by your present change of mind in the matter of Mitylene #Thucydides

I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire, and never more so than by your present change of mind in the matter of Mitylene #Thucydides — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 24, 2025

But stripped to its essence, snobbery merely indicates any way of judging another human whereby one takes a relatively small section of their identity and uses it to come to a total and fixed judgement on their entire worth. #TheSchoolOfLife

But stripped to its essence, snobbery merely indicates any way of judging another human whereby one takes a relatively small section of their identity and uses it to come to a total and fixed judgement on their entire worth. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 24, 2025

The more a country asks of its citizens, the greater their devotion to it. In a well-ordered city every man flies to the assemblies. #MichaelSandel

The more a country asks of its citizens, the greater their devotion to it. In a well-ordered city every man flies to the assemblies. #MichaelSandel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 23, 2025

I need to learn not just to forget but to forgive. #HarukiMurakami

I need to learn not just to forget but to forgive. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 23, 2025

Religions sometimes lose touch with their origins, however; they are sometimes taken over by people who have not had peak experiences--the bureaucrats and company men who want to routinize procedures and guard orthodoxy for orthodoxy's sake. #JonathanHaidt

Religions sometimes lose touch with their origins, however; they are sometimes taken over by people who have not had peak experiences--the bureaucrats and company men who want to routinize procedures and guard orthodoxy for orthodoxy's sake. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 23, 2025

It is appallingly easy to ruin, or at least heavily dent, our lives--and as no one really tells us how not to, most of us at some point will. We should not--on top of it all--ever feel alone with our catastrophes. #TheSchoolOfLife

It is appallingly easy to ruin, or at least heavily dent, our lives--and as no one really tells us how not to, most of us at some point will. We should not--on top of it all--ever feel alone with our catastrophes. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 23, 2025

That's because we humans have feelings that do the thinking for us. #JoshuaGreene

That's because we humans have feelings that do the thinking for us. #JoshuaGreene — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 22, 2025

Simply giving employees a sense of agency--a feeling that they are in control, that they have genuine decision-making authority--can radically increase how much energy and focus they bring to their jobs. #CharlesDuhigg

Simply giving employees a sense of agency--a feeling that they are in control, that they have genuine decision-making authority--can radically increase how much energy and focus they bring to their jobs. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 22, 2025

A contented couple should make regular room, perhaps as often as once a day, for a discussion around the theme of, 'What scares me about depending on you is...'. That would be the start of a properly relaxing, and loving, way to live. #TheSchoolOfLife

A contented couple should make regular room, perhaps as often as once a day, for a discussion around the theme of, 'What scares me about depending on you is...'. That would be the start of a properly relaxing, and loving, way to live. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 22, 2025

Colonists fled into the wilderness by the hundreds, whereas the reverse rarely happened. And who could blame them? Living as Indians, they enjoyed more freedoms than they did as farmers and taxpayers. For women, the appeal was even greater. #RutgerBregman

Colonists fled into the wilderness by the hundreds, whereas the reverse rarely happened. And who could blame them? Living as Indians, they enjoyed more freedoms than they did as farmers and taxpayers. For women, the appeal was even greater. #RutgerBregman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 22, 2025

...it seems that embarrassment was designed to play precisely this kind of signaling role, restoring one's social standing by signaling a genuine desire to behave differently in the future. #JoshuaGreene

...it seems that embarrassment was designed to play precisely this kind of signaling role, restoring one's social standing by signaling a genuine desire to behave differently in the future. #JoshuaGreene — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 22, 2025

In an endless cycle where communication is stunted and time is money, there are few moments to slip away and fewer ways to find each other. #JennyOdell

In an endless cycle where communication is stunted and time is money, there are few moments to slip away and fewer ways to find each other. #JennyOdell — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 22, 2025

At least when we have the courage to examine the act [of suicide] rationally, we can develop a better handle on the central intellectual arguments for remaining on the side of life--rather than aligning with it only out of shame, habit, convention or cowardice. #TheSchoolOfLife

At least when we have the courage to examine the act [of suicide] rationally, we can develop a better handle on the central intellectual arguments for remaining on the side of life--rather than aligning with it only out of shame, habit, convention or cowardice. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 21, 2025

You don't have to start a gallery or spend your weekends carving kebab meat, but consider what your strengths and interests might be and how you can give something of yourself to others, something of yourself to your city. #TheSchoolOfLife

You don't have to start a gallery or spend your weekends carving kebab meat, but consider what your strengths and interests might be and how you can give something of yourself to others, something of yourself to your city. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 21, 2025

The partisan brain has been reinforced so many times for performing mental contortions that free it from unwanted beliefs. Extreme partisanship may be literally addictive. #JonathanHaidt

The partisan brain has been reinforced so many times for performing mental contortions that free it from unwanted beliefs. Extreme partisanship may be literally addictive. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 21, 2025

This never failed to amaze European explorers, who expressed incredulity at the generosity of the peoples they encountered. 'When you ask for something they have, they never say no,' Columbus wrote in his log. 'To the contrary, they offer to share with anyone.' #RutgerBregman

This never failed to amaze European explorers, who expressed incredulity at the generosity of the peoples they encountered. 'When you ask for something they have, they never say no,' Columbus wrote in his log. 'To the contrary, they offer to share with anyone.' #RutgerBregman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 21, 2025

[In The Philosophy of Loyalty,] Royce was concerned with a puzzle that is fundamental to anyone contemplating his or her mortality. Royce wanted to understand why simply existing--why being merely housed and fed and safe and alive--seems empty and meaningless to us #AtulGawande

[In The Philosophy of Loyalty,] Royce was concerned with a puzzle that is fundamental to anyone contemplating his or her mortality. Royce wanted to understand why simply existing--why being merely housed and fed and safe and alive--seems empty and meaningless to us #AtulGawande — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 21, 2025

Everyone's health declines with age. Wealth, on the other hand, tends to grow over the years as people save up more and more. But worsening health gradually constrains your enjoyment of that wealth as more and more physical activities become impossible to enjoy... #BillPerkins

Everyone's health declines with age. Wealth, on the other hand, tends to grow over the years as people save up more and more. But worsening health gradually constrains your enjoyment of that wealth as more and more physical activities become impossible to enjoy... #BillPerkins — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 20, 2025

What distinguishes happiness from fulfilment is pain. It is eminently possible to be fulfilled and, at the same time, under pressure, suffering physically or mentally, overburdened and in a tetchy mood. #TheSchoolOfLife

What distinguishes happiness from fulfilment is pain. It is eminently possible to be fulfilled and, at the same time, under pressure, suffering physically or mentally, overburdened and in a tetchy mood. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 20, 2025

The three joy thieves: control, ownership, and independence #RichardEyre

The three joy thieves: control, ownership, and independence #RichardEyre — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 20, 2025

True love cannot begin until the in love experience has run its course. #GaryChapman

True love cannot begin until the in love experience has run its course. #GaryChapman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 20, 2025

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. #HLMencken

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. #HLMencken — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 20, 2025

Happy am I, for every time I meditate on governments, I always find new reasons in my inquiries for loving my own country. #JeanJacquesRousseau

Happy am I, for every time I meditate on governments, I always find new reasons in my inquiries for loving my own country. #JeanJacquesRousseau — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 20, 2025

Do people believe in human rights because such rights actually exist, like mathematical truths [...] ? Or do people feel revulsion and sympathy when they read accounts of torture, and then invent a story about universal rights to help justify their feelings? #JonathanHaidt

Do people believe in human rights because such rights actually exist, like mathematical truths [...] ? Or do people feel revulsion and sympathy when they read accounts of torture, and then invent a story about universal rights to help justify their feelings? #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 19, 2025

Demography, not democracy, will be the most critical factor for security and growth in the 21st century. #LeeKuanYew

Demography, not democracy, will be the most critical factor for security and growth in the 21st century. #LeeKuanYew — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 19, 2025

Clouds are lovely things, we once knew. Then we forgot. Constable's many cloud paintings remind us of the ethereal poetry unfolding above our heads at all moments, ready to delight us when we have the imagination to look up. #TheSchoolOfLife

Clouds are lovely things, we once knew. Then we forgot. Constable's many cloud paintings remind us of the ethereal poetry unfolding above our heads at all moments, ready to delight us when we have the imagination to look up. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 19, 2025

Nothing has a greater effect on your ability to enjoy experiences--at any age--than your health. #BillPerkins

Nothing has a greater effect on your ability to enjoy experiences--at any age--than your health. #BillPerkins — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 19, 2025

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children they just about throw up. #BarbaraBush

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children they just about throw up. #BarbaraBush — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 19, 2025

The struggle and tension between unbridled individual self-enhancement and the care and concern for the less fortunate has been a major thread running throughout human history, especially over the past two hundred years. #GeoffreyWest

The struggle and tension between unbridled individual self-enhancement and the care and concern for the less fortunate has been a major thread running throughout human history, especially over the past two hundred years. #GeoffreyWest — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 19, 2025

Education is a struggle against instincts which are linked to elemental biological functions, a struggle against nature, in order to dominate it and create man immersed within his own time. #AntonioGramsci

Education is a struggle against instincts which are linked to elemental biological functions, a struggle against nature, in order to dominate it and create man immersed within his own time. #AntonioGramsci — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 18, 2025

Unhealthy love is based on two people trying to escape their problems through their emotions for each other [i.e.] they're using each other as an escape. Healthy love is based on two people acknowledging and addressing their own problems with each other's support. #MarkManson

Unhealthy love is based on two people trying to escape their problems through their emotions for each other [i.e.] they're using each other as an escape. Healthy love is based on two people acknowledging and addressing their own problems with each other's support. #MarkManson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 18, 2025

Knowledge of history and geography is not essential for whose who can evoke their data with the touch of a button. The mindset for walking lonely political paths may not be self-evident to those who seek confirmation by hundreds, sometimes thousands of friends... #HenryKissinger

Knowledge of history and geography is not essential for whose who can evoke their data with the touch of a button. The mindset for walking lonely political paths may not be self-evident to those who seek confirmation by hundreds, sometimes thousands of friends... #HenryKissinger — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 18, 2025

...suffering becomes a fearful gift, very different from that other gift, happiness, conventionally defined. The latter brings pleasure, but the former cultivates character. #DavidBrooks

...suffering becomes a fearful gift, very different from that other gift, happiness, conventionally defined. The latter brings pleasure, but the former cultivates character. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 18, 2025

If you can get 1 percent better each day for one year, you'll end up thirty-seven times better by the time you're done. Conversely, if you get 1 percent worse each day for one year, you'll decline nearly down to zero. #JamesClear

If you can get 1 percent better each day for one year, you'll end up thirty-seven times better by the time you're done. Conversely, if you get 1 percent worse each day for one year, you'll decline nearly down to zero. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 18, 2025

One day we walked into another society that had a different social system, political tradition, religious beliefs, values, lifestyles, and social customs, and found that people in that strange society also led a seemingly normal life. We were perplexed and astonished... #QianNing

One day we walked into another society that had a different social system, political tradition, religious beliefs, values, lifestyles, and social customs, and found that people in that strange society also led a seemingly normal life. We were perplexed and astonished... #QianNing — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 17, 2025

The idea that we use purchases to flaunt our wealth is known as conspicuous consumption. It's an accusation that we buy things not so much for purely personal enjoyment as for showing off or keeping up with the Joneses. #KevinSimler

The idea that we use purchases to flaunt our wealth is known as conspicuous consumption. It's an accusation that we buy things not so much for purely personal enjoyment as for showing off or keeping up with the Joneses. #KevinSimler — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 17, 2025

The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognise that we ought to control our thoughts. #CharlesDarwin

The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognise that we ought to control our thoughts. #CharlesDarwin — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 17, 2025

...there's now a lot of evidence--and a lot of different kinds of evidence--telling us that people say no to pushing the man off the footbridge (and other personally harmful utilitarian actions) because of emotional responses enabled by the VMPFC and the amygdala. #JoshuaGreene

...there's now a lot of evidence--and a lot of different kinds of evidence--telling us that people say no to pushing the man off the footbridge (and other personally harmful utilitarian actions) because of emotional responses enabled by the VMPFC and the amygdala. #JoshuaGreene — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 17, 2025

The god Krishna says: I love the man who hates not nor exults, who mourns not nor desires... [the same] to friend and foe... respected or despised... in heat and cold, in pleasure and in pain... put away attachment and remains unmoved by praise or blame... contented #JonathanHa…

The god Krishna says: I love the man who hates not nor exults, who mourns not nor desires... [the same] to friend and foe... respected or despised... in heat and cold, in pleasure and in pain... put away attachment and remains unmoved by praise or blame... contented #JonathanHa… — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 17, 2025

It isn't precisely that people will fight for what they believe. They will fight, instead, to maintain the match between what they believe, what they expect, and what they desire. #JordanPeterson

It isn't precisely that people will fight for what they believe. They will fight, instead, to maintain the match between what they believe, what they expect, and what they desire. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 17, 2025

They are more willing to follow their vision, even when it takes them far from the mainland of the human community. Unexplored spaces do not frighten them--or not, at any rate, as much as they frighten those around them. This is one of the secrets of their power #NathanielBranden

They are more willing to follow their vision, even when it takes them far from the mainland of the human community. Unexplored spaces do not frighten them--or not, at any rate, as much as they frighten those around them. This is one of the secrets of their power #NathanielBranden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 16, 2025

It's as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from other people's emotions and from the tragedies and cruelties of the world. #SusanCain

It's as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from other people's emotions and from the tragedies and cruelties of the world. #SusanCain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 16, 2025

By eating meat we share the responsibility of climate change, the destruction of our forests, and the poisoning of our air and water. The simple act of becoming a vegetarian will make a difference in the health of our planet. #ThichNhatHanh

By eating meat we share the responsibility of climate change, the destruction of our forests, and the poisoning of our air and water. The simple act of becoming a vegetarian will make a difference in the health of our planet. #ThichNhatHanh — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 16, 2025

My generous compensation package is simply an incentive necessary to induce me and others like me, to develop our talents for the benefit of all. It is not your fault that you lack the talent society needs, nor is it my doing that I have such talents in abundance. #MichaelSandel

My generous compensation package is simply an incentive necessary to induce me and others like me, to develop our talents for the benefit of all. It is not your fault that you lack the talent society needs, nor is it my doing that I have such talents in abundance. #MichaelSandel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 16, 2025

Liberals are right to work for a society that is open to people of every demographic group, but conservatives might be right in believing that at the same time we should work much harder to create a common, shared identity. #JonathanHaidt

Liberals are right to work for a society that is open to people of every demographic group, but conservatives might be right in believing that at the same time we should work much harder to create a common, shared identity. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 16, 2025

Change happens from the outside in. It is through the exercise of drill that a person becomes self-regulating. #DavidBrooks

Change happens from the outside in. It is through the exercise of drill that a person becomes self-regulating. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 16, 2025

When the language of advertising and personal branding enjoins you to be yourself, what it really means is be more yourself, where yourself is a consistent and recognizable pattern of habits, desires, and drives that can be more easily advertised to... #JennyOdell

When the language of advertising and personal branding enjoins you to be yourself, what it really means is be more yourself, where yourself is a consistent and recognizable pattern of habits, desires, and drives that can be more easily advertised to... #JennyOdell — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 15, 2025

In long-term love, we are the prisoners of history. #TheSchoolOfLife

In long-term love, we are the prisoners of history. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 15, 2025

Small children naturally turn injury done to them into dislike of themselves. [...] They hate themselves rather than doubting those who should be protecting them; shame replaces anger. It feels, on balance, like the safer option. #TheSchoolOfLife

Small children naturally turn injury done to them into dislike of themselves. [...] They hate themselves rather than doubting those who should be protecting them; shame replaces anger. It feels, on balance, like the safer option. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 15, 2025

The utility of money changes over time, and it does so in a fairly predictable way: Starting sometime in your twenties, your health very subtly starts to decline, causing a corresponding decline in your ability to enjoy money. #BillPerkins

The utility of money changes over time, and it does so in a fairly predictable way: Starting sometime in your twenties, your health very subtly starts to decline, causing a corresponding decline in your ability to enjoy money. #BillPerkins — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 15, 2025

[The privileged people] may be active, busy, and sleepless, but inside they often feel passive and not in control. Their lives are directed by other people's expectations, external criteria, and definitions of success that don't actually fit them. #DavidBrooks

[The privileged people] may be active, busy, and sleepless, but inside they often feel passive and not in control. Their lives are directed by other people's expectations, external criteria, and definitions of success that don't actually fit them. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 15, 2025

In fact, the world is complex. To reflect that honestly, you usually need to focus on one thing for a significant amount of time, and you need space to speak at length. Very few things worth saying can be explained in 280 characters. #JohannHari

In fact, the world is complex. To reflect that honestly, you usually need to focus on one thing for a significant amount of time, and you need space to speak at length. Very few things worth saying can be explained in 280 characters. #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 15, 2025

Being vegetarian here also means that we do not consume dairy and egg products, because they are products of the meat industry. If we stop consuming, they will stop producing. Only collective awakening can create enough determination for action. #ThichNhatHanh

Being vegetarian here also means that we do not consume dairy and egg products, because they are products of the meat industry. If we stop consuming, they will stop producing. Only collective awakening can create enough determination for action. #ThichNhatHanh — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 14, 2025

Thinking only about the finish line of a long race can be discouraging because it seems miles and miles away. You might wonder if anything you do today can really make a difference. #JulieZhuo

Thinking only about the finish line of a long race can be discouraging because it seems miles and miles away. You might wonder if anything you do today can really make a difference. #JulieZhuo — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 14, 2025

Make no mistake: Sex is political, and its meaning is always changing. The world is big and complicated and the amount of compulsory sexuality, and the way it is expressed, changes according to context. #AngelaChen

Make no mistake: Sex is political, and its meaning is always changing. The world is big and complicated and the amount of compulsory sexuality, and the way it is expressed, changes according to context. #AngelaChen — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 14, 2025

If you're a reliable source of new info, you're likely to make a good teammate, especially as the team faces unforeseeable situations in the future. In other words, listeners care less about the tools you share with them; they're really salivating over your backpack. #RobinHanson

If you're a reliable source of new info, you're likely to make a good teammate, especially as the team faces unforeseeable situations in the future. In other words, listeners care less about the tools you share with them; they're really salivating over your backpack. #RobinHanson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 14, 2025

In a word, a state can have as an enemy only another state, not men, because there can be no real relations between things possessing different intrinsic natures. #JeanJacquesRousseau

In a word, a state can have as an enemy only another state, not men, because there can be no real relations between things possessing different intrinsic natures. #JeanJacquesRousseau — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 14, 2025

To this day, the perception of time in Germany is partially rooted in the early impact of the industrial revolution, where factory work required the labor force to be on hand and in place at a precisely appointed moment. #ErinMeyer

To this day, the perception of time in Germany is partially rooted in the early impact of the industrial revolution, where factory work required the labor force to be on hand and in place at a precisely appointed moment. #ErinMeyer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 13, 2025

The humanist religion worships humanity, and expects humanity to play the part that God played in Christianity and Islam, and that the laws of nature played in Buddhism and Daoism. #YuvalNoahHarari

The humanist religion worships humanity, and expects humanity to play the part that God played in Christianity and Islam, and that the laws of nature played in Buddhism and Daoism. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 13, 2025

Ignoramus et ignorabimus--we are ignorant and will remain so. Somehow #NassimNicholasTaleb

Ignoramus et ignorabimus--we are ignorant and will remain so. Somehow #NassimNicholasTaleb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 13, 2025

We tend to adopt habits that are praised and approved of by our culture because we have a strong desire to fit in and belong to the tribe. #JamesClear

We tend to adopt habits that are praised and approved of by our culture because we have a strong desire to fit in and belong to the tribe. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 13, 2025

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances. #MahatmaGandhi

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances. #MahatmaGandhi — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 13, 2025

It is a peculiar hallmark of the American economy that you can produce a dangerous product and effectively off-load any legal liability for whatever destruction that product may cause by pointing to the individual responsibility of the consumer. #PatrickRaddenKeefe

It is a peculiar hallmark of the American economy that you can produce a dangerous product and effectively off-load any legal liability for whatever destruction that product may cause by pointing to the individual responsibility of the consumer. #PatrickRaddenKeefe — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 12, 2025

...standing apart represents the moment in which the desperate desire to leave (forever!) matures into a commitment to live in permanent refusal, where one already is, and to meet others in the common space of that refusal. #JennyOdell

...standing apart represents the moment in which the desperate desire to leave (forever!) matures into a commitment to live in permanent refusal, where one already is, and to meet others in the common space of that refusal. #JennyOdell — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 12, 2025

Our natural enthusiasm trains us to be people pleasers, to say yes to other people. But if you aren't saying a permanent no to anything, giving anything up, then you probably aren't diving into anything fully. #DavidBrooks

Our natural enthusiasm trains us to be people pleasers, to say yes to other people. But if you aren't saying a permanent no to anything, giving anything up, then you probably aren't diving into anything fully. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 12, 2025

We're used to imagining that it's the ideas explicitly stated in a book that will enrich us, but we may not need the full thoughts of another person to come to a better sense of what we ourselves believe... just a few paragraphs [are enough to provoke our minds] #TheSchoolOfLife

We're used to imagining that it's the ideas explicitly stated in a book that will enrich us, but we may not need the full thoughts of another person to come to a better sense of what we ourselves believe... just a few paragraphs [are enough to provoke our minds] #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 12, 2025

...layers of desire: Material pleasure. Having nice food, a nice car, a nice house. Ego pleasure. Becoming well-known or rich and successful. Winning victories and recognition. Intellectual pleasure. Learning about things. Understanding the world around us. #DavidBrooks

...layers of desire: Material pleasure. Having nice food, a nice car, a nice house. Ego pleasure. Becoming well-known or rich and successful. Winning victories and recognition. Intellectual pleasure. Learning about things. Understanding the world around us. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 12, 2025

Johnson was a fervent dualist, believing that only tensions, paradoxes, and ironies could capture the complexity of real life. #DavidBrooks

Johnson was a fervent dualist, believing that only tensions, paradoxes, and ironies could capture the complexity of real life. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 11, 2025

...nothing could be more unhappy than savage man, dazzled by science, tormented by his passions, and reasoning about a state different from his own. #JeanJacquesRousseau

...nothing could be more unhappy than savage man, dazzled by science, tormented by his passions, and reasoning about a state different from his own. #JeanJacquesRousseau — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 11, 2025

Indeed, your biggest challenge [as an introvert] may be to fully harness your strengths. You may be so busy trying to appear like a zestful, reward-sensitive extrovert that you undervalue your own talents, or feel underestimated by those around you. #SusanCain

Indeed, your biggest challenge [as an introvert] may be to fully harness your strengths. You may be so busy trying to appear like a zestful, reward-sensitive extrovert that you undervalue your own talents, or feel underestimated by those around you. #SusanCain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 11, 2025

...freedom should not be the ultimate end of politics. The ultimate focus of political activity is the character of the society. #DavidBrooks

...freedom should not be the ultimate end of politics. The ultimate focus of political activity is the character of the society. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 11, 2025

To have passed through life and never experienced solitude is to have never known oneself. To have never known oneself is to have never known anyone. #JosephKrutch

To have passed through life and never experienced solitude is to have never known oneself. To have never known oneself is to have never known anyone. #JosephKrutch — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 11, 2025

I wonder if the purpose of my writing is to find out whether other people have done or felt the same things or, if not, for them to consider experiencing such things as normal [..] to live out these very emotions in turn, forgetting that they had once read about them #AnnieErnaux

I wonder if the purpose of my writing is to find out whether other people have done or felt the same things or, if not, for them to consider experiencing such things as normal [..] to live out these very emotions in turn, forgetting that they had once read about them #AnnieErnaux — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 11, 2025

We no longer plow the land together; today we talk. We have come to glorify verbal communication. I speak; therefore I am. We naively believe that the essence of who we are is most accurately conveyed through words. #EstherPerel

We no longer plow the land together; today we talk. We have come to glorify verbal communication. I speak; therefore I am. We naively believe that the essence of who we are is most accurately conveyed through words. #EstherPerel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 10, 2025

[Central conceptions justifying ruling may be] a god or gods, the 'votes of the majority,' the 'will of the people,' the 'aristocracy of talents or wealth,' to the 'divine right of kings' or to the alleged extraordinary endowment of the person of the ruler himself. #CWrightMills

[Central conceptions justifying ruling may be] a god or gods, the 'votes of the majority,' the 'will of the people,' the 'aristocracy of talents or wealth,' to the 'divine right of kings' or to the alleged extraordinary endowment of the person of the ruler himself. #CWrightMills — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 10, 2025

People's buying habits are more likely to change when they go through a major life event [...] When they get divorced, there's a higher chance they'll start buying different brands of beer. #CharlesDuhigg

People's buying habits are more likely to change when they go through a major life event [...] When they get divorced, there's a higher chance they'll start buying different brands of beer. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 10, 2025

Cemeteries are the only definitively calm places around. #TheSchoolOfLife

Cemeteries are the only definitively calm places around. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 10, 2025

One thing is certain: a better world doesn't start with more empathy. If anything, empathy makes us less forgiving, because the more we identify with victims, the more we generalise about our enemies. #RutgerBregman

One thing is certain: a better world doesn't start with more empathy. If anything, empathy makes us less forgiving, because the more we identify with victims, the more we generalise about our enemies. #RutgerBregman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 10, 2025

...another treasonous thought: If religious people are right in believing that religion is the source of their greatest happiness, then maybe the rest of us who are looking for happiness and meaning can learn something from them, whether or not we believe in God. #JonathanHaidt

...another treasonous thought: If religious people are right in believing that religion is the source of their greatest happiness, then maybe the rest of us who are looking for happiness and meaning can learn something from them, whether or not we believe in God. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 10, 2025

Men are judged, and are encouraged to judge themselves, by how well they can financially take care of others. Men are socialized to be servants fully as much as women; only the forms of culturally encouraged servitude are different. #NathanielBranden

Men are judged, and are encouraged to judge themselves, by how well they can financially take care of others. Men are socialized to be servants fully as much as women; only the forms of culturally encouraged servitude are different. #NathanielBranden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 9, 2025

...there are times when a deep pragmatist should feel free to speak of rights--and not just legal rights but moral rights. These times, however, are rarer than we think. #JoshuaGreene

...there are times when a deep pragmatist should feel free to speak of rights--and not just legal rights but moral rights. These times, however, are rarer than we think. #JoshuaGreene — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 9, 2025

I made peace with my mother when I stopped comparing her to the mother I wished I had, when I stopped clinging to what should or could have been and turned to what was and what could be. #OprahWinfrey

I made peace with my mother when I stopped comparing her to the mother I wished I had, when I stopped clinging to what should or could have been and turned to what was and what could be. #OprahWinfrey — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 9, 2025

Every success we chalk up has quietly hurt someone else, and for a long time, they can't protest, because we can dominate and crush them with our power. #TheSchoolOfLife

Every success we chalk up has quietly hurt someone else, and for a long time, they can't protest, because we can dominate and crush them with our power. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 9, 2025

But all these examples of differing marital and sexual norms make it difficult to claim there is some universal model for the success or happiness of a marriage. #StephanieCoontz

But all these examples of differing marital and sexual norms make it difficult to claim there is some universal model for the success or happiness of a marriage. #StephanieCoontz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 9, 2025

So if passionate love is a drug-literally a drug--it has to wear off eventually Nobody can stay high forever #JonathanHaidt

So if passionate love is a drug-literally a drug--it has to wear off eventually Nobody can stay high forever #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 8, 2025

Jonathan Haidt has argued that this capacity for devotion to leaders, organizations, and more abstract ideals might have evolved to facilitate cooperation in large groups, just as romantic love evolved to facilitate cooperative parenting. #JoshuaGreene

Jonathan Haidt has argued that this capacity for devotion to leaders, organizations, and more abstract ideals might have evolved to facilitate cooperation in large groups, just as romantic love evolved to facilitate cooperative parenting. #JoshuaGreene — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 8, 2025

It's not that worldly achievement and public acclaim are automatically bad, it's just that they are won on a planet that is just a resting place for the soul and not our final destination. #DavidBrooks

It's not that worldly achievement and public acclaim are automatically bad, it's just that they are won on a planet that is just a resting place for the soul and not our final destination. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 8, 2025

Your vision of where or who you want to be is the greatest asset you have. Without having a goal it's difficult to score. #PaulArden

Your vision of where or who you want to be is the greatest asset you have. Without having a goal it's difficult to score. #PaulArden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 8, 2025

...you can't pay your way out of high-priced end-of-life medical care; since uninsured medical care is so expensive, it won't make any real difference for the vast majority of us whether we save for it or not. Either the government will pay for it or you will die. #BillPerkins

...you can't pay your way out of high-priced end-of-life medical care; since uninsured medical care is so expensive, it won't make any real difference for the vast majority of us whether we save for it or not. Either the government will pay for it or you will die. #BillPerkins — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 8, 2025

Spontaneous generosity may not be the most effective way to improve human welfare on a global scale, but it's effective where our ancestors needed it to be: at finding mates and building a strong network of allies. #RobinHanson

Spontaneous generosity may not be the most effective way to improve human welfare on a global scale, but it's effective where our ancestors needed it to be: at finding mates and building a strong network of allies. #RobinHanson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 7, 2025

Because you can't get rid of pain--pain is the universal constant of the human condition. Therefore, the attempt to move away from pain, to protect oneself from all harm, can only backfire. Trying to eliminate pain only increases your sensitivity to suffering... #MarkManson

Because you can't get rid of pain--pain is the universal constant of the human condition. Therefore, the attempt to move away from pain, to protect oneself from all harm, can only backfire. Trying to eliminate pain only increases your sensitivity to suffering... #MarkManson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 7, 2025

Whenever something is provided by a tech company for free, it's always to improve the voodoo doll. Why is Google Maps free? So the voodoo doll can include the details of where you go every day. #JohannHari

Whenever something is provided by a tech company for free, it's always to improve the voodoo doll. Why is Google Maps free? So the voodoo doll can include the details of where you go every day. #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 7, 2025

It said that we are, collectively, experiencing a more rapid exhaustion of attention resources. #JohannHari

It said that we are, collectively, experiencing a more rapid exhaustion of attention resources. #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 7, 2025

Beck [a psychiatrist who developed Cognitive behavioral therapy] noticed a common pattern of beliefs, which he called the cognitive triad of depression: I'm no good, My world is bleak, and My future is hopeless. Many people experience one or two of these... #JonathanHaidt

Beck [a psychiatrist who developed Cognitive behavioral therapy] noticed a common pattern of beliefs, which he called the cognitive triad of depression: I'm no good, My world is bleak, and My future is hopeless. Many people experience one or two of these... #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 6, 2025

...but as [Ivan Ilyich] grows weaker and more emaciated he knows what is happening. He lives in mounting anguish and fear of death. But death is not a subject that his doctors, friends, or family can countenance. That is what causes him his most profound pain. #AtulGawande

...but as [Ivan Ilyich] grows weaker and more emaciated he knows what is happening. He lives in mounting anguish and fear of death. But death is not a subject that his doctors, friends, or family can countenance. That is what causes him his most profound pain. #AtulGawande — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 6, 2025

Chimps that are insecure may read lots of things into harmless situations. They can also read intrigue and malice in comments or statements that others make and then allow their imaginations to run wild. #StevePeters

Chimps that are insecure may read lots of things into harmless situations. They can also read intrigue and malice in comments or statements that others make and then allow their imaginations to run wild. #StevePeters — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 6, 2025

The more people stared at their phones, the more money these companies made. Period. #JohannHari

The more people stared at their phones, the more money these companies made. Period. #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 6, 2025

We all have an amazing ability to shape our own reality regardless of the facts. We can live our entire lives in a bubble and be quite comfortable, but there are other realities that are every bit as real as our own... every one's different way needs to be okay. #RobertKolker

We all have an amazing ability to shape our own reality regardless of the facts. We can live our entire lives in a bubble and be quite comfortable, but there are other realities that are every bit as real as our own... every one's different way needs to be okay. #RobertKolker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 6, 2025

Consent matters after ten years just as much as after ten days, but it rarely looks the same after a decade as it did on the third date. Checks and balances that are crucial earlier on become unnecessary for both people now that they know each other better... #AngelaChen

Consent matters after ten years just as much as after ten days, but it rarely looks the same after a decade as it did on the third date. Checks and balances that are crucial earlier on become unnecessary for both people now that they know each other better... #AngelaChen — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 5, 2025

Teachings [of Epicurus] incorporated empirical science for the express purpose of dispelling anxieties about mythical gods and monsters who were thought to control things like the weatherr, for that matter, one's fortune in life. #JennyOdell

Teachings [of Epicurus] incorporated empirical science for the express purpose of dispelling anxieties about mythical gods and monsters who were thought to control things like the weatherr, for that matter, one's fortune in life. #JennyOdell — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 5, 2025

In an ideal world, we'd all transform ourselves into experts and make judgments based on extensive knowledge. Given that this will never happen, our next best option is to emulate the wisdom of Socrates: We become wiser when we acknowledge our ignorance. #JoshuaGreene

In an ideal world, we'd all transform ourselves into experts and make judgments based on extensive knowledge. Given that this will never happen, our next best option is to emulate the wisdom of Socrates: We become wiser when we acknowledge our ignorance. #JoshuaGreene — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 5, 2025

[Peer pressure] often spread through weak ties. And they gain their authority through communal expectations. If you ignore the social obligations of your neighborhood, if you shrug off the expected patterns of your community, you risk losing your social standing. #CharlesDuhigg

[Peer pressure] often spread through weak ties. And they gain their authority through communal expectations. If you ignore the social obligations of your neighborhood, if you shrug off the expected patterns of your community, you risk losing your social standing. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 5, 2025

Rights have a dull sound to people who have grown up after they have been won. #BettyFriedan

Rights have a dull sound to people who have grown up after they have been won. #BettyFriedan — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 4, 2025

When the faithful are asked whether God really exists, they often begin by talking about the enigmatic mysteries of the universe and the limits of human understanding. #YuvalNoahHarari

When the faithful are asked whether God really exists, they often begin by talking about the enigmatic mysteries of the universe and the limits of human understanding. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 4, 2025

It's when we feel too good that we run the risk of becoming overconfident, intellectually complacent, and set in our ways. It's exactly when we think we have life all figured out that we end up losing our way. #TimUrban

It's when we feel too good that we run the risk of becoming overconfident, intellectually complacent, and set in our ways. It's exactly when we think we have life all figured out that we end up losing our way. #TimUrban — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 4, 2025

...the circumspection [change of established government] involves is a maxim of policy and not a rule of right, and the State is no more bound to leave civil authority in the hands of its rulers than military authority in the hands of its generals. #JeanJacquesRousseau

...the circumspection [change of established government] involves is a maxim of policy and not a rule of right, and the State is no more bound to leave civil authority in the hands of its rulers than military authority in the hands of its generals. #JeanJacquesRousseau — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 4, 2025

Suppose that Art is a real hothead. If Bud rats on him, Art will be so enraged that nothing will stop him from killing Bud, even if he has to wait ten years, and even if he has to chase Bud to the ends of the earth. #JoshuaGreene

Suppose that Art is a real hothead. If Bud rats on him, Art will be so enraged that nothing will stop him from killing Bud, even if he has to wait ten years, and even if he has to chase Bud to the ends of the earth. #JoshuaGreene — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 3, 2025

Seduce my mind and you can have my body; find my soul and I'm yours forever. #Unknown

Seduce my mind and you can have my body; find my soul and I'm yours forever. #Unknown — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 3, 2025

Stewardship carries a deeper sense of joy than ownership, because it couples with gratitude rather than with pride. #RichardEyre

Stewardship carries a deeper sense of joy than ownership, because it couples with gratitude rather than with pride. #RichardEyre — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 3, 2025

Dark humour at first appears like the enemy of the mature self; it keeps on asking us to find the least admirable parts of human nature entertaining. But its pleasure lies in its kindness: dark humour is inviting us to compassion for ourselves and for others #TheSchoolOfLife

Dark humour at first appears like the enemy of the mature self; it keeps on asking us to find the least admirable parts of human nature entertaining. But its pleasure lies in its kindness: dark humour is inviting us to compassion for ourselves and for others #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 3, 2025

More specifically, it would be useful for bank robbers [...] to have automated psychological programs that make them care about individuals with whom they have cooperative futures. #JoshuaGreene

More specifically, it would be useful for bank robbers [...] to have automated psychological programs that make them care about individuals with whom they have cooperative futures. #JoshuaGreene — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 2, 2025

...most companies roll along relatively peacefully, year after year, because they have routines--habits--that create truces that allow everyone to set aside their rivalries long enough to get a day's work done. #CharlesDuhigg

...most companies roll along relatively peacefully, year after year, because they have routines--habits--that create truces that allow everyone to set aside their rivalries long enough to get a day's work done. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 2, 2025

The trick is you bite off more than you can chew and then you chew it. #MarkManson