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The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a room, each believing himself in mortal peril from the other, whom he assumes to have perfect vision. #HenryKissinger

The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a room, each believing himself in mortal peril from the other, whom he assumes to have perfect vision. #HenryKissinger — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 26, 2026

To modify a habit, you must decide to change it. You must consciously accept the hard work of identifying the cues and rewards that drive the habits' routines, and find alternatives. #CharlesDuhigg

To modify a habit, you must decide to change it. You must consciously accept the hard work of identifying the cues and rewards that drive the habits' routines, and find alternatives. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 24, 2026

O man, of whatever country you are, and whatever your opinions may be, behold your history, such as I have thought to read it, not in books written by your fellow-creatures, who are liars, but in nature, which never lies. All that comes from her will be true #JeanJacquesRousseau

O man, of whatever country you are, and whatever your opinions may be, behold your history, such as I have thought to read it, not in books written by your fellow-creatures, who are liars, but in nature, which never lies. All that comes from her will be true #JeanJacquesRousseau — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 22, 2026

The in-love experience does not focus on our own growth or on the growth and development of the other person. Rather, it gives us the sense that we have arrived and that we do not need further growth. #GaryChapman

The in-love experience does not focus on our own growth or on the growth and development of the other person. Rather, it gives us the sense that we have arrived and that we do not need further growth. #GaryChapman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 22, 2026

[The second balance of wisdom] corresponds roughly to the famous 'serenity prayer': 'God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.' ... If you live this prayer... you are wise. #JonathanHa…

[The second balance of wisdom] corresponds roughly to the famous 'serenity prayer': 'God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.' ... If you live this prayer... you are wise. #JonathanHa… — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 21, 2026

Gray notes that the tendency of kids to introduce danger and risk into outdoor free play, such as when they climb walls and trees, or skateboard down staircases and railings: They seem to be dosing themselves with moderate degrees of fear... #JonathanHaidt

Gray notes that the tendency of kids to introduce danger and risk into outdoor free play, such as when they climb walls and trees, or skateboard down staircases and railings: They seem to be dosing themselves with moderate degrees of fear... #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 20, 2026

Mixed neighborhoods create public simultaneous thinking, many perspectives converging on the same moment at the same time, in front of each other. Many languages, many cultures, many racial and class experiences take place on the same block, in the same buildings. #SarahSchulman

Mixed neighborhoods create public simultaneous thinking, many perspectives converging on the same moment at the same time, in front of each other. Many languages, many cultures, many racial and class experiences take place on the same block, in the same buildings. #SarahSchulman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 19, 2026

When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wanders a little from the truth. #AntoinedeSaintExupery

When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wanders a little from the truth. #AntoinedeSaintExupery — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 17, 2026

Uncertainty is where things happen. #OliverBurkeman

Uncertainty is where things happen. #OliverBurkeman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 15, 2026

[Vassar] study revealed that virtually all such students with professional ambitions plan to marry, but marriage is for them an activity in which they will voluntarily choose to participate, rather than something that is necessary for any sense of personal identity. #BettyFriedan

[Vassar] study revealed that virtually all such students with professional ambitions plan to marry, but marriage is for them an activity in which they will voluntarily choose to participate, rather than something that is necessary for any sense of personal identity. #BettyFriedan — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 15, 2026

I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but like everybody else, it must be in my own way. #JaneAusten

I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but like everybody else, it must be in my own way. #JaneAusten — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 14, 2026

Reciprocity is a deep instinct; it is the basic currency of social life. #JonathanHaidt

Reciprocity is a deep instinct; it is the basic currency of social life. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 13, 2026

I also came to understand how having so much history to study has affected the Chinese way of thinking, which is very different from the American way of thinking, which is much more focused on what is happening now. #RayDalio

I also came to understand how having so much history to study has affected the Chinese way of thinking, which is very different from the American way of thinking, which is much more focused on what is happening now. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 12, 2026

The world is everything that is the case. #LudwigWittgenstein

The world is everything that is the case. #LudwigWittgenstein — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 10, 2026

I think playing cricket taught me more about working in teams and leadership that has stayed with me throughout my career. #SatyaNadella

I think playing cricket taught me more about working in teams and leadership that has stayed with me throughout my career. #SatyaNadella — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 8, 2026

What Il see depends on how I look, and for how long. #JennyOdell

What Il see depends on how I look, and for how long. #JennyOdell — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 8, 2026

We are at this point in history so deeply fixated on the idea that poverty must always be involuntary and therefore the result of a lack of talent and indigence, we can't even imagine that it might be the result of an intelligent and skilled person's free choice #TheSchoolOfLife

We are at this point in history so deeply fixated on the idea that poverty must always be involuntary and therefore the result of a lack of talent and indigence, we can't even imagine that it might be the result of an intelligent and skilled person's free choice #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 7, 2026

The feminist revolution had to be fought because women quite simply were stopped at a state of evolution far short of their human capacity. #BettyFriedan

The feminist revolution had to be fought because women quite simply were stopped at a state of evolution far short of their human capacity. #BettyFriedan — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 6, 2026

...it's so important to have intellectual and ideological diversity within any group or institution whose goal is to find truth (such as an intelligence agency or a community of scientists) or to produce good public policy (such as a legislature or advisory board). #JonathanHaidt

...it's so important to have intellectual and ideological diversity within any group or institution whose goal is to find truth (such as an intelligence agency or a community of scientists) or to produce good public policy (such as a legislature or advisory board). #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 5, 2026

From a scientific perspective the truly revolutionary character of the Industrial Revolution was the dramatic change from an open system where energy is supplied externally by the sun to a closed system where energy is supplied internally by fossil fuel. #GeoffreyWest

From a scientific perspective the truly revolutionary character of the Industrial Revolution was the dramatic change from an open system where energy is supplied externally by the sun to a closed system where energy is supplied internally by fossil fuel. #GeoffreyWest — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 3, 2026

As talented as we are, mind reading is not a core human competency. #JulieZhuo

As talented as we are, mind reading is not a core human competency. #JulieZhuo — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 1, 2026