An urgent wish is no guarantor of a sound solution. #AlaindeBotton
An urgent wish is no guarantor of a sound solution. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 25, 2026
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...as a result of always asking others what we are and never daring to put the question to ourselves in the midst of so much philosophy, humanity, civility and so many sublime maxims, we have only fa蓷des, deceptive and frivolous, honour without virtue... #JeanJacquesRousseau
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...as a result of always asking others what we are and never daring to put the question to ourselves in the midst of so much philosophy, humanity, civility and so many sublime maxims, we have only fa蓷des, deceptive and frivolous, honour without virtue... #JeanJacquesRousseau — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 21, 2026
Voluntary activities [are what] you choose to do, such as meditation, exercise, learning a new skill, or taking a vacation. Because such activities must be chosen, and because most of them take effort and attention, they can't just disappear from your awareness #JonathanHaidt
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Voluntary activities [are what] you choose to do, such as meditation, exercise, learning a new skill, or taking a vacation. Because such activities must be chosen, and because most of them take effort and attention, they can't just disappear from your awareness #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 13, 2026
[Results Only Work Environment] meant to abolish the eight-hour workday by letting you work whenever from wherever [but if] you could be getting results at the office, in your car, at the store, at home after dinner--aren't those all then work environments? #JennyOdell
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[Results Only Work Environment] meant to abolish the eight-hour workday by letting you work whenever from wherever [but if] you could be getting results at the office, in your car, at the store, at home after dinner--aren't those all then work environments? #JennyOdell — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 7, 2026
Whether heavy or fight, wet or dry, fast or slow, everything had its own nature already within it, which could not be violated without causing difficulties. When abstract and arbitrary rules were imposed from the outside, struggle was inevitable. #BenjaminHoff
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Whether heavy or fight, wet or dry, fast or slow, everything had its own nature already within it, which could not be violated without causing difficulties. When abstract and arbitrary rules were imposed from the outside, struggle was inevitable. #BenjaminHoff — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 7, 2026
When we behave in ways that conflict with our judgment of what is appropriate, we lose face in our own eyes. #NathanielBranden
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One great lesson that we can learn from its systematic absence in the work of the grand theorists is that every self-conscious thinker must at all times be aware of--and hence be able to control--the levels of abstraction on which he is working. #CWrightMills
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One great lesson that we can learn from its systematic absence in the work of the grand theorists is that every self-conscious thinker must at all times be aware of--and hence be able to control--the levels of abstraction on which he is working. #CWrightMills — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 4, 2026
Adam Smith called it the paradox of value: when an important good becomes plentiful, it costs far less than what people are willing to pay for it. The difference is called consumer surplus, and the explosion of this surplus over time is impossible to tabulate. #StevenPinker
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Adam Smith called it the paradox of value: when an important good becomes plentiful, it costs far less than what people are willing to pay for it. The difference is called consumer surplus, and the explosion of this surplus over time is impossible to tabulate. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 2, 2026