David Brooks quotes - page 2

Learning was a by-product of her search for pleasure. (David Brooks)
It is especially painful when narcissists suffer memory loss because they are losing parts of the person they love most. View quote
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The effectiveness of a group of people is not determined by their IQ but by how well they communicate. View quote
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You have to have a plan, or else you're just creating a recipe for chaos. View quote
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Empathy makes you more aware of other people's suffering, but it's not clear it actually motivates you to take moral action or prevents you from taking immoral action. View quote
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The people who really have character make deep, unshakable connections to something outside themselves. View quote
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When you're in governance, you understand the limitations and the complexities of governance. View quote
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Pain now is better than pain deferred. View quote
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If you just rely on one model, you tend to amputate reality to make it fit your model. View quote
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The daily activity that contributes most to happiness is having dinner with friends. The daily activity that detracts most from happiness is commuting. Eat more. Commute less. View quote
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Civility is the natural state for people who know how limited their own individual powers are and know, too, that they need the conversation. (David Brooks)
The ugliness can sometimes be super ugly, but also a warning sign of something down below. View quote
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If we are going to stop wars on this earth, we are going to have to make war on hunger our number one priority. View quote
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The crossroads where government meets enterprise can be an exciting crossroads. It can also be a corrupt crossroads. It requires moral rectitude to separate public service from private gain. View quote
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When a president speaks that usually means a lot. View quote
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Plunder is morally wrong. It ruins your credibility. View quote
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Emotion is the foundation of reason. View quote
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The legitimacy of a war is not established by how it is organized but by what it achieves. View quote
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America is not just a democracy, it represents a certain culture of competitive mobility and personality aspirations, politics is not merely a clash of interests, but a clash of dreams. View quote
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The moral foundation of the society, the way we interact with each other is more fundamental than the Supreme Court. View quote
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The prevailing view is that geniuses are largely built, not born. (David Brooks)
What family you were born into matters so much more than it did before in a perverse way. View quote
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The school asks a person who has achieved a certain level of career success to give you a speech telling you that career success is not important. View quote
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Institutions do all the things that are supposed to be bad. They impede personal exploration. They enforce conformity. But they often save us from our weaknesses and give meaning to life. View quote
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Two terrible behaviors don't make a good behavior. View quote
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