(38 quotes found)
“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.”
David Brooks
“While the conscious mind writes the autobiography of our species, the unconscious mind does most of the work”
“The human mind can take in millions of pieces of information of which it can be consciously aware of about 40”
“A brain is the records of the feelings of a life”
“90% of our communication is non-verbal”
“The conscious mind hungers for success and prestige. The unconscious mind hungers for those moments of transcendent, when the skull line disappears and we are lost in a challenge or a task”
“To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy”
“This death cult has no reason and is beyond negotiation. This is what makes it so frightening. This is what causes so many to engage in a sort of mental diversion. They don't want to confront this horror. So they rush off in search of more comprehensible things to hate.”
“People used to complain that selling a president was like selling a bar of soap. But when you buy soap, at least you get the soap. In this campaign you just get two guys telling you they really value cleanliness.”
“Highly educated young people are tutored, taught and monitored in all aspects of their lives, except the most important, which is character building. When it comes to this, most universities leave them alone.”