Kadiatou

“Even when alternative views are clearly wrong, being exposed to them still expands our creative potential. In a way, the power of dissent is the power of surprise. After hearing someone shout out an errant answer, we work to understand it, which causes us to reassess our initial assumptions and try out new perspectives. “Authentic dissent can be difficult, but it’s always invigorating,” [Charlan] Nemeth [a professor of psychology at the University of California at Berkeley] says. “It wakes us right up.”
― Jonah Lehrer

“Power of generalizing gives men so much the superiority in mistake over the dumb animals.”
― George Eliot, Middlemarch

“The significance is hiding in the insignificant. Appreciate everything.”
― Eckhart Tolle

“Most of our assumptions have outlived their uselessness.”
― Marshall McLuhan