Mikhail Costa

“The cognitive sciences have replaced literature as the way many people attempt to understand their own minds.”
― David Brooks, The Road to Character

“We can be knowledgeable with other men’s knowledge, but we can’t be wise with other men’s wisdom.”
― David Brooks, The Road to Character

“The social media maven spends his or her time creating a self-caricature, a much happier and more photogenic version of real life. People subtly start comparing themselves to other people’s highlight reels,”
― David Brooks, The Road to Character

“We don’t become better because we acquire new information. We become better because we acquire better loves. We don’t become what we know. Education is a process of love formation. When you go to a school, it should offer you new things to love.”
― David Brooks, The Road to Character