“The greater the number of people present, the less likely an individual is to help someone in need because it is easier to rationalize that someone else will do it.”
― The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
― The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
“Be “unrealistic” when you set a goal, and then be realistic about how you will achieve that goal.”
― The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win
― The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win
“Make no mistake. This is a planet of microbes. We are here at their pleasure. They don’t need us at all. We’d be dead in a day without them.”
― The Body: A Guide for Occupants
― The Body: A Guide for Occupants
“To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know. No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew [b] that it is the greatest of evils.”
― The Trial and Death of Socrates: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, death scene from Phaedo
― The Trial and Death of Socrates: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, death scene from Phaedo
“Humans. For the most part, you are dull and blundering. But occasionally, you can be remarkably bright creatures.”
― Remarkably Bright Creatures
― Remarkably Bright Creatures
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