“People share when they know they have escaped hunger. Shouldn’t people share because there is hunger?”
― Inside Out & Back Again
― Inside Out & Back Again
“few people would engage in extended activity if they believed that there were a random connection between what they did and the rewards they received,”15 Lerner concluded that “for the sake of their own sanity,” people overestimate the degree to which ability can be inferred from success.”
― The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
― The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
“We want people to know “God’s love,” but they sure better know if they don’t accept it - in all its beauty - they’ll go straight to hell. His”
― Going Gay: My Journey from Evangelical Christian Minister to Self-acceptance, Love, Life, and Meaning
― Going Gay: My Journey from Evangelical Christian Minister to Self-acceptance, Love, Life, and Meaning
“Don’t criticise them; they are just what we would be under similar circumstances.”
― How to Win Friends & Influence People
― How to Win Friends & Influence People
“At my grade school, the Sisters of St. Joseph made me hate Communists, then intolerance, and finally everything that could break the charmed pattern of our lives.”
― Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir
― Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir
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