Martin

Add friend
Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Martin.

http://www.twitter.com/macrotentional
https://www.goodreads.com/macotentional

Loading...
Richard Dawkins
“Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs, something that no other species has ever aspired to do.”
Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

Eric Hoffer
“A movement’s call for action evokes an eager response in the frustrated, for they see in action a cure for all that ails them. It brings self-forgetting and gives them a sense of purpose and worth. Indeed it seems that frustration stems chiefly from an inability to act, and that the most poignantly frustrated are those whose talents and temperament equip them ideally for a life of action but are condemned by circumstances to rust away in idleness.”
Eric Hoffer, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

Cory Booker
“I celebrate ideals of individual excellence, self-reliance, and personal responsibility… But rugged individualism alone did not get us to the moon. It did not end slavery, win World War II, pass the Voting Rights Act, or bring down the Berlin Wall. It didn’t build our dams, bridges, and highways, or map the human genome. Our most lasting accomplishments require mutual effort and shared sacrifice; this is an idea that is woven into the very fabric of this country.”
Cory Booker, United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good

Markus Zusak
“It's not a big thing, but I guess it's true--big things are often just small things that are noticed.”
Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

Karen Horney
“The central inner conflict is one between the constructive forces of the real self and the obstructive forces of the pride system, between healthy growth and the drive to prove in actuality the perfection of the idealized self.”
Karen Horney, Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Towards Self-Realization

year in books
Eben
1,697 books | 2,210 friends

Miro Fr...
224 books | 145 friends

Emily
1,749 books | 105 friends

Val
Val
458 books | 105 friends

Julie
784 books | 89 friends

Connor ...
124 books | 48 friends

Lily Ja...
1,171 books | 199 friends

Bryan E...
117 books | 322 friends

More friends…


Polls voted on by Martin

Lists liked by Martin