But from what I’ve seen it’s the woman who pays most for the dream of security and belonging. So, for some there must not be any charge at all – like it comes without effort, like breathing. Lord help us if we don’t fit that mold – especially when we’re all so willing to buy in every chance we get, suckers for the tender, cozy … [ Read more ]
Author: Ruby in Paradise | Subjects: Concepts, Feminism, Life & Society
A dream is an answer to a question we haven’t learned how to ask.
Author: The X-Files | Subjects: Insight, Life & Society
There are really only two questions in life: Who are you? and What do you want?
Author: Unknown | Subjects: Concepts, Life & Society, Meaning, Personal Improvement
[M]ost people implicitly assume that their “map” of reality is supposed to be already correct. If they have to make any changes to it, that’s a sign that they messed up somewhere along the way. Scouts have the opposite assumption. We all start out with wildly incorrect maps, and over time, as we get more information, we make them somewhat more accurate. Revising your map … [ Read more ]
Author: Julia Galef | Subjects: Life & Society, Personal Improvement
You can’t expect somebody who loves you to treat you less cruelly than he would treat himself.
Author: Hannah Arendt | Source: The Marginalian (Brain Pickings) | Subjects: Concepts, Love, Relationships
Who we are and who we become depends, in part, on whom we love.
Authors: Fari Amini, Richard Lannon, Thomas Lewis | Source: The Marginalian (Brain Pickings) | Subjects: Concepts, Love, Personal Improvement, Psychology | Behavior
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Author: Winston Churchill | Subjects: Life & Society, Personal Improvement
Historically, the most terrible things—war, genocide, and slavery—have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.
Author: Howard Zinn | Subjects: Life & Society, Sociology | Anthropology
One thing I think about how humans work—the only thing that can replace one story is another story.
Author: Yuval Noah Harari | Subjects: Life & Society, Psychology | Behavior, Stories
We have a society which is structured so that social esteem or value is connected to what we can consume. And so the inability to consume affects the kind of social value that we have. Money displayed in terms of consumer goods just becomes a measure of worth, and that’s really important to people.
Author: Juliet Schor | Source: Vox | Subjects: Consumerism, Life & Society
The key impetus for contemporary consumer society has been the growth of inequality, the existence of unequal social structures, and the role that consumption came to play in establishing people’s position in that unequal hierarchy. For many people, it’s about consuming to their social position, and trying to keep up with their social position.
It’s not necessarily experienced by people in that way — it’s … [ Read more ]
Author: Juliet Schor | Source: Vox | Subjects: Consumerism, Economics | Economy, Life & Society
The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
Author: Muhammad Ali | Subjects: Education | Scholarship, Insight, Life & Society
When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity.
Author: Dale Carnegie | Subjects: Life & Society, Personal Improvement, Psychology | Behavior
Now the method of employing men is to use the avaricious and the foolish, the wise and the brave, and to give responsibility to each in situations that suit him. Do not charge people to do what they cannot do. Select them and give them responsibilities commensurate with their abilities.
Author: Sun Tzu | Subjects: Business, Leadership, Life & Society
The past, as we all know, is dead. Yet we perpetuate its anguish, preserve its romance, and appreciate, by God, its beauty.
Author: Lee Smith | Subjects: Insight, Life & Society, Psychology | Behavior
Those who have a why can endure any how.
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche | Subjects: Life & Society, Psychology | Behavior
Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
Author: Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) | Subjects: Life & Society, Personal Improvement
I believe that the central leadership attribute is the ability to manage polarity. In every aspect of life, polarities are inevitable: We want to live, yet we must die. How can I devote myself fully to both family and career? Am I a boss or a friend? A lover or a judge? How do I reconcile my own needs with those of my team? … [ Read more ]
Author: Peter Koestenbaum | Subjects: Leadership, Life & Society, Personal Improvement
Reflection doesn’t take anything away from decisiveness, from being a person of action. In fact, it generates the inner toughness that you need to be an effective person of action — to be a leader. Think of leadership as the sum of two vectors: competence (your specialty, your skills, your know-how) and authenticity (your identity, your character, your attitude). When companies and people get stuck, … [ Read more ]
Author: Peter Koestenbaum | Subjects: Life & Society, Personal Improvement, Psychology | Behavior
Unless the distant goals of meaning, greatness, and destiny are addressed, we can’t make an intelligent decision about what to do tomorrow morning — much less set strategy for a company or for a human life.
Author: Peter Koestenbaum | Subjects: Life & Society, Personal Improvement