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people often behave for the sake of reasons
Every time you make a choice, you are turning the central part of you, the part that chooses, into something a little different from what it was before.
The more electric shock a woman received as part of the initiation ceremony, the more she later persuaded herself that her new group and its activities were interesting, intelligent, and desirable. READER’S
we accept inner responsibility for a behavior when we think we have chosen to perform it in the absence of strong outside pressure.
“He who agrees against his will / Is of the same opinion still.”8
these families conserved more fuel than they had during the time they thought they would be publicly celebrated for it.
If we have no peace, it’s because we have forgotten that we belong to one another.
“All things being equal, you root for your own sex, your own culture, your own locality
Sugihara’s later efforts to help thousands of European Jews.
those who had synchronized their actions with those of the Black actors showed none of this favoritism.
“Writing about music,” he said, “is like dancing about architecture.”
what one may recognize cognitively (twenty-six times!) doesn’t amend what one feels emotionally.
Persuasive Advertising,
The more the managers attributed the success of the project to themselves, the more they also attributed it to the ability of their employee.
We all admire the wisdom of those who have come to us for advice.
“When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.”
“Nothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about [focusing on] it.”
Every day in every way, I’m getting better.
I guess your long hair makes you a girl. Zappa: I guess your wooden leg makes you a table.
