“For 200 years, the West has been so dominant in the world that it's not really needed to understand other cultures, other civilizations. Because, at the end of the day, it could, if necessary by force, get its own way.” IfsWorldWayYearsHas BeensEndsInspirationMotivationCultureForceNeededCivilizationWestThe End Of The DayDominantOther Cultures Author:Martin Jacques
“We don't just respond to things as we see them, or feel them, or hear them. Rather, our response is conditioned on our beliefs, about what they really are, what they came from, what they're made of, what their hidden nature is.” FeelsMadeInspirationMotivationBeliefResponse Author:Paul Bloom
“[Conservatives] go to church, they do lots of things for free for each other. They hold potluck dinners. ... They serve food to poor people. They share, they give, they give away for free. It's the very same people leading Wall Street firms who, on Sundays, show up and share.” PeopleGivingShowsInspirationMotivationChurchPoorShareStreetsWallDinnerFirmSundayPoor PeoplePotluck Author:Lawrence Lessig
“It's time to stop building the shopping malls, the prisons, the stadiums and other tributes to all of our collective failures. It is time that we start building living monuments to hope and possibility.” InspirationMotivationPossibilityBuildingPrisonCollectivesShoppingMonumentTributeStadiumsMalls Author:Majora Carter
“I have stepped outside my comfort zone enough to know that, yes, the world does fall apart, but not in the way that you fear.” KnowsWorldWayDoeEnoughInspirationMotivationFallComfortZoneComfort ZoneFalling Apart Author:Tan Le
“I had drunk our great cultural Kool-Aid about regret, which is that lamenting things that occurred in the past is an absolute waste of time, that we should always look forward and not backward, and that one of the noblest and best things we can do is strive to live a life free of regrets.” ShouldLooksInspirationPastMotivationCan DoRegretWasteAbsolutesStriveAidsDrunkBest ThingsWasting TimeKool Aid Author:Kathryn Schulz
“We've been trained to squint into a legal microscope, hoping that we can judge any dispute against the standard of a perfect society where everyone will agree what's fair, and where accidents will be extinct, and risk will be no more.” InspirationMotivationPerfectRiskJudgingStandardsFairsAgreeAccidentsDisputesMicroscopesPerfect Society Author:Philip K. Howard
“There is a growing subculture of barefoot runners, people who got rid of their shoes. And what they have found uniformly is you get rid of the shoes, you get rid of the stress, you get rid of the injuries and the ailments.” PeopleInspirationMotivationFoundGrowingStressShoesInjuryHealthcareRunnersBarefootAilmentsSubculture Author:Christopher McDougall
“Having an experience is taking part in the world. Taking part in the world is really about sharing responsibility.” WorldLifeInspirationMotivationResponsibilityShareExperiencePainterShared Responsibility Author:Olafur Eliasson