“I think I developed a culture of healthy skepticism of claims of certainty on any side of the aisle. A sort of boldness in using economics no matter where it leads you in political circles, you know, rather than worrying about being left-wing or right-wing or biased or this or that.” ThinkingKnowsMatterPoliticalCultureLeftSidesWorryHealthyEconomicsClaimsWingsCirclesCertaintySkepticismBoldnessRight WingBiasedLeft WingAisle Author:David Plotz
“Among the wealthy, compassionate men claim the richest wealth, For material wealth is possessed by even contemptible men. Find and follow the good path and be ruled by compassion. For if the various ways are examined, compassion will prove the means to liberation.” IfsMenWayInspirationalMeanMotivationalWealthCompassionPathMaterialsHealthyProveClaimsVariousWell BeingLiberationWealthyCompassionatePossessedMaterial Wealth Author:Thiruvalluvar
“To one completely committed to this realm of becoming, as are the empiricists, the claim to apprehend verities is a sign of psychopathology. Probably we have here but a highly sophisticated expression of the doctrine that ideals are hallucination and that the only normal, sane person is the healthy extrovert, making instant, instinctive adjustments to the stimuli of the material world.” WorldPersonsExpressionMaterialsBecomingHealthyNormalIdealsClaimsCommittedDoctrineRealmsInstantSaneSophisticatedStimulusAdjustmentHallucinationsMaterial WorldExtrovertsPsychopathology Book:Ideas Have Consequences: Expanded Edition Source: Ideas Have Consequences: Expanded Edition
“So immense are the claims on a mother, physical claims on her bodily and brain vigor, and moral claims on her heart and thoughts, that she cannot ... meet them all and find any large margin beyond for other cares and work. She serves the community in the very best and highest way it is possible to do, by giving birth to healthy children, whose physical strength has not been defrauded, and to whose moral and mental nature she can give the whole of her thoughts.” WayGivingHeartChildrenWholeCareMotherCommunityBrainMoralBirthHealthyHighestClaimsImmenseMarginsVigorGiving BirthPhysical StrengthHealthy Children Author:Frances Power Cobbe
“There are science teachers who actually claim that they teach "a healthy skepticism." They do not. They teach a profound gullibility, and their dupes, trained not to think for themselves, will swallow any egregious rot, provided it is dressed up with long words and an affectation of objectivity to make it sound scientific.” ThinkingLongScienceSoundTeachTeacherHealthyClaimsProfoundSkepticismObjectivityDressed UpGullibilityDupesLong WordsScience Teacher Book:Science is a sacred cow Source: Science is a sacred cow
“We need to claim our power for something beautiful, something harmonious and something globally healthy.” NeedsBeautifulHealthyClaimsHarmoniousSomething Beautiful Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“If we love the sea as much as we claim to we'll do everything we possibly can to keep it healthy. Otherwise we might as well take up golf.” IfsWellsMightSeaHealthyClaimsGolf Author:Tim Winton