“Keep Darwinian thinking out of cosmology, out of psychology, out of human culture, out of ethics, politics, and religion!” ThinkingHumansReligionCulturePsychologyEthicsCosmologyReligion And Politics Book:Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meaning of Life Source: Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meaning of Life
“Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they’re finished. The person you are right now is as transient, as fleeting and as temporary as all the people you’re ever been. The one constant in our lives is change.” PeopleThinkingLifeHumansPersonsLife IsChangeHuman BeingsMistakePsychologyOur LivesProgressRight NowConstantFinishedTemporaryFleetingTransientWork In Progress Author:Daniel Gilbert
“There is one great and universal wish of mankind expressed in all religions, in all art and philosophy, and in all human life: the wish to pass beyond himself as he now is.” HumansArtPhilosophyHumanityWishPsychologyMankindUniversalHuman Life Author:Beatrice M. Hinkle
“Until recently we’ve only been able to speculate about story's persuasive effects. But over the last several decades psychology has begun a serious study of how story affects the human mind. Results repeatedly show that our attitudes, fears, hopes, and values are strongly influenced by story. In fact, fiction seems to be more effective at changing beliefs than writing that is specifically designed to persuade through argument and evidence.” WritingMindHumansFactsStoriesShowsSeemsAbleLastsValuesBeliefResultsAttitudeFictionStudyPsychologyEffectsSeriousEvidenceArgumentDecadesHuman MindPersuasive Author:Jonathan Gottschall
“The separation of psychology from the premises of biology is purely artificial, because the human psyche lives in indissoluble union with the body.” HumansBodyPsychologyUnionsSeparationBiologyArtificialPremisesHuman Psyche Author:Carl Jung