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“Whenever a man talks he lies, and so far as he talks to himself - that is to say, so far as he thinks, knowing that he thinks - he lies to himself. The only truth in human life is that which is physiological. Speech - this thing that they call a social product - was made for lying.”

Thinking Men Humans Made Life Is Lying Social Knowing Products Speech Human Life Physiological

Book:Mist: A Tragicomic Novel

Source: Mist: A Tragicomic Novel

“No man's nature is able to know what is best for the social state of man; or, knowing, always able to do what is best.”

Knows Men States Able Social Knowing Society Human Nature

Book:Laws. Appendix: Lesser Hippias. First Alcibiades. Menexenus. Index of persons and places

Source: Laws. Appendix: Lesser Hippias. First Alcibiades. Menexenus. Index of persons and places

“School success is not predicted by a child's fund of facts or a precocious ability to read as much as by emotional and social measures; being self-assured and interested: knowing what kind of behavior is expected and how to rein in the impulse to misbehave; being able to wait, to follow directions, and to turn to teachers for help; and expressing needs while getting along with other children.”

Needs Kind Children Self Facts Helping Able School Turns Social Waiting Ability Knowing Teacher Emotional Behavior Expected Impulse Fund Assured Reins Getting Along Precocious

Author:Daniel Goleman

“One of the most important things about social media is knowing when to put the phone down and experience your life.”

Important Social Knowing Media Down And Important Things Phones Social Media

Author:Taylor Swift

“A passionate commitment to social justice is no substitute for knowing what the hell you're talking about.”

Social Justice Talking Hell Knowing Commitment Social Justice Passionate Substitutes

Author:Thomas Sowell

“Because orgasmic sex would lead to women's autonomy, knowing who you are and what we want: Women are not going to follow what some jackass tells us we must do. Not all women are going to get married, be monogamous and raise a family. It will destroy the current social structure based on a sexual double standard that we're currently living under.”

Want Social Sex Knowing Married Standards Raises Structure Who You Are Currents Autonomy Double Standard Knowing Who You Are Jackasses Social Structure

Author:Betty Dodson

“Knowing about the neurobiological and evolutionary basis for social behavior can soften the arrogance and self-righteousness that often attends discussions of morality. It may help us all to think a little more carefully and rationally.”

Thinking May Littles Self Helping Social Knowing Morality Behavior Bases Discussion Arrogance Righteousness Self Righteousness Social Behavior

Author:Patricia Churchland

“I think we're ripe for social revolution now. There is the necessary yearning, and the necessary, or at least incipient, outrage. And there is an inchoate knowing that all is not right.”

Thinking Social Knowing Revolution Yearning Outrage Ripe Social Revolution

Author:Marianne Williamson