“A country shows strength through compassion and pragmatism, not through force and through fear.” StrengthGovernmentsTed TalksPolicy Decisions Author:Melanie Nezer
“Knowing the world as I do, I can tell you without any equivocation that the number one abuse of human rights on Earth, strangely not addressed quite often, is the abuse of women and girls,” Carter said in a 2015 TED Talk in Monterrey, California.” WomenAbuseHuman RightsGirlsTed Talks Author:Jimmy Carter
“So tonight, when you go home, please, look at your child's bookshelf. Are all the books mirrors? Or are they all windows? Make sure that you have both.” ChildrenChildren S BooksTed TalksTed Talk Author:Grace Lin
“Reason is overrated. Many pundits have argued that a good heart and steadfast moral clarity are superior to triangulations of overeducated policy wonks, like the best and brightest and that dragged us into the quagmire of Vietnam. And wasn't it reason that gave us the means to despoil the planet and threaten our species with weapons of mass destruction? In this way of thinking, it's character and conscience, not cold-hearted calculation, that will save us. Besides, a human being is not a brain on a stick. My fellow psychologists have shown that we're led by our bodies and our emotions and use our puny powers of reason merely to rationalize our gut feelings after the fact” ReasonTed Talks Author:Steven Pinker
“Can reason lead us in directions that are good or decent or moral? After all, you pointed out that reason is just a means to an end, and the end depends on the reasoner's passions. Reason can lay out a road map to peace and harmony if the reasoner wants peace and harmony, but it can also lay out a road map to conflict and strife if the reasoner delights in conflict and strife. Can reason force the reasoner to want less cruelty and waste?” ReasonTed Talks Author:Steven Pinker
“The secret of happiness: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.” HappinessPurposePurpose Driven Life2014Ted TalksSecret Of Happiness Author:Daniel C. Dennett
“I'm going to move forward because going backwards isn't an option and standing still is not enough.” InspirationalTed TalksTed Talk Author:Stacey Abrams
“MONEY IS IMAGINARY!” EconomicsWishful ThinkingFiscal PolicyValues And BeliefsTed Talks Author:Clint G. Rogers
“I look at myself more as a storyteller than a screenwriter, as pretentious as that may sound, but that's what really attracts me to TED Talks. For me, the really effective ones are being presented by expert storytellers.” LooksMaySoundExpertsStorytellerPretentiousScreenwritersTed Talks Author:Damon Lindelof
“I feel like great TED Talks are ones that are a little bit subject to interpretation, that do provoke further conversation - and potentially controversy.” FeelsLittlesBitsSubjectsConversationLittle BitInterpretationProvokingControversyTed Talks Author:Damon Lindelof
“I didn't really - at least intellectually and creatively - have a particularly compelling experience in college. But during my junior year, they made the TED talks public. So I started listening to them. They were producing one per day, and I was listening to one per day, every day, at the gym.” YearsMadeCollegeListeningGymCompellingJuniorsJunior YearTed Talks Author:Maria Popova
“Learning is available at the library for free; under a tree with a dog-eared paperback; at a job with a boss who gives you responsibility and mentorship; while traveling; while leading a cause, movement, or charity; while writing a novel or composing a poem or crafting a song; while interning, apprenticing, or volunteering; while playing a sport or immersing yourself in a language; while starting a business; and now, while watching a TED talk or taking a Khan Academy class.” GivingWritingJobsSongLanguageCausesSportsResponsibilityClassNovelTreeDogMovementCharityLibraryStartingAvailableBossVolunteerAcademyComposingStarting A BusinessTed TalksImmersing Yourself Author:Michael Ellsberg
“What's important to me is that I put messages out, whether it's a TED talk, whether it's a book.” ImportantBookMessagesWhat's ImportantTed Talks Author:Simon Sinek
“I saw the first one [video with Hans Rosling ] when he did - I think it was his first one - in 2006, a TED Talk. And for the first time in my life, I thought here's someone who can take statistics that most people regard as dull and boring and bring it alive.” PeopleThinkingFirstsSawsAliveFirst TimeRegardBoringVideoDullStatisticsTed Talks Author:Keith Devlin