Morality is not just any old topic in psychology but close to our conception of the meaning of life. Moral goodness is what gives each of us the sense that we are worthy human beings.
I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and dirty - and it leads to problems occasionally, 'cause I can sound mean without attempting to be mean.
The presence of fear doesn't mean that you lack what it takes to strive and win. It only means that you stepping into a whole new territory.
We are not only talking about waves of refugees coming to Greece, to Italy, and elsewhere. Destabilizing the Balkans means Lebanonization, and that means destabilizing all of Europe.
There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity.
Religious liberty might be supposed to mean that everybody is free to discuss religion. In practice it means that hardly anybody is allowed to mention it.
I will always want to do whatever it is that my heart is in, and whether I get paid for it or not means nothing. It doesn't matter. I'll do it if it means something to me and I want to be a part of it.
But love does not mean marriage, a baby, forever. Love means you make me happy until you don't.
An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means you have thousands of angels just walk by.
To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.
Being a bestseller doesnt mean they wrote a great book. Just means they knew a lot of people who would buy it.
Fate is cruel but maybe not random. Nature (meaning Death) always wins but that doesn't mean we have to bow and gravel to it.
People who are mean or unkind or rigid - think about it - cannot laugh at themselves. If we can't laugh at ourselves and the human condition, we're going to be mean.
Awards mean a lot, but they don't say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics.
Indeed, eventually, random outcomes all revert to the mean, meaning that streaks eventually end. Understanding this is a key part of intelligent and rational investing.
The future belongs to the competent. It belongs to those who are very, very good at what they do. It does not belong to the well-meaning.
If I burn the candles, it means not only giving you light. It means to show you the fire which I have inside.
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
Most children turn out badly because they have the wrong parental image. This doesn't mean their parents are criminal. It means they are boring and cruel.
Education does not mean teaching people what they do not know. It means teaching them to behave as they do not behave.
