The individualism of American life, to our glory and despair, creates anger and encourages its release; for when everything is possible, limitations… — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
In the horrifying calculus of self-deception, the greater the pain we inflict on others, the greater the need to justify it to… — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
“certain categories of us are more crucial to our identities than the kind of car we drive or the number of dots… — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
No one seems to have learned, or can remember, the magic words that calm people when they are frightened or threatened: "I'm sorry; I… — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
When anger is not trampling roughshod through our nervous system, it is sitting sullenly in some unspecified internal organ. "She's got a lot of… — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
During McCarthyism, teachers feared for their jobs if they belonged to a left-wing group. Today teachers fear for their jobs if they hug a… — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
“Consider the famous syllogism “All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; therefore Socrates is mortal.” So far, so good. But just because all… — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
The scientific method is designed to help investigators overcome the most entrenched human cognitive habit: the confirmation bias, the tendency to notice and remember… — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
“What, then, was the new strategy he proposed? More troops and more money. For him, any other option was unthinkable. It would mean he… — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
“The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. —historian and essayist Thomas Carlyle” — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
The individualism of American life, to our glory and despair, creates anger and encourages its release; for when everything is possible, limitations are irksome.… — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
“Most people, when directly confronted by evidence that they are wrong, do not change their point of view or course of action but justify… — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
A fan without a team is like a hog without truffles - she has nothing to root for. — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
