“They turn nature into an achievement course, a series of ordeals and obstacles they can conquer. They go into nature to behave… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
If we are going to stop wars on this earth, we are going to have to make war on hunger our number… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The natural human reaction is to greet hatred with hatred, revenge by revenge. That's the natural genetic reaction. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
If we're in some sort of Hobbesian state of nature, where you just want a strong man who has no compassion Donald… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
“Nearly every parent on earth operates on the assumption that character matters a lot to the life outcomes of their children. Nearly… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Civility is the natural state for people who know how limited their own individual powers are and know, too, that they need… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The brain is not the mind. It is probably impossible to look at a map of brain activity and predict or even understand the… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
When you're running for president, you're a guest in the living room for four years. And if people don't think you're going to be… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
“I’ve come to think that flourishing consists of putting yourself in situations in which you lose self-consciousness and become fused with other people, experiences,… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
We have rapidly increasing technology, which is making life very good for people who are good at using words, and not so good for… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I think Barack Obama's foreign policy will be regarded more failure than success. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
If you know that most processing is below the level of awareness, you learn the value of sleep. You're brain is working on the… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Trade has suddenly become massively unpopular. I think that's massively unjust. I think free trade has been wonderful for America on balance. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Politics is based on social identity, and so, again, there is going to be differences between rural and urban and between left and right. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
It’s worth noting that you can devote your life to community service and be a total schmuck. You can spend your life on Wall… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I do think Donald Trump is a fundamentally unstabilizing force and that the people who swore to uphold the Constitution are going to have… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
