Psychology Quotes by David Brooks

The brain is not the mind. It is probably impossible to look at a map of brain activity and predict or even…

— David Brooks

“Emotion assigns value to things, and reason can only make choices on the basis of those valuations. The human mind can be…

— David Brooks

There are plenty of team players in government who do whatever the leader says. There are too few difficult members, who have…

— David Brooks

“It is an emotional and an enchanted place. If the study of the conscious mind highlights the importance of reason and analysis,…

— David Brooks

The idea that when you correct a fact, you erase that fact from people's memories is the reverse of the truth. When…

— David Brooks

“You should start your life with the illusion that you are completely in control of what you do. You should finish life…

— David Brooks

“(William) Deresiewicz offers a vision of what it takes to move from adolescence to adulthood. Everyone is born with a mind, he…

— David Brooks

I could tell you that when you have trouble making up your mind about something, tell yourself you'll settle it by flipping…

— David Brooks

“Sadness, lack of recognition, and loneliness turn into bitterness. When people believe that their identity is unrecognized, it feels like injustice—because it…

— David Brooks

Of course I don't know what's going on in that meeting on in the mind of Donald Trump. But I do know…

— David Brooks

“The students would burn out if forced to spend their entire day amidst the social intensity of the cafeteria and hallway. Fortunately…

— David Brooks

Donald Trump is sort of an Orwellian figure, an authoritarian figure who is twisting words in an Orwellian manner, "1984," to exercise…

— David Brooks

“If the outer mind hungers for status, money, and applause, the inner mind hungers for harmony and connection—those moments when self-consciousness fades…

— David Brooks