“Emotion assigns value to things, and reason can only make choices on the basis of those valuations. The human mind can be… — 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… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
“You should start your life with the illusion that you are completely in control of what you do. You should finish life… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
“It is an emotional and an enchanted place. If the study of the conscious mind highlights the importance of reason and analysis,… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There are plenty of team players in government who do whatever the leader says. There are too few difficult members, who have… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is sort of an Orwellian figure, an authoritarian figure who is twisting words in an Orwellian manner, "1984," to exercise… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“The students would burn out if forced to spend their entire day amidst the social intensity of the cafeteria and hallway. Fortunately… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
“(William) Deresiewicz offers a vision of what it takes to move from adolescence to adulthood. Everyone is born with a mind, he… — 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
