For all of the advice in the magazines on "How to Keep your Love Alive," the salvation of love is not the prolongation of sexual desire but the shared lifelong cultivation of a romantic lightheartedness that softens conflicts and anxieties… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
Spirituality can be severed from both vicious sectarianism and thoughtless banalities. Spirituality, I have come to see, is nothing less than the thoughtful love… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
Back in those days, in the fifties and sixties, countries had balance of payment's deficits or surpluses, those were reflected much more than today… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
The major material advantage, financial advantage from having a reserve currency is that between 200 and 300 billion dollar bills, that may be twenty,… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
“[W]hat we also see in sex is a kind of submissiveness. But not a kind of submissiveness which is simply 'do what you like,… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
“We choose our friends on the basis of, among other things, our conception of ourselves. That's not to say that friendship is narcissistic, it… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
The brain can be seen as a complex machine, like a gooey computer. — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
Trust and the ability to identify trustworthiness are not the same thing, although trust and trustworthiness are logically linked. — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
“Nietzsche says very clearly all the way through his career that if you want to define human nature the first thing you must say… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
The United States as usual has a sizable deficit in the current account of its balance of payments, trade account and other current accounts,… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
Building trust begins with an appreciation and understanding of trust, but it also requires practice and practices. — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
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