Quote by Barry Schwartz Download Open image ““If society asks more of us, and arranges its social institutions appropriately, it will get more.”” — Barry Schwartz ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“The more we humanize the society, the more we will become humans.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Society needs more doers and lovers of humanity. The more good you do, the more lives you touch and the impact becomes greater for… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
“Society, rather than valuing us as full human beings and empowering us, socializes us to focus on attracting, giving to, and pleasing others.” — Carolynn Hillman CSW Copy Share Image
“The betterment of a community directly depends on the betterment of lives in that Community.” — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha Copy Share Image
“When we give more kindness and love than we receive, we can connect with anyone, anywhere, and truly become part of any society.” — Bhuwan Thapaliya Copy Share Image
“You say that this society will come to an end, because societies always have done so. I wonder whether they have ended because they… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“The conventional wisdom says that societies seem more civilized than they actually are.” — Dr. Ashok Anand Copy Share Image
“It follows that the more people we take to be our equals and compare ourselves to, the more people there will be to envy.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“The more civilized people are, the more honorable working hard is to them. As a result, the more civilized we get, the less we… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
When you rely on incentives, you undermine virtues. Then when you discover that you actually need people who want to do the right thing,… — Barry Schwartz Copy Share Image
“Emotions properly trained and modulated, Aristotle told his readers, are essential to being practically wise: We can experience fear, confidence, desire, anger, pity, and… — Barry Schwartz Copy Share Image
“When asked about what they regret most in the last six months, people tend to identify actions that didn’t meet expectations. But when asked… — Barry Schwartz Copy Share Image
Years of research in psychology has shown that rewards and punishments can be very effective in changing behavior. But, at the same time, they… — Barry Schwartz Copy Share Image
“Being able to criticize our own certainties is often a painful struggle, demanding some courage as we try to stand back and impartially judge… — Barry Schwartz Copy Share Image
“According to standard economic assumptions, the only opportunity costs that should figure into a decision are the ones associated with the next-best alternative.” — Barry Schwartz Copy Share Image
“We give disproportionate weight to whether yogurt is said to be five percent fat or 95 percent fat free. People seem to think that… — Barry Schwartz Copy Share Image
Too little attention is paid to the dark side of incentives. They are anything but a magic bullet. Psychologists have known this for years,… — Barry Schwartz Copy Share Image
“Focus on what makes you happy, and do what gives meaning to your life” — Barry Schwartz Copy Share Image
How much does it really matter whether your child will soon be enjoying a first year at Harvard or Yale or will instead end… — Barry Schwartz Copy Share Image
What I look for in any book is an argument, based on evidence, that changes the way I think about something important. — Barry Schwartz Copy Share Image