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Paul Bloom has 39 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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A religion such as Judaism or Catholicism might survive even if it comes to reject a literal account of God creating man…
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Traditionally, psychology has been the study of two populations: university freshmen and white rats.
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Families survive the terrible twos because toddlers aren't strong enough to kill with their hands and aren't capable of using lethal weapons.
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Our best hope for the future [...] lies in an appreciation of the fact that, even if we don’t empathize with distant…
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And empathy is narrow; it connects us to particular individuals, real or imagined, but is insensitive to numerical differences and statistical data.
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If you like somebody, they look better to you. This is why spouses in happy marriages tend to think that their husband…
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We don't just respond to things as we see them, or feel them, or hear them. Rather, our response is conditioned on…
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We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on…
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Philosophers have often looked for the defining feature of humans — language, rationality, culture, and so on. I'd stick with this: Man…
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On many issues, empathy can pull us in the wrong direction. The outrage that comes from adopting the perspective of a victim…
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Too often, our concern for specific individuals today means neglecting crises that will harm countless people in the future.
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We know that young babies, as they become capable of moving voluntarily, will share. They will share food, for instance, with their…
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America has a long and rich tradition of generosity that began with simple acts of neighbor helping neighbor.
— Helen Boosalis
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When I look out the window, I exhale a prayer of thanks for the color green, for my children's safety, for the…
— Barbara Kingsolver
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Real friends require honesty, openness, and even vulnerability. They also require attention and simple acts of kindness.
— Mary Pipher
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Even through such simple acts as telling the truth, being kind, and encouraging others, we bring a smile to God's face.
— Rick Warren
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We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on…
— Paul Bloom
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Dream big & have huge ambition, but never forget life is lived in small moments and sustained by simple acts of love.
— Cory Booker
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Sometimes the greatest love is not found in the dramatic scenes that poets and writers immortalize. Often, the greatest manifestations of love…
— Joseph B. Wirthlin
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Great things are wrought through simple and small things. Like the small flecks of gold that accumulate over time into a large…
— M. Russell Ballard
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I'm tired of living unable to love anyone. I don't have a single friend - not one. And, worst of all, I…
— Haruki Murakami
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A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else.
— Haruki Murakami
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Great moves of God are usually preceded by simple acts of obedience.
— Steven Furtick
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Why are subjects like Common Sense, Humanity, and Simple Acts of Kindness not taught in school? Because some people never learn these…
— Doug Hall
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