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David  Brooks Quotes: "Much of life is about failure, whether we acknowledge it or not, and your destiny is profoundly shaped by how effectively you learn from and adapt to failure."

Much of life is about failure, whether we acknowledge it or not, and your destiny is profoundly shaped by how effectively you learn from and adapt to failure.



David  Brooks Quotes: "One of the things this world is finding is that emotion is the basis of reason. We really have to trust our emotions, which are much smarter than our reason in some ways."

One of the things this world is finding is that emotion is the basis of reason. We really have to trust our emotions, which are much smarter than our reason in some ways.




David  Brooks Quotes: "The brain is not the mind. It is probably impossible to look at a map of brain activity and predict or even understand the emotions, reactions, hopes and desires of the mind."

The brain is not the mind. It is probably impossible to look at a map of brain activity and predict or even understand the emotions, reactions, hopes and desires of the mind.



David  Brooks Quotes: "Civility is the natural state for people who know how limited their own individual powers are and know, too, that they need the conversation."

Civility is the natural state for people who know how limited their own individual powers are and know, too, that they need the conversation.




David  Brooks Quotes: "It’s only useful to ask, what wisdom have you learned from your misjudgments that will help you going forward?"

It’s only useful to ask, what wisdom have you learned from your misjudgments that will help you going forward?



David  Brooks Quotes: "It is especially painful when narcissists suffer memory loss because they are losing parts of the person they love most."

It is especially painful when narcissists suffer memory loss because they are losing parts of the person they love most.



David  Brooks Quotes: "Friendship allows you to see your own life but with a second sympathetic self."

Friendship allows you to see your own life but with a second sympathetic self.




David  Brooks Quotes: "Our emotions tell us what to value. They're like a little GPS system: Go that way. Don't go that way."

Our emotions tell us what to value. They're like a little GPS system: Go that way. Don't go that way.



David  Brooks Quotes: "The daily activity that contributes most to happiness is having dinner with friends. The daily activity that detracts most from happiness is commuting. Eat more. Commute less."

The daily activity that contributes most to happiness is having dinner with friends. The daily activity that detracts most from happiness is commuting. Eat more. Commute less.



David  Brooks Quotes: "Populists hate journalists, they hate teachers, they hate lawyers, but they tend to like rich people. There's something deeply consistent."

Populists hate journalists, they hate teachers, they hate lawyers, but they tend to like rich people. There's something deeply consistent.



David  Brooks Quotes: "To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy."

To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy.



David  Brooks Quotes: "Marital happiness is far more important than anything else in determining personal well-being."

Marital happiness is far more important than anything else in determining personal well-being.




David  Brooks Quotes: "America is not just a democracy, it represents a certain culture of competitive mobility and personality aspirations, politics is not merely a clash of interests, but a clash of dreams."

America is not just a democracy, it represents a certain culture of competitive mobility and personality aspirations, politics is not merely a clash of interests, but a clash of dreams.



David  Brooks Quotes: "Things that change history tend to be organized."

Things that change history tend to be organized.



David  Brooks Quotes: "Palin is smart, politically skilled, courageous and likable. Her convention and debate performances were impressive."

Palin is smart, politically skilled, courageous and likable. Her convention and debate performances were impressive.



David  Brooks Quotes: "Creativity is not a solitary process. It happens within networks... when talented people get together, when idea systems and mentalities merge."

Creativity is not a solitary process. It happens within networks... when talented people get together, when idea systems and mentalities merge.



David  Brooks Quotes: "... trash talk ... Washington floats on a river of aspersion."

... trash talk ... Washington floats on a river of aspersion.



David  Brooks Quotes: "Through American history, we have had populist movements that often, often, often have this ugly racial element. But, often, there are warning signs of some deeper social and economic problem."

Through American history, we have had populist movements that often, often, often have this ugly racial element. But, often, there are warning signs of some deeper social and economic problem.



David  Brooks Quotes: "Empathy makes you more aware of other people's suffering, but it's not clear it actually motivates you to take moral action or prevents you from taking immoral action."

Empathy makes you more aware of other people's suffering, but it's not clear it actually motivates you to take moral action or prevents you from taking immoral action.



David  Brooks Quotes: "Jim Stavridis is the former NATO commander who is sometimes on people's lists, also very plausible, self-possessed, someone with sobriety."

Jim Stavridis is the former NATO commander who is sometimes on people's lists, also very plausible, self-possessed, someone with sobriety.



David  Brooks Quotes: "You have to have a plan, or else you're just creating a recipe for chaos."

You have to have a plan, or else you're just creating a recipe for chaos.



David  Brooks Quotes: "The policies of the Democratic Party have always been in cultural consonance with the culture of the working class. And, somehow, they missed that."

The policies of the Democratic Party have always been in cultural consonance with the culture of the working class. And, somehow, they missed that.



David  Brooks Quotes: "I am not a Jew for Jesus but I am definitely a Jew for Christmas. Christmas is one of the best things you Christians have given us, along with mac and cheese, Bono, croquet and politeness."

I am not a Jew for Jesus but I am definitely a Jew for Christmas. Christmas is one of the best things you Christians have given us, along with mac and cheese, Bono, croquet and politeness.



David  Brooks Quotes: "We are primarily the products of thinking that happens below the level of awareness."

We are primarily the products of thinking that happens below the level of awareness.



David  Brooks Quotes: "Donald Trump just needs the ego fed all the time."

Donald Trump just needs the ego fed all the time.



David  Brooks Quotes: "The effectiveness of a group of people is not determined by their IQ but by how well they communicate."

The effectiveness of a group of people is not determined by their IQ but by how well they communicate.



David  Brooks Quotes: "Memo to young journalists: Democratic victories are always ascribed to hope; Republican ones to rage."

Memo to young journalists: Democratic victories are always ascribed to hope; Republican ones to rage.



David  Brooks Quotes: "The crossroads where government meets enterprise can be an exciting crossroads. It can also be a corrupt crossroads. It requires moral rectitude to separate public service from private gain."

The crossroads where government meets enterprise can be an exciting crossroads. It can also be a corrupt crossroads. It requires moral rectitude to separate public service from private gain.



David  Brooks Quotes: "Donald Trump is so egregious in the way he talks about women, the way he allegedly treated women."

Donald Trump is so egregious in the way he talks about women, the way he allegedly treated women.




David  Brooks Quotes: "Freedom without structure is its own slavery."

Freedom without structure is its own slavery.



David  Brooks Quotes: "I wouldn't say philosophy and theology are dead. Brain science doesn't invent new philosophies but it helps remind us which of our existing philosophies are more true."

I wouldn't say philosophy and theology are dead. Brain science doesn't invent new philosophies but it helps remind us which of our existing philosophies are more true.



David  Brooks Quotes: "People want reality that tells them how right they are all the time."

People want reality that tells them how right they are all the time.



David  Brooks Quotes: "You have got to be loyal to people beneath you."

You have got to be loyal to people beneath you.



David  Brooks Quotes: "I expect [Donald] Trump to do what he's done very successfully, which is, whether you like him or not, he will be the dominant player ."

I expect [Donald] Trump to do what he's done very successfully, which is, whether you like him or not, he will be the dominant player .



David  Brooks Quotes: "There is a virtue in shamelessness."

There is a virtue in shamelessness.



David  Brooks Quotes: "The prevailing view is that geniuses are largely built, not born."

The prevailing view is that geniuses are largely built, not born.



David  Brooks Quotes: "Live life as a series of revelations"

Live life as a series of revelations



David  Brooks Quotes: "Courage is the most important virtue because it is the hardest."

Courage is the most important virtue because it is the hardest.



David  Brooks Quotes: "Plunder is morally wrong. It ruins your credibility."

Plunder is morally wrong. It ruins your credibility.



David  Brooks Quotes: "The rich don't exploit the poor, they just out-compete them."

The rich don't exploit the poor, they just out-compete them.



David  Brooks Quotes: "We are a democratic, egalitarian people who spend our days desperately trying to climb over each other."

We are a democratic, egalitarian people who spend our days desperately trying to climb over each other.



David  Brooks Quotes: "The legitimacy of a war is not established by how it is organized but by what it achieves."

The legitimacy of a war is not established by how it is organized but by what it achieves.



David  Brooks Quotes: "People want a reality that tells them they're right all of the time."

People want a reality that tells them they're right all of the time.



David  Brooks Quotes: "It's hard to imagine a party that is not corrupted by hatred."

It's hard to imagine a party that is not corrupted by hatred.



David  Brooks Quotes: "People generally overestimate how distinct their lives are, so the commonalities seemed to them like a series of miracles."

People generally overestimate how distinct their lives are, so the commonalities seemed to them like a series of miracles.



David  Brooks Quotes: "Obamacare is woven into the fabric of health care. It's very hard to just rip it out, as Donald Trump sort of acknowledged with The Wall Street Journal."

Obamacare is woven into the fabric of health care. It's very hard to just rip it out, as Donald Trump sort of acknowledged with The Wall Street Journal.



David  Brooks Quotes: "There are no free and democratic and wealthy countries in the world that have US rate of gun violence. We have to worry about loners and alienated people. We have to do better on mental health."

There are no free and democratic and wealthy countries in the world that have US rate of gun violence. We have to worry about loners and alienated people. We have to do better on mental health.



David  Brooks Quotes: "People tend to marry people with similar-width noses, eyes similarly apart, with complementary immune systems."

People tend to marry people with similar-width noses, eyes similarly apart, with complementary immune systems.