Emotional intelligence comes from being in groups, and learning from the wisdom of groups.David Brooks, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
The unconscious parts of the mind are not primitive vestiges that need to be conquered in order to make wise decisions. They are the most sophisticated parts of the brain.David Brooks, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
We are primarily the products of thinking that happens below the level of awareness.David Brooks, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
Character emerges gradually out of the mysterious mix of temperament and experience.David Brooks, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
We strive to seem perfect but must trust that our faults are the key to our strength.David Brooks, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
In order to fulfill yourself, you have to forget yourselfDavid Brooks, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
The best life is oriented around the increasing excellence of the soul and is nourished by moral joy.David Brooks, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
You have to give to receive. You have to surrender to something outside yourself to gain strength within yourself.David Brooks, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
Character is a set of dispositions, desires, and habits that are slowly engraved during the struggle against your own weakness.David Brooks, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
The external logic is the logic of the résumé. The second is the internal logic of the relationship.David Brooks, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
We are overconfidence machines.David Brooks, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
We learn best from the examples and behaviors we see around us, not the facts or theories we absorb.David Brooks, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement