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Sports is to war as pornography is to sex.

— Jonathan Haidt

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Egalitarianism seems to be rooted more in the hatred of domination than in the love of equality per se.

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion (2012)

Anyone who values truth should stop worshipping reason.

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion (2012)

Republicans understand moral psychology. Democrats don't.

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion (2012)

Science is a smorgasbord, and Google will guide you to the study that's right for you.

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion (2012)

The lesson Buddha and Marcus Aurelius had taught centuries earlier: "Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it".

The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom (2005)

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All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

Albert Einstein Moral Decay (1937)

The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now.

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Only the dead have seen the end of war.

George Santayana Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies (1922)

Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true.

Ulysses S. Grant Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant (1885)

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