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Those who seek to hold their followers by instilling fear in them are not true teachers. We should always be actuated by wisdom, never by fear.
Paramahansa Yogananda • The Divine Romance: Collected Talks and Essays on Realizing God in Daily Life – Volume 2
#401 - Rory Sutherland - The Psychology Of Transport, Google Maps & Bear Attacks
player.fmGeorge Whitefield would not attack a person who was not there to defend himself. Look for people who can hold your secrets.
John Townsend • Safe People: How to Find Relationships That Are Good for You and Avoid Those That Aren't
view. For instance, in the mid-1700s David Hume wrote a lot about the “natural benevolence” of human beings. And a century later, even Charles Darwin himself attributed an “instinct of sympathy” to our species. But
Dalai Lama • The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living
Crazy Wisdom, Wes Nisker writes: Our language behaves as
Joseph Goldstein • Insight Meditation: A Psychology of Freedom (Shambhala Classics)
The way to change people’s minds is to become friends with them, to integrate them into your tribe, to bring them into your circle. Now, they can change their beliefs without the risk of being abandoned socially.
James Clear • Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
“Facts don’t change minds, friendship does!” James Clear explains how convincing someone to change their mind is actually about convincing them to change their tribe. “Perhaps it is not difference , but distance that breeds tribalism and hostility.” Relevant in times of rising social polarisation.