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 More Quotes by David Brooks More Quotes From David Brooks Israel is a country of six million people. They need the U.S. It used to be bipartisan on Israeli politics. You never messed with that relationship. The fact that [ Benjamin] Netanyahu is willing to do that, I thought would horrify voters more than it turned out it did. David Brooks israel country people I don't think the Palestinians are in this position they're in, divided with Hamas and the P.A., unwilling to allow - or recognize Israel as a Jewish state. David Brooks states israel thinking Fundamentalism is still on the march. David Brooks fundamentalism march stills Some children lack tools to see their course in the world in far-sighted ways. Just introducing school vouchers won't change that. You have to have nurse-home partnerships, early childhood education, mentoring programs and so on. People learn from people they love. David Brooks home children school I don't know if I'm sexist, though I have not paid much attention to the women's bracket. David Brooks brackets sexist attention 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 brain helping philosophy The brain writes the autobiography of our species at the conscious level. David Brooks levels brain writing We have the choice to choose how we're going to educate our emotions. David Brooks educate emotion choices Our emotions tell us what to value. They're like a little GPS system: Go that way. Don't go that way. David Brooks gps littles way Often, I go and see films where I can see the beats coming. So, if I read something where I don't see the beats coming and it takes me somewhere unexpected, that's a great thing to build upon. David Brooks beats unexpected film I agree with the idea of cutting [budget], but it should all be coming out of entitlements for the affluent and not out of domestic discretionary, which is welfare, education, all the stuff the government does, parks, FBI, and it shouldn't be coming out of Medicaid. David Brooks cutting government ideas Sometimes, you go - you achieve a few things in life. I have achieved more career success than I ever experienced or that I ever thought. And I just realized, it doesn't make you happy. It's an elemental truth. It's so true. David Brooks things-in-life careers sometimes I think the presidency is a bad way to measure the effective campaign finance, because in the presidency, there is so much publicity, there's so much money floating around. David Brooks floating campaigns thinking 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 gun country people When you're running for president, you're a guest in the living room for four years. And if people don't think you're going to be around the living room as a pleasant experience, they're not going to vote for you even if they agree with you. David Brooks running years thinking When you're running for president you have to take some risks and you've got to show people something fresh and you've got to stay interesting. David Brooks running people interesting When your institution is under assault, you're feeling like the weight is on it and the history might be flowing away, don't turn inward, go outward. David Brooks inward weight feelings When your institution is under threat, you feel you have a lot of hostility, you feel things are slipping away, you have got internal problems, there's a tendency to turn inward and to focus on yourselves. David Brooks slipping inward focus America has an important role to play as the world leader in creating a global order, free trade, free waterways, free commerce, free movement of people. That happens because of U.S. military might. David Brooks military play order Some people think humility is thinking lowly of yourself. Some people think it's not thinking about yourself. But, to me, the best definition of humility is radical self-awareness from a distance, seeing themselves from a distance and saying, what's my problem? David Brooks thinking-about-you distance humility
