The more education you do, the less you are capable of doing. Theodore Zeldin More Quotes by Theodore Zeldin More Quotes From Theodore Zeldin Conversation creates a new kind of network within organizations. Current networks are used for competitive advantage, but conversation is focused on encouraging people to realize their potential. Theodore Zeldin kindorganizationpeople People in this world of superficial communication find themselves isolated and lonely and have difficult in talking about personal things that really matter to them. Theodore Zeldin communicationlonelytalking The great thing about marriage is that it creates trust, the most precious of things. Theodore Zeldin great-thingsanniversary To be a catalyst is the ambition most appropriate for those who see the world as being in constant change, and who, without thinking that they can control it, wish to influence its direction. Theodore Zeldin ambitionwishthinking The institution of marriage, if you look at it over many centuries, has come and gone. Theodore Zeldin centurygonelooks The Renaissance… was based on a new idea of the importance of the individual. But this was a fragile foundation, because individuals depended on constant applause and admiration to sustain them. There is a shortage of applause in the world, and there is not enough respect to go around. Theodore Zeldin foundationworldideas Breaking accepted rules does bring people together. Theodore Zeldin togetherdoepeople One of the great ambitions is to discover the diversity of the world, to discover who inhabits the world. Theodore Zeldin diversityambitionworld Two individuals, conversing honestly, can be inspired by the feeling that they are engaged in a joint enterprise, aiming at inventing an art which has not been tried before. Theodore Zeldin feelingstwoart Never before have humans been so ambitious, have they thought that they could be much more than their parents were. Theodore Zeldin ambitiousparenthumans Brilliant lecturers shouldn't be wasted in lecture rooms: they should appear onTV. We need black market universities, in which people just help each other, and which don't leave out the poor. Theodore Zeldin blackpeopleneeds The English reputation for humour is a way by which people avoid revealing themselves and have superficial relationships, so that you can engage in banter without making yourself vulnerable. Theodore Zeldin reputationpeopleway The great attraction of fashion is that it diverted attention from the insoluble problems of beauty and provided an easy way -- which money could buy... to a simply stated, easily reproduced ideal of beauty, however temporary that ideal. Theodore Zeldin fashionattentionway Nothing influences our ability to cope with the difficulties of our existence so much as the context in which we view them; the more contexts we can choose between, the less do the difficulties appear to be inevitable and insurmountable. Theodore Zeldin existenceinfluenceviews No history of the world can be complete which does not mention Mary Helen Keller... whose overcoming of her blindness and deafness were arguably victories more important than those of Alexander the Great, because they have implications still for every living person. Theodore Zeldin victoryimportantovercoming The French have made conversation their claim to civilisation. Theodore Zeldin claimsmadeconversation People are going to be living quite soon for 100 years. Our idea of how a family works no longer applies. It's no good saying you're going to have children for 15 years and then you're going to retire and have hobbies, because you've got 40 more years to go after 60 and you're in good health until 90 or something. Theodore Zeldin goodfamilyhealthchildren We are already seeing the creation of a new kind of network based on friendships: Startups, which are often founded by friends, are the beginning of something that could reshape social relations. Theodore Zeldin newbeginningfriendscreation Families have become models for public life, constructing friendships between individuals of different temperaments, ambitions and ages, even if they are often unsuccessful. People now want, above all, appreciation of their uniqueness. Theodore Zeldin wantappreciationlifepeople We imagine that human nature doesn't change. We like to say that but I don't think it's true because we have, in the course of the centuries, altered ourselves. Theodore Zeldin truethinknaturechange
