"The Chicago Economics Department was in intellectual ferment, although the central issues of the 1930s were very different from those in later times. I had never before encountered minds of that quality at close quarters and they influenced me strongly."

-- George Stigler

#Issues Quotes #Intellectual Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. We don't have great schools, principally because we have good schools. We don't have great government, principally because we have good government. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life.”
“The reason Buddhism can be so naturalised is because, stripped of its supernatural elements, its core teachings can be giving a sound, secular philosophical interpretation. In other words, it becomes a religion acceptable to the contemporary, naturalistic mind only when it ceases to be a religion.”
“You either believe what you think or you question it. Thereâ€™s no other choice.”
“Take a good long look at human beings in their actual practices and motives; bring the utmost psychological and bio-economic factors to bear on making sense of their illusions and delusions. What then would the truth have to be, such that such human beings are FIT TO KNOW IT at all, even provisionally or tentatively?”
“No matter how vast your knowledge or how modest, it is your own mind that has to acquire it.”
“Every actor gets their due.”
“To gain your own voice, forget about having it heard. Become a saint of your own province and your own consciousness.”
“Our real debt ceiling isn't decided by Washington; it's decided by Beijing.”

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