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Cities build monuments to kings, prime ministers, and generals, not to citizens with no official position who once gathered in a printing shop.

Bury the Chains

Adam Hochschild

Leiden tun darunter wohl hauptsächlich diejenigen Typen, die es mit 50 oder 60 noch nicht so weit gebracht haben wie Thunberg mit 16.

Hate Speech Über Psychische Erkrankungen: Hobbypsychiater, Gebt Auf! - SPIEGEL ONLINE

spiegel.de

The same principles apply when you give your children feedback about their behavior. Studies show that children in low-income homes hear 125,000 more words of discouragement than praise, while their higher-income counterparts hear 560,000 more words of praise than discouragement, all by age four. That means children from lower-income homes have a more taxed body budget but fewer resources to deal with it.

How Emotions Are Made

Lisa Feldman Barrett

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