The most powerful force ever known on this planet is human cooperation - a force for construction and destruction.

- Jonathan Haidt

Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second.

- Jonathan Haidt

Happiness doesn't come from getting what you want. It doesn't come from within, either. Happiness comes from *between*--from finding the right relati…

- Jonathan Haidt

The human mind is a story processor, not a logic processor.

- Jonathan Haidt

Human rationality depends critically on sophisticated emotionality. It is only because our emotional brain works so well that our reasoning can work …

- Jonathan Haidt

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion.

- Jonathan Haidt

Empathy is an antidote to righteousness, although it's very difficult to empathize across a moral divide

- Jonathan Haidt

Understanding the simple fact that morality differs around the world, and even within societies, is the first step toward understanding your righteou…

- Jonathan Haidt

I did say that in-group, authority and purity are necessary for the maintenance of order, but I would never give them a blanket endorsement.

- Jonathan Haidt