Every aspect of the world today - even politics and international relations - is affected by chemistry.
Linus PaulingRead
Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to correct for subjective error.
Interpretation
Treat others better than you would want to be treated to account for personal biases.
Linus Paulingβs quote emphasizes the importance of empathy and intentionality in our interactions with others. By suggesting that we should treat others 20% better than we expect in return, Pauling highlights the idea that our expectations can be clouded by personal biases, and thus, we should strive for greater kindness and understanding to mitigate those subjective errors in judgment.
In practice
In a staff meeting, you might share this quote to encourage team members to support each other.
Every aspect of the world today - even politics and international relations - is affected by chemistry.
Although physicians, as part of their training, are taught that the dosage of a drug that is prescribed for the patient must be very carefully determined and controlled, they seem to have difficulty in remembering that the same principle applies to the vitamins.
I like people. I like animals, too-whales and quail, dinosaurs and dodos. But I like human beings especially, and I am unhappy that the pool of human germ plasm, which determines the nature of the human race, is deteriorating.
Just one living cell in the human body is, more complex than New York City.
The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away.
By the proper intakes of vitamins and other nutrients and by following a few other healthful practices from youth or middle age on, you can, I believe, extend your life and years of well-being by twenty-five or even thirty-five years.
There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other.
The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are.
The drama and the trauma of the relationship you have when you're 16 can mirror the one you have when you're 26. Life repeats itself.
Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the personality market.
Notice, we never pray for folks we gossip about, and we never gossip about the folk for whom we pray! For prayer is a great deterrent.
Why shouldn't gay people be allowed to be able to marry? Those against gay marriages say marriage should only be between a man and a woman. God, I of all people know that doesn't always work!
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