913 Quotes by Yuval Noah Harari

The Buddha taught that the three basic realities of the universe are that everything is constantly changing, nothing has any enduring essence, and nothing is completely satisfying. You can explore the furthest reaches of the galaxy, of your body, or of your mind – but you will never encounter something that does not change, that has an eternal essence, and that completely satisfies you.

fantasy gives meaning to the suffering.

Money is the most universal and most efficient system of mutual trust ever devised.

Ancient Greece the philosopher Epicurus explained that worshipping gods is a waste of time, that there is no existence after death, and that happiness is the sole purpose of life.

Whereas the Agricultural Revolution gave rise to theist religions, the Scientific Revolution gave birth to humanist religions, in which humans replaced gods.

the truly unique feature of our language is not its ability to transmitinformation about men and lions. Rather, it’s the ability to transmit informationabout things that do not exist at all. As far as we know, only Sapiens can talkabout entire kinds of entities that they have never seen, touched or smelled.

For thousands of years priests, rabbis and muftis explained that humans cannot overcome famine, plague and war by their own efforts. Then along came the bankers, investors and industrialists, and within 200 years managed to do exactly that.

Paradise, the capitalists promise, is right around the corner. True, mistakes have been made such as the Atlantic slave trade and the exploitation of the European working class, but we have learned our lesson and if we just wait a little longer and allow the pie to grow a little bigger, everybody will receive a fatter slice.

Despite their having no real bodies, the American legal system treats corporations as legal person, as if they were flesh-and-blood human beings.