• Humankind by Rutger Bregman, as translated from the Dutch by Elizabeth Manton and Erica Moore.

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• "What is truth? Some things are true whether you believe in them or not."
• "-- ideas are never merely ideas. We are what we believe. We find what we go looking for. And what we predict, comes to pass."
• "Cynicism is a theory of everything. The cynic is always right."
• "In a weird way, to believe in our own sinful nature is comforting. It provides a kind of absolution. Because if most people are bad, then engagement and resistance aren't worth the effort."
• "The thing we all need to remember -- is that those other folks are a lot like us. -- every one of them is a human being of flesh and blood, someone who in a different life might have been our friend, our family, our beloved."
• "Every good deed is like a pebble in a pond, sending ripples out in all directions."
• "Be courageous. Be true to your nature and offer your trust. Do good in broad daylight, and don't be ashamed of your generosity. You may be dismissed as gullible and naive at first. But remember, what's naive today may be common sense tomorrow."