Yuval Noah Harari Quotes

"Humans think in stories, and we try to make sense of the world by telling stories."

"Nothing should be taken for granted, even if everybody believes it."

"We did not domesticate wheat; wheat domesticated us."

"I try to be a realist and not a pessimist or an optimist."

"Ignorance is not too dangerous. If you combine it with power, then this is a toxic mix."

"Dollar bills have absolutely no value except in our collective imagination, but everybody believes in the dollar bill."

"Even what people take to be their most personal desires are usually programmed by the imagined order."

"We are probably one of the last generations of Homo sapiens."

"I'm a historian. I really like the past. But most people seem far more interested in what you can tell them about the future."

"I'm not a very glamorous person. I like to just sit alone in a room and read a book or meditate."

"Humans have two kinds of abilities: physical and cognitive."