338 quotes found
“One can't live mindfully without being enmeshed in psychological processes that are around us.”
“The fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.”
“A veteran, calm and assured, he pauses for a well-measured moment in the doorway of the office and then, boldly, clearly, with the subtly modulated British intonation which his public demands of hi...”
“Religious beliefs...should never be an excuse to treat people badly.”
“The porpoises and whale themselves, in their quests for entertainment, often created problems. One summer a fashion developed in the training tanks (I think Keiki started it) for leaning out over t...”
“Clever talk, ingratiating looks, fawning reverence: Tso-chiu Ming found that shameful, and so do I. Friendly while harboring resentment: Tso-chiu Ming found that shameful, too, and so do I.”
“The best evidence of unsophisticated ides is the behavior that follows.”
“Behavior slays the dragon of illusion and reveals the truth.”
“How can there ever be any serious expectation of living in paradise, if one cannot behave appropriately, or be trusted to respect and honour all life?”
“If I want to deprive you of your watch, I shall certainly have to fight for it; if I want to buy your watch, I shall have to pay for it; and if I want a gift, I shall have to plead for it; and, acc...”
“It took me a long time to realize that when someone is not sorry for their behavior, that's their problem, not mine... I'll forgive them anyway, for me. Sometimes forgiveness is loving yourself eno...”
“I share your feeling that such behavior is, in some sense, unwise or erroneous, but this does not mean that it does not occur,' Amos wrote to an American economist who complained about the descript...”
“Pay attention, behavior speaks While preacher are telling you to pray for abundance, theyre passing around a basket.”
“Behavior has consequences, and stupid behavior often has terrible consequences.”
“You're lucky I'm drawn to things that are sick and weird. Makes it so I can actually still like you.”
“Behavior speaks If youre chasing them, it means theyre running from you. Save your energy.”
“The "us versus them" mindset coupled with our social nature implies that we have an innate need to belong to clearly defined in-groups.”
“Habits arent destiny. Habits can be ignored, changed, or replaced. But the reason the discovery of the habit loop is so important is that it reveals a basic truth: When a habit emerges, the brain s...”
“So sad "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior" the series ended open and it was made in 2011 and it ended in 2011!”
“Control the manner in which a man interprets his world, and you have gone a long way toward controlling his behavior. That is why ideology, an attempt to interpret the condition of man, is always a...”