338 quotes found
“Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do?”
“To Reap The Result Of Destructive Behavior Is To Do Evil”
“Your behavior doesn't show you who you are, it shows you who you believe yourself to be.”
“THE CONSCIOUS HUMANYou are not just white,but a rainbow of colors.You are not just black,but golden.You are not just a nationality,but a citizen of the world.You are not just for the right or left,...”
“Yes, it's vital to make lifestyle choices to mitigate damage caused by being a member of industrialized civilization, but to assign primary responsibility to oneself, and to focus primarily on maki...”
“Continually trying to satisfy someone who attempts to control you is like bailing someone out of jail when they need to learn a lesson. They will never learn how to take care of themselves unless y...”
“When and why do we attribute a person's behavior to brain disease, and when and why do we not do so? Briefly, the answer is that we often attribute bad behavior to disease (to excuse the agent);nev...”
“...we spend a lot of time defining behavior by the negative "that was inappropriate." These commands are vague and inefficient...Telling students what to do in a way that is specific, concrete, seq...”
“If you can understand human behavior, it cant hurt you nearly as much.”
“We practically always excuse things when we understand them”
“I would say that introverts make some of the best international philosophers. The less common attribute of the introverted lifestyle - a close societal connection, as such a connection disappears o...”
“When we are looking for the unexpected, we are not only looking for the unexpected in ourselves, but we are also curious about the unexpected in the behavior of the others. So as to know the others...”
“Will Human Nature destroy Nature and Humans?”
“Regret is like a mental parasite that alters your behavior.”
“Behavior makes sense from the actor's perception or else the actor wouldn't do it. Nobody wakes up in the morning and says, you know, today I'm going to be conforming, mistaken, nasty, and so on.”
“Teach your little ones about the rules of decent behaviour. When they grow up, it will be too late to learn.”
“The best evidence of unsophisticated ideas is the behavior that follows.”
“Having a pleasant time can extend a long period of time to have a fun time.”
“The tobacco control movement provides a good model for how to achieve massive societal changes. In 1965, over 50 percent of men and 34 percent of women smoked. By 2010, only 23.5 percent of men and...”
“People with power do not regulate their behavior as much. They become egocentric and preoccupied with their own self-interest, which eclipses their awareness of the interests of others.”
