“Telling a depressed person things like “Pull yourself out of it” is cruel and may reinforce the feelings of worthlessness, guilt, and… — Francis Mark Mondimore Copy Share Image
[The imagination] . . . inspires an audacious mental habit. We are as elastic as the gas of gunpowder, and . .… — Marsilio Ficino Copy Share Image
This attitude of mind - this attitude of uncertainty - is vital to the scientist, and it is this attitude of mind… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
“Two different lives, held together by the bonds of many years and a shared daily routine. Friendly interaction without physical closeness. Shared… — Dora Heldt Copy Share Image
“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it; or because it is in your traditions; or because many speak… — John Dolan Copy Share Image
The present custom of orthodox Christendom, in packing their sins upon the back of a God, is just the same substantially as… — Kersey Graves Copy Share Image
“Social media draws us further into the already persistent habit of becoming stars of our own little personal movies. The movies we… — Valerie Mason-John Copy Share Image
everyone - you included - is on her best behavior in the beginning of a relationship. Sometimes little quirks turn out to… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“The Irish ‘peasant’ is the child of time. He is its guardian and its slave. He will preserve for centuries dull and… — Séan O'FaoláIn Copy Share Image
So in regard to mental qualities, their transmission is manifest in our dogs, horses and other domestic animals. Besides special tastes and… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“Perfectionism is the enemy of the author. There is a difference between good writing habits and perfectionism. The author who displays good… — Gudjon Bergmann Copy Share Image
He is the Truth, and He wants us to deal in truth with ourselves and our loved ones. We want the truth… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“Treat yourself like a fast person with aches and pains and a suitcase full of excuses, and good luck--you'll stay exactly where… — Chalene Johnson Copy Share Image
“Every habit, no matter its complexity, is malleable... ...however, to modify a habit, you must decide to change it. You must consciously… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“I decided it would be helpful to provide an example, drawing on a story in which emotional behavior would have led to… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
“The manipulative behavior prompted by these expectations can also be seen in the general nonclinical population. These childish expectations and their consequent… — Manuel J. Smith Copy Share Image
Psychologism is, I believe, correct only in so far as it insists upon what may be called 'methodological individualism' as opposed to… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
When you get into the habit of leaving a space, you become a much better player for it. If you've got an… — Gary Moore Copy Share Image
“Niles actually didn't care about me. Once he had me, he thought he had me and that was it. The world revolved… — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
For me, the constitutive element of an affair is the secrecy. It is the secrecy that leads to the lying, to the… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
“Percival guessed that his prey preferred to listen, letting her friends carry on with whatever amusing nonsense filled their lives, while she… — Danielle Trussoni Copy Share Image
“If we weren’t trying to control whether a person liked us or his or her reaction to us, what would we do… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Make it a habit to ask yourself: What's going on inside me at this moment? That question will point you in the… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
If a person doesn't think there is a God to be accountable to, then-then what's the point of trying to modify your… — Jeffrey Dahmer Copy Share Image
Our conceptions of morality, as all our other ideas, pass through a course of development; the difficulty comes in adjusting our conduct,… — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
Imagine now a man who is deprived of everyone he loves, and at the same time of his house, his habits, his… — Primo Levi Copy Share Image
There are nature and nurture components to virtually every behavior a human experiences. The research effort lies only in finding the relevant… — John Medina Copy Share Image
There is something about permanent military occupation which seems to confine a man's scope and limit his opportunities; and after he has… — John Monash Copy Share Image
“Some people read for instruction, which is praiseworthy, and some for pleasure, which is innocent, but not a few read from habit,… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
When I was a child, my behavior was far from being what most people would label 'intelligent.' It was often limited, repetitive… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
“All of a sudden something breaks off sharply. The adventure is over, time resumes its daily routine. I turn; behind me, this… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
In a scholarly manner I have made it a habit to collect different crowd-control manuals, and I read them to the police… — Vermin Supreme Copy Share Image
“I have always held in high regard individuals who informed me that certain behavior or policies were inappropriate. I respect candor. My… — Jon M. Huntsman Sr Copy Share Image
Sexuality is a part of our behavior. It's part of our world freedom. Sexuality is something that we ourselves create. It is… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
Let people who have to observe sickness and death look back and try to register in their observation the appearances which have… — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
Economists sometimes do try to reduce behavior to law-like predictability. But people respond differently to different primes, to different contexts even from… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Plasticity, then, in the wide sense of the word, means the possession of a structure weak enough to yield to an influence,… — William James Copy Share Image
“And by that habit of submission, with which we are only too familiar, the thought of the next generation retains this religious… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
“Do you know what it means to be discontented? It is very difficult to understand discontent, because most of us canalize discontent… — J. Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Change is difficult and it takes time. It is hard for people to change their own behavior, much less that of others.… — Richard P. Rumelt Copy Share Image
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