“Stoic moral training depends upon the defensibility of these schematic propositions: (a) Rational deliberative power (rational agency) is a defining feature of… — Lawrence C. Becker Copy Share Image
“The wonderful world of human relationships is a rich mixture of backgrounds, perceptions, habits, preferences, behaviors, and motivators. These differences can create… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“Most guys arrived here normal, and they were shocked and sickened by the behavior of the guys who'd been here a while.… — Nelson DeMille Copy Share Image
“I was also sick of my neighbors, as most Parisians are. I now knew every second of the morning routine of the… — Stephen Clarke Copy Share Image
A habit for all of us to develop would be to look for something to appreciate in everyone we meet. We can… — Carl Holmes Copy Share Image
In the life of children there are two very clear-cut phases, before and after puberty. Before puberty the child's personality has not… — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
“The Christian ethic is based on an antithesis between what is and what ought to be. We view the world as fallen;… — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“Only by taking charge of your day-to-day can you truly make an impact in what matters most to you. I urge you… — Jocelyn K. Glei Copy Share Image
“We arrived at the police station and they parked and did the whole ‘hassle and grimace’ routine. I inwardly rolled my eyes.… — Bella Shadow Copy Share Image
There's something about TV shows and the format that becomes a bit more personal. People watch two, three in a row before… — Jay Baruchel Copy Share Image
Every relationship either gives energy to us or withholds energy from us, according to what we give to or withhold from it.… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“In her behavior Mrs. S——was youthful and loud-talking which made us uneasy, for children are not comfortable when adults behave as if… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“These technical impediments [... things like ignorance, impatience, unexamined assumptions, habit ...] get in the way of what would otherwise occur or… — H.M. Forester Copy Share Image
The great make its feel, first of all, the indifference of circumstances. They call into activity the higher perceptions, and subdue the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“A newspaper story, like anything else, is more attractive from a distance, when it first comes to you, than it is when… — Pete Dexter Copy Share Image
“By the time a critical situation is reached, people are so embedded in the kinds of thinking, values, and behavior that led… — Kurt Kaltreider Copy Share Image
“His habit of reading isolated him: it became such a need that after being in company for some time he grew tired… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“In different degrees, in every part of the town, men and women had been yearning for a reunion, not of the same… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as the person who at age thirty-five suddenly changes from being perfectly normal and erupts into totally… — Robert K. Ressler Copy Share Image
“Thus she is almost always a failure as a lawyer, for the law requires only an armament of hollow phrases and stereotyped… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“I'm an expert in homo sapiens behavior. They can rationalize anything. Take war. They'll bankrupt their economies, sacrifie the best of their… — Mario Acevedo Copy Share Image
Rise early, that by habit it may become familiar, agreeable, healthy, and profitable. It may, for a while, be irksome to do… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“ Core Beliefs All of us have core beliefs that influence our behavior and how we feel about ourselves. Often you think… — Heather Moehn Copy Share Image
“So much of what we imagine to be the testimony of reason or the clear and unequivocal evidence of our senses is… — David Bentley Hart Copy Share Image
I am much less autistic now, compared to when I was young. I remember some behaviors like picking carpet fuzz and watching… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
“There's no excuse for excuses. Many of us are good at finding justification for behavior in men that isn't acceptable. We sometimes… — Daylle Deanna Schwartz Copy Share Image
Virtue is the habit of acting according to wisdom. GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ, "Felicity", Leibniz: Political Writings Virtue is harder to be got… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Routine shortens and variety lengthens time, and it is therefore in the power of men to do something to regulate its pace.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Let the old year be gone and with it your old habit of getting in your own way! This is your year!… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
If we do not change our negative habits toward climate change, we can count on worldwide disruptions in food production, resulting in… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
In every advanced mammalian species that survives and thrives, a common anthropological characteristic is the fierce behavior of the adult female of… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“Interpreting animals’ eating behaviors is tricky. By way of example, one of the highest compliments a dog can pay its food is… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
I have no business being a journalist. I'm the least, I'm the least - I'm the most trusting, I absolutely make a… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Successful hunting, it could be said, is an act of terminal empathy: the kill depends on how successfully a hunter inserts himself… — John Vaillant Copy Share Image
“When you don’t get rid of things you aren't using, you are blinding yourself to a critical part of the consumer experience:… — Tynan Copy Share Image
I say, I don't care if you want to act like a child -- I'm going to treat you like an adult.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Instead of complaining about adapting for millennials, it’s imperative for leaders and managers to acknowledge the role of millennial behavior as an… — Crystal Kadakia Copy Share Image
“Sweep aside those parasites of subsidized classrooms, who live on the profits of the mind of others and proclaim that man needs… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“The term condescension is used in two significantly different ways in contemporary discourse. It evokes negative emotions when it is used in… — Glenn R. Kreider Copy Share Image
“Getting organized can bring us all to the next level in our lives. It’s the human condition to fall prey to old… — Daniel J. Levitin Copy Share Image