I like maxims that don't encourage behavior modification.

The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white…

— Thomas Sowell

By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological…

— Deepak Chopra

As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behaviour. Begin to act the part of the person you would like to…

— Anonymous

“I now know that deep within the human concept is something dark, selfish, and completely willing to do whatever is necessary to support the…

— Melissa West

“We are endowed with genes which code out our reaction to beavers and otters, maybe our reaction to each other as well. We are…

— Lewis Thomas

The number of poor, and poorly prepared, students who succeed in college and beyond undercuts the simplistic notion that economic or educational disadvantage is…

— Roland Merullo

To behave creatively in art means behavior with skill; and skill comes from discipline, not derangement. The artist who knows the rules -and proportion…

— Burne Hogarth

You don't put milk in chamomile tea - that's disgusting behavior! That's not right.

— Laura Fraser

The laws of thermodynamics, as empirically determined, express the approximate and probable behavior of systems of a great number of particles, or, more precisely,…

— J. Willard Gibbs

I started with the belief that every person who came to the laboratory was free to accept or to reject the dictates of authority.…

— Stanley Milgram

The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire.

— Malcolm Gladwell

I think we've told a lot of lies about human behavior through film.

— Patricia Arquette

The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.

— Benjamin Spock

The behavior of any bureaucratic organization can best be understood by assuming that it is controlled by a secret cabal of its enemies.

— Robert Conquest

If you want good behavior, don't pay on a commission basis. Our judges aren't paid so much a case. We keep them pretty well…

— Charlie Munger