Sometimes, whether a desire is excessive or negative depends on the circumstances or society in which you live in. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
As human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. We… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Anyone who ever studied mankind by listening to them was self-deluded. The first thing they should have done was to answer the… — Bill Mollison Copy Share Image
So at the end of the day, our number 1 goal, our top priority, is to motivate American youngsters to reject the… — Barry McCaffrey Copy Share Image
I tend to wear my emotions on my sleeve. I've had my share of mood swings, believe me. But it's a powerful… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
The truth is that we can overhaul our surroundings, renovate our environment, talk a new game, join a new club, far more… — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
You can't really compare hells. But I suppose the hell of being strung out on another person's addictive behavior is its own… — Jerry Stahl Copy Share Image
We have a responsibility toward the other life-forms of our planet whose continued existence is threatened by the thoughtless behavior of our… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Wait. This was the first lesson I had learned about love. The day drags along, you make thousands of plans, you imagine… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away,If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay. Stop making excuses… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
For our own species, evolution occurs mostly through our behavior. We innovate new behavior to adapt. — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Time and time again we forget all too easily that nonviolent action embraces a wide and imaginative range of behavior which can… — Petra Kelly Copy Share Image
After meditating for some years, I began to see the patterns of my own behavior. As you quiet your mind, you begin… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Strong evidence suggests that we are dealing with a phenomenon that is being caused by palpable, solid objects whose characteristics are not… — Peter Davenport Copy Share Image
The mind and body are not separate units, but one integrated system. How we act and what we think, eat, and feel… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
“Let me explain before another word is written: I have never once asked a cat, "So tell me what's up, Charlie?" and… — Jackson Galaxy Copy Share Image
The final act of an unraveling society isn't immoral behavior; it's canonizing immoral behavior as a 'new normal' and celebrating it as… — Jeff Iorg Copy Share Image
Driven by a wish to save Tomás from a life of penury and misunderstanding, Fermin had decided that he needed to develop… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“To understand this new frontier, I will have to try to master one of the most difficult and counterintuitive theories ever recorded… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share Image
You can laugh at my behavior that will never bother me, say the devil is my savior, but I don't pay no… — Roger Hodgson Copy Share Image
When a society abandons its ideals just because most people can't live up to them, behavior gets very ugly indeed. — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Calvin: Dear Santa, before I submit life to your scrutiny, I demand to know who made YOU the matter of my fate?!… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Women watched for the spectacular performances of the men, and there can be no reasonable doubt that the presence of an audience… — Gregory Bateson Copy Share Image
When I went to college, I really became interested in cultural anthropology. Our behavior isn't that different from other primate species'. — Jon Taffer Copy Share Image
As sensors and networks continue to expand around the world, we'll see violence drop even further. After all, when there's a danger… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
Those who use the Bible as a reference for moral behavior are simply cherry-picking those teachings, such as the Golden Rule, that… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
If I end up homeless and penniless because of a shift in my behavior about sharing what's come to me, bring it… — Tom Shadyac Copy Share Image
Shamans can be defined as socially sanctioned practitioners who purport to voluntarily regulate their attention and awareness so as to access information… — Stanley Krippner Copy Share Image
There is a parallel between the twos and the tens. Tens are trying to test their abilities again, sizing up and experimenting… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
The market does not know you exist. You can do nothing to influence it. You can only control your behavior. — Alexander Elder Copy Share Image
The biggest concern I have about Iran is that we're going to see the Biden administration take steps to appease them that's… — Bill Hagerty Copy Share Image
The normal experience of the body and its aging is a conditioned response (a habit of thinking and behavior). By changing your… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“When the mind is not spoilt, the speech is not spoilt, the conduct is not spoilt, that is absolute humility [param vinaya].” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
PATIENCE Is Not About How Long One Can Wait... But How Will One Behaves While Waiting. — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
We know that inflation distorts economic behavior. In the 1970s, a combination of high tax rates and inflation prompted investors to flee… — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
The problem with TV today is not just too much sex, violence, profanity, dishonesty or crude behavior. It is too much TV,… — Randall Wright Copy Share Image
Ethics is prescriptive and can change behavior, but usually only at the margins. — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
Sometimes you don't really understand the characters you do. I don't need to. Most of the behavior is obscure and I don't… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share Image