“Money is more open-minded than language, state laws, cultural codes, religious beliefs and social habits. Money is the only trust system created… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
The religious habits of the Americans form not only the basis of their private and public morals, but have become so thoroughly… — Francis Grund Copy Share Image
One may disavow and disclaim vices that surprise us, and whereto our passions transport us; but those which by long habits are… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“Every year, Australian ornithologists field calls about the strange behavior of the musk lorikeet population in the southeastern part of the country.… — Amy Stewart Copy Share Image
The laws of thermodynamics, as empirically determined, express the approximate and probable behavior of systems of a great number of particles, or,… — J. Willard Gibbs Copy Share Image
The Hellish and dismal cloud of...Coal...perpetually imminent over (London) ...that her inhabitants breathe nothing but impure and thick mist...corrupting the lungs and… — John Evelyn Copy Share Image
I never knew a man more free from conceit, or one to whom it was a greater extent a pleasure, as well… — Martin Van Buren Copy Share Image
“I-I have to go," she began, then bit her lip as she realized she was stuttering again-a habit she seemed to have… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“In every adult who has suffered abuse as a child lies dormant that small child's fear of punishment at the hands of… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
“It seemed to me when I wrote The Life and Loves of a She-Devil that women were so much in the habit… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
“In order to open the door of happiness, there are five things you must let go: 1. Let go of the habit… — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
I believe, when in my behavior or in relationships or in the way I react to something, that I'm still dealing with… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
Habit 7 is taking the time to sharpen the saw. By renewing the four dimensions of your nature - physical, spiritual, mental… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
“The routine helped the healing process. It gave me structure. It eliminated any sense of surprise, which at that point, I really… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
Samurai culture did exist really, for hundreds of years and the notion of people trying to create some sort of a moral… — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
You can dramatically change your life but only if you have the desire to change, the decision to take action, the discipline… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You try to understand human behavior. You try to explain it. Not me. I know we're smaller than gorillas, bigger than chimps,… — Michael Robotham Copy Share Image
If you want to feel happier, start by incorporating a small dose of gratitude into your daily habit, whether it is on… — Joshua Rosenthal Copy Share Image
Criticism can never instruct or benefit you. Its chief effect is that of a telegram with dubious news. Praise leaves no glow… — Ben Hecht Copy Share Image
To observe and watch one's own mind is something really interesting. The untrained mind will run and follow its old habit patterns.… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
“But the habit of framing issues in terms of Asian and Western values did distort Singapore's view of its own challenges. Policy-makers… — Cherian George Copy Share Image
“We think our actions express our decisions. But in nearly all of our life, willing decides nothing. We cannot wake up or… — John Gray Copy Share Image
“The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (Duhigg, Charles) - Your Highlight on Location 430-433… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In many patriarchies, language, as well as cultural tradition, reserve the human condition for the male. With the Indo-European languages this is… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
“It becomes obvious that if we want to make relatively minor changes in our lives, we can perhaps appropriately focus on our… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
Other nations of different habits are not enemies: they are godsends. Men require of their neighbours something sufficiently akin to be understood,… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
[My] excursions provided a unique opportunity for observing [the gorillas' behavior] in their natural habitat... Then, all too soon, the infants were… — Dian Fossey Copy Share Image
One's character is one's habitual way of behaving. We all have patterns of behavior or habits, and often we are quite unaware… — Thomas Lickona Copy Share Image
My political philosophy as a libertarian says that government has no business intervening in any consensual private behavior. My professional ethic as… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
“The hallmark of a psychopath is the failure to feel remorse. However, psychopaths demonstrate other significant behaviors. For example, psychopaths seem unable… — Katherine Ramsland Copy Share Image
Love life first, then march through the gates of each season; go inside nature and develop the discipline to stop destructive behavior;… — Gretel Ehrlich Copy Share Image
“I’d always worried about being practically empty, about having no serious reason for living. And now, confronted with the facts, I was… — Louis-Ferdinand Céline Copy Share Image
“I had to ask myself why I'm continuing to engage in behavior I knew hurt. What was my payoff? Did it confirm… — Paula Heller Garland Copy Share Image
You know, Miss Holly, you look very dramatic like that, backlit by the fire. Very attractive, if I may say so. I… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
I am a strong individualist by personal habit, inheritance, and conviction; but it is a mere matter of common sense to recognize… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
He had some measure of the infuriating trait that causes a young man to be a nonconformist for its own sake and… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
The way you react has been repeated thousands of times, and it has become a routine for you. You are conditioned to… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
Friendship is a calm and sedate affection, conducted by reason and cemented by habit; springing from long acquaintance and mutual obligations, without… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Love...is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit; reinforced by (in… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Her body moved with the frankness that comes from solitary habits. But solitude is only a human presumption. Every quiet step is… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image