“Beginning in infancy (or even before) each of us, in response to perceived threats to our well-being, develops a false self: a… — Cynthia Bourgeault Copy Share Image
“Those who wish to control others’ lives often insist that the private, consensual behavior of individuals has some mystical negative effect on… — Maggie McNeill Copy Share Image
Modern 'public health' initiatives have moved well beyond what could reasonably be classified as public goods. Today, government undertakes all sorts of… — Radley Balko Copy Share Image
“the behavior of parents, other parties, or both. Also, old videos or photos may be helpful in showing how comfortable and happy… — Randi Kreger Copy Share Image
“Bree knew this habit of hers rankled Lara more than any other--her ability to make a decision and announce that there would… — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
“Yet still, beneath all the marketing and social construction of attitudes and desires and shopping habits, there is a deep yearning for… — Jessica Pierce Copy Share Image
“Leadership isn't about power for the sake of power - not true leadership. Instead it deals with modeling behavior you want others… — Laura Weakley Copy Share Image
“Avoiding the facility’s tangle of Life Cycles and Cybex machines, he had focused instead on a series of punches, blocks, and kicks… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“He turns to the Council. 'Sounds like Foolish behavior to me, boys. I hereby nominate the human race for membership in the… — Barry Lyga Copy Share Image
“Hold any particular thought in the mind persistently until it has formed grooves in the brain-tissue and become dominant in the brain… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
You cannot change the environment, but you can change yourself. You cannot change who you are, but you can change your values… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“People are vaccinated with dangerous chemicals during their childhood, indoctrinated with immorality through television while growing up, taught to reject God by… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
I'm ashamed I didn't change my behavior until I was forced to do so by circumstance and by others. The reality is,… — Dave McClure Copy Share Image
All the theories that acting is reacting to imaginary circumstances as though they are real, and directing is turning psychology into behavior,… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
Though we think intrinsic desires tend to be pretty stable, we do not think they imply anything like the amount of predictability… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
White people get to do that all of the time. They get to engage in bad behavior, even felonious behavior, but they… — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
The habit of always putting off an experience until you can afford it, or until the time is right, or until you… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
“Even our behavior and emotions seem to have been shaped by a prankster. Why do we crave the very foods that are… — Randolph M. Nesse Copy Share Image
“The habit of learning to appreciate to the utmost every situation in life adds wonderfully to the sum total of one's happiness.… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
Concerning my physique I have always been naturally lean. However, my workout routine consists of weight training and cardio every day with… — The Situation Copy Share Image
I believe that a healthy lifestyle isn't just a regular exercise routine or your eating habits, but a synergy of a healthy… — Theo Rossi Copy Share Image
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Losing is a habit. So is winning. Now lets work on permanently instilling winning habits into your life. Eliminate sabotaging habits and… — Darren Hardy Copy Share Image
Each day as I travel through downtown Tucson, I am amazed at how quickly the most ancient of human behaviors have changed.… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
Conformities are called for much more eagerly today than yesterday... skeptics, liberals, individuals with a taste for private life and their own… — Isaiah Berlin Copy Share Image
“Generalization is a natural human mental process, and many generalizations are true—in average. What often does promote evil behavior is the lazy,… — David Brin Copy Share Image
“They tip-toed around each other always watching, never touching. At least he tried to avoid the touching, and yet at times his… — Natalie Herzer Copy Share Image
Folk-lore means that the soul is sane, but that the universe is wild and full of marvels. Realism means that the world… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Purity of action guided Janis's behavior. If she was going to be good, she was very, very good. If she was going… — Laura Joplin Copy Share Image
“It appears that DDNOS is the intentional goal of these abusers, but DID sometimes results from a failure of programming. In DDNOS,… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
“But it was not what I wanted to do! I wanted to star in a silent movie and vamp the sheik, take… — William C. Samples Copy Share Image
Want to lose weight? Kick a bad habit? Well you might want to try hypnosis! ... no longer regarded as mere hocus-pocus,… — Jane Pauley Copy Share Image
“Infuse oxytocin into the brain of a virgin rat, and she’ll act maternally—retrieving, grooming, and licking pups. Block the actions of oxytocin… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
My view is that our minds are incredibly powerful animals that are, during life, kept somewhat in check by the load of… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Some have said that the thesis [of indeterminacy] is a consequence of my behaviorism. Some have said that it is a reductio… — Willard Van Orman Quine Copy Share Image
The entire history of humanity is marked by a single inexorable movement - from animal instinct toward rational thought, from inborn behavior… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
To assume you know someone well enough that you can and do predict their behavior and mental perspective is a gross and… — Meredith L. Young-Sowers Copy Share Image
There are so many people out there who would love for you to act in a manner that flatters and suits them… — Punkinhead Abhishek Copy Share Image
“The constellation of behaviours we call addiction is provoked by a complex set of neurological and emotional mechanisms that develop inside a… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
History can show you that it was one pile of bad stuff after another. It can also show you that there's been… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image