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Quote Left Man has a fund of emotional energy which is not all occupied with his self-preservation. This surplus seeks its outlet in the creation of art, for man's civilization is built upon his surplus... In everyday life, when we are mostly moved by our habit Quote Right
Quote Left Socrates: Would this habit of eating animals not require that we slaughter animals that we knew as individuals, and in whose eyes we could gaze and see ourselves reflected, only a few hours before our meal? Glaucon: This habit would require that of us. Socrates: Wouldn't this [knowledge of our role in turning a being into a thing] hinder us in achieving happiness? Glaucon: It could so hinder us in our quest for happiness. Socrates: And, if we pursue this way of living, will we not have need to visit the doctor more often? Glaucon: We would have such need. Socrates: If we pursue our habit of eating animals, and if our neighbor follows a similar path, will we not have need to go to war against our neighbor to secure greater pasturage, because ours will not be enough to sustain us, and our neighbor will have a similar need to wage war on us for the same reason? Glaucon: We would be so compelled. Socrates: Would not these facts prevent us from achieving happiness, and therefore the conditions necessary to the building of a just society, if we pursue a desire to eat animals? Glaucon: Yes, they would so prevent us. Quote Right
Quote Left There is immunity in reading, immunity in formal society, in office routine, in the company of old friends and in the giving of officious help to strangers, but there is no sanctuary in one bed from the memory of another. The past with its anguish will break through every defense-line of custom and habit; we must sleep and therefore we must dream. Quote Right
Quote Left Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. Quote Right
Quote Left We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that race which daily hastens us towards death, the body maintains its irreparable lead. Quote Right
Quote Left People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching cold. Quote Right
Quote Left If an addict who has been completely cured starts smoking again he no longer experiences the discomfort of his first addiction. There exists, therefore, outside alkaloids and habit, a sense for opium, an intangible habit which lives on, despite the recasting of the organism. The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house. Quote Right
Quote Left Passive acceptance of the teacher's wisdom is easy to most boys and girls. It involves no effort of independent thought, and seems rational because the teacher knows more than his pupils it is moreover the way to win the favour of the teacher unless he is a very exceptional man. Yet the habit of passive acceptance is a disastrous one in later life. It causes man to seek and to accept a leader, and to accept as a leader whoever is established in that position. Quote Right
Quote Left Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic; it is merely a form of emotional masturbation. It is the rarest thing to find a player who has not had his character affected for the worse by the practice of his profession. Nobody can make a habit of self-exhibition, nobody can exploit his personality for the sake of exercising a kind of hypnotic power over others, and remain untouched by the process. Quote Right
Quote Left There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs-partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs. Quote Right
Quote Left Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings. Quote Right
Quote Left Be in the habit of experimenting with your clothing so that you don't get stuck for life with a self-image developed over the course of high school. Quote Right
Quote Left Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct.  Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit.  The roots of cruelty, therefore, are not so much strong as widespread.  But the time must come when inhumanity protected by custom and thoughtlessness will succumb before humanity championed by thought.  Let us work that this time may come. Quote Right
Quote Left By avarice and selfishness, and a groveling habit, from which none of us is free, of regarding the soil as property, or the means of acquiring property chiefly, the landscape is deformed, husbandry is degraded with us, and the farmer leads the meanest of lives. He knows Nature but as a robber. Quote Right
Quote Left We should get into the habit of reading inspirational books, looking at inspirational pictures, hearing inspirational music, associating with inspirational friends. Quote Right
Quote Left Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic it is merely a form of emotional masturbation. It is the rarest thing to find a player who has not had his character affected for the worse by the practice of his profession. Nobody can make a habit of self-exhibition, nobody can exploit his personality for the sake of exercising a kind of hypnotic power over others, and remain untouched by the process. Quote Right
Quote Left In this country, don't forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There's no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it's the worst kind of hell for those who love you. Quote Right
Quote Left The essence of destiny: Watch your thoughts for they become words. Choose your words for they become actions. Understand your actions for they become habit. Study your habits for they become your character. Develop your character for it becomes your destiny. Quote Right
Quote Left The difference of natural talents in different men is, in reality, much less than we are aware of; and the very different genius which appears to distinguish men of different professions, when grown up to maturity, is not upon many occasions so much the cause as the effect of the division of labour. The difference between the most dissimilar characters, between a philosopher and a common street porter, for example, seems to arise not so much from nature as from habit, custom, and education. When they came into the world, and for the first six or eight years of their existence, they were perhaps very much alike, and neither their parents nor playfellows could perceive any remarkable difference... Quote Right
Quote Left Habit with its iron sinews, clasps us and leads us day by day. Quote Right
Quote Left People had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person. They didn't see me, they saw their own lewd thoughts, then they white-masked themselves by calling me the lewd one. Quote Right
Quote Left Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make use of a very small portion of their possible consciousness, and of their soul's resources in general, much like a man who, out of his whole bodily organism, should get into a habit of using and moving only his lttle finger. Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed. Quote Right
Quote Left Kissing is a habit, fucking is a game, boys get all the pleasure, girls get all the pain. When he says he loves you, and you believe its true, but when you stomach starts to swell, he says the hell with you!! 16 minutes of pleasure, 9 months of pain, 3 days in a hospital, a baby with no name. The baby is a bastard, the mother is a whore it never would have happened, if the rubber hadn't tore. Quote Right
Quote Left When you develop an infatuation for someone you always find a reason to believe that this is exactly the person for you. It doesn't need to be a good reason. Taking photographs of the night sky, for example. Now, in the long run, that's just the kind of dumb, irritating habit that would cause you to split up. But in the haze of infatuation, it's just what you've been searching for all these years. Quote Right
Quote Left Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. The roots of cruelty, therefore, are not so much strong as widespread. But the time must come when inhumanity protected by custom and thoughtlessness will succumb before humanity championed by thought. Let us work that this time may come. Quote Right
Quote Left It is true from early habit, one must make love mechanically as one swims; I was once very fond of both, but now as I never swim unless I tumble into the water, I don't make love till almost obliged. Quote Right
Quote Left Thanks to his constant habit of shaking the bottle in which life handed him the wine of experience, he presently found the taste of the lees rising as usual into his draught. Quote Right
Quote Left Be in the habit of getting up bright and early on the weekends. Why waste such precious time in bed? Quote Right
Quote Left Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society. Quote Right
Quote Left Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents has been always tragic, chiefly as an almost indecent excitement at first, and a worse reaction afterwards; but also because no mind is so well balanced as to bear the strain of seizing unlimited force without habit or knowledge of it; and finding it disputed with him by hungry packs of wolves and hounds whose lives depend on snatching the carion. Quote Right
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Member Quotes About Habit

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Quote Left God is a habit of the mind. Quote Right
Quote Left "Let go of bad habits. Drop the negativity, stubbornness and self-pity, Replace with humbleness." Quote Right
Quote Left We are our Nature, and Nature is a reflection of temperament. The earth will never stabilize, be less contrary, till its inhabitants are. God gives us an environment suited our heart and soul development. Quote Right
Quote Left Greed leads to selfishness, it's an irradicable habit that all crafty thieves purse for the interest of their gains. Quote Right
Quote Left I love the desert. The people who inhabit it, an old desert rat myself -- and the creatures that survive in such a challenging environment. Not so estranged from kids growing up in poverty on the streets of New York. All elements of creation have more in common than differences. Sorry Gleick, you are wrong. Quote Right
Quote Left "All bad habits love good excuses" Quote Right
Quote Left The health of the planet reflects the choices of its inhabitants; let us choose wisely and nurture our environment. -Aloo Denish Obiero Quote Right
Quote Left A balanced and nutritious diet, regular exercise, and good sleep habits are essential for maintaining good health. Quote Right
Quote Left Adopting healthy habits and seeking medical help when necessary are crucial in maintaining good health. Quote Right
Quote Left To eat meat is just a habit after we were born. In fact, we are not born to eat meat. - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left Please, try to eat a bit less meat, a bit more veggies from today. Let it become a habit gradually until not to eat meat anymore. Then, observe the changing of the body and spirit after eating veggies, fruits and grains ? - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left I don't think I'm right all the time. I just try not to make a habit of speaking, unless I know what the f*** I'm talking about!] Quote Right
Quote Left Uninhabited hills ... except that now and again the silence is broken by something like the sound of distant voices as the sun's sinking rays illuminate lichens ... ("Lu Zhai" or "Deer Park" by Wang Wei, translation by Michael R. Burch, keywords: hills, silence, voice, nature) Quote Right
Quote Left It's not a shame to fail exams, but it's a shame to be satisfied with the habit of failing continuously. Quote Right
Quote Left Heritage, history, habitat, happenstance...all have their effects. But the most critical determinant of what happens to you today is what YOU decide to DO today! Quote Right
Quote Left "I've officially had it with the victimatic addicts, tied to bullshit excuses that lack the drive to shatter bad habits." Quote Right
Quote Left If loneliness is habituated with strong determination one can become a strong person without any doubt By BL Devnath Quote Right
Quote Left Most people are reluctant to neglect bad behaviours and habits simply because everyone else seems to be doing it...yes you can take comfort in numbers but at the end of the day its all about you, just you!...live right # Adjust #Poetic_Ra*_Quotes???? Quote Right
Quote Left Always be eager to adopt new habits that can help you grow and be eager to neglect the bad habits that make you toxic #Poetic_Ra*_Quotes???? Quote Right
Quote Left Inove o pensar: escolha e celebre todos os dias como sendo o mais feliz de todos. Encontre alegria, risos e olhares felizes naquilo que lhe é habitual. Ninguém precisa de motivo para ser feliz: [...] seu desejo de ser feliz é suficiente. Quote Right
Quote Left Em todo o mundo, a inovação social está vencendo alguns dos problemas mais urgentes que a sociedade enfrenta hoje —empreendedorismo com comércio justo, ensino à distância, agricultura urbana à justiça restaurativa e habitação com zero carbono. A Internet se torna uma fonte notável de inovação econômica e social em grande parte porque tem sido um campo de jogo nivelado arquetípico, no qual até mesmo sites ou blogs, com pouco dinheiro podem se tornar influentes. Quote Right
Quote Left I have a habit of telling too much of myself, but with strength, I am going to stop telling all and keep it to myself, hard for a person who is a storyteller Quote Right
Quote Left 2020 Let's move away from the habit of turning to others as our guide. Give intuition a chance, listen. Paul Lake Quote Right
Quote Left Old habits are hard to break but change is possible once you have faith. Quote Right
Quote Left I want only language to differentiate me from other peoples but habits to separate me. Quote Right
Quote Left World is by nature a foggy and complicated place; it is in its inhabitants' responsibility to shed some light on it. Although no easy task, the results are fulfilling. Quote Right
Quote Left 2018 Deixamos de ser o Mundo da Venda Direta, pelo menos, temos outras muitas alternativas. Hoje temos o Mundo do Emprego, o Mundo dos Cooperativados, o Mundo dos Ambulantes, o Mundo dos Desocupados e assim vamos seguir adiante. Levou muito sangue e suor para chegar onde estamos hoje: tratarmos com seriedade o trabalho de garantir que o mundo que vamos deixar para traz seja um pouco melhor do que o que habitamos hoje. Quote Right
Quote Left Making a person your habit is the worst thing you can do. Quote Right
Quote Left Veja a rotina e o fazer aquilo habitual como uma loja de material usado. Sempre classifique cuidadosamente entre os tesouros e o lixo. Veja tudo com novos olhos. Quote Right
Quote Left forgiveness is God's habit and mine to!!!!! Quote Right
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