Let no man be sorry he has done good because others have done evil! If a man has acted right he has done well though alone; if wrong the sanction of all mankind will not justify him.
Not what he wishes and prays for does a man get but what he justly earns. His wishes and prayers are only gratified and answered when they harmonize with his thoughts and prayers.
A mans ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy education and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
Whenever you are to do a thing though it can never be known but to yourself ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you and act accordingly.
Between normality and abnormality there is not a gulf but a fine and somewhat arbitrary line. Where we draw the line depends on how atypical disturbing maladaptive and unjustifiable a persons behaviour is.
The individual woman is required … a thousand times a day to choose either to accept her appointed role and thereby rescue her good disposition out of the wreckage of her self-respect or else follow an independent line of behavior and rescue her self-respect out of the wreckage of her good disposition.
Better contraceptives will control population only if people will use them. A nuclear holocaust can be prevented only if the conditions under which nations make war can be changed. The environment will continue to deteriorate until pollution practices are abandoned. We need to make vast changes in human behavior.
In some cultures the sight of a womans nose and mouth are considered irresistibly seductive. In others the soles of a persons feet are perceived as disgusting beyond comprehension. In mainstream American culture sex is obscene but violence is television fare for preschoolers. What is acceptable in swimwear is unacceptable in a restaurant. In an elevator we condone contact that would otherwise be actionable incriminal court. Rules of behavior are not absolute; we negotiate them constantly…. Immodesty indecency obscenity are cultural factors mutually agreed upon and negotiable. We are enjoined to cover our nakedness but theres considerable disagreement about what our nakedness is. Our noses and mouths? The bottoms of our feet? A lack of trust or mutual respect?
Be nice to people on your way up because you meet em on your way down.
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
Let no man be sorry he has done good because others have done evil! If a man has acted right he has done well though alone; if wrong the sanction of all mankind will not justify him.
Not what he wishes and prays for does a man get but what he justly earns. His wishes and prayers are only gratified and answered when they harmonize with his thoughts and prayers.
BEHAVIOR n. Conduct as determined not by principle but by breeding.
A mans ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy education and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
If fear alters behavior youre already defeated.
Live so that you can at least get the benefit of the doubt.
Whenever you are to do a thing though it can never be known but to yourself ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you and act accordingly.
There is nothing settled in manners but the laws of behaviour yield to the energy of the individual.
Morality cannot be legislated but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart but they can restrain the heartless.
We often do good in order that we may do evil with impunity.
It is an open question whether any behaviour based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.
Always be nice to people on the way up; because youll meet the same people on the way down.
Be nice to people on your way up because youll need them on your way down.
Between normality and abnormality there is not a gulf but a fine and somewhat arbitrary line. Where we draw the line depends on how atypical disturbing maladaptive and unjustifiable a persons behaviour is.
The individual woman is required … a thousand times a day to choose either to accept her appointed role and thereby rescue her good disposition out of the wreckage of her self-respect or else follow an independent line of behavior and rescue her self-respect out of the wreckage of her good disposition.
The essential definition of neurotic behavior is behavior thats no longer in context.
Better contraceptives will control population only if people will use them. A nuclear holocaust can be prevented only if the conditions under which nations make war can be changed. The environment will continue to deteriorate until pollution practices are abandoned. We need to make vast changes in human behavior.
Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose.
In some cultures the sight of a womans nose and mouth are considered irresistibly seductive. In others the soles of a persons feet are perceived as disgusting beyond comprehension. In mainstream American culture sex is obscene but violence is television fare for preschoolers. What is acceptable in swimwear is unacceptable in a restaurant. In an elevator we condone contact that would otherwise be actionable incriminal court. Rules of behavior are not absolute; we negotiate them constantly…. Immodesty indecency obscenity are cultural factors mutually agreed upon and negotiable. We are enjoined to cover our nakedness but theres considerable disagreement about what our nakedness is. Our noses and mouths? The bottoms of our feet? A lack of trust or mutual respect?
No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness the good he seeks.
Act so in the valley that you need not fear those who stand on the hill.