“Our worst behaviors, ones we condemn and punish, are the products of our biology. But don’t forget that the same applies to our best behaviors.”
Source: Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
“Be dubious about someone who suggests that other types of people are like little crawly, infectious things.”
Source: Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
“We’re the only species that institutionalizes reconciliation and that grapples with –truth-, -apology-, -forgiveness-, -reparations-, -amnesty-, and –forgetting-.”
Source: Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
“BOUNDARIES
STEP ONE - set a boundary, what do you not want to hear, see, or do.
STEP TWO-decide limits - what you will and will not tolerate
STEP THREE - pay attention to people's reactions, if your boundaries make someone mad, then that person is abusing you. LESSON - someone that loves you would never hurt you, PERIOD! Learn this and self-love and you will be ok.
@tracyAMalone”
“We are constantly being shaped by seemingly irrelevant forces we don’t know a thing about.”
Source: Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
“Many of our best moments of morality and compassion have roots far deeper and older than being mere products of human civilization.”
Source: Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
“Adolescence shows us that the most interesting part of the brain evolved to be shaped minimally by genes and maximally by experience; that’s how we learn –context, context, context.”
Source: Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
“Rationality may be key to establishing peace, but the irrational importance of sacred values is key to establishing lasting peace.”
Source: Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
“Be careful when our enemies are made to remind us of maggots and cancer and shit. But also beware when it is our empathic intuitions, rather than our hateful ones, that are manipulated by those who use us for their own goals.”
Source: Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
“Коли ми починаємо шукати винних в тому, що інші роблять не такий вибір, як ми, то насправді ми хвилюємося, чи правильний вибір зробили ми самі.”
Source: Емоційні гойдалки війни. Роздуми психотерапевта про війну