“A good means to discovery is to take away certain parts of a system to find out how the rest behaves.” MeanCertainDiscoveryBehave Author:Georg C. Lichtenberg
“In a Society in which there is no law, and in theory no compulsion, the only arbiter of behaviour is public opinion. But public opinion, because of the tremendous urge to conformity in gregarious animals, is less tolerant than any system of law. When human beings are governed by "thou shalt not", the individual can practise a certain amount of eccentricity: when they are supposedly governed by "love" or "reason", he is under continuous pressure to make him behave and think in exactly the same way as everyone else.” ThinkingWayHumansReasonLawCertainIndividualHuman BeingsAnimalOpinionTheoryAmountPressureBehaveUrgesConformityBehaviourPublic OpinionCompulsionPractiseEccentricityArbiterGregarious Book:All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays Source: All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays
“I believe I've spent my life expecting people to behave in a certain way. I believe that when they didn't behave according to my expectations, I became angry, sad, confused and occasionally fearful. I believe these expectations are the reason I've been angry, sad, confused and occasionally fearful more than I care to admit. As a result, I now believe my expectations are the real problem. I believe that everyone has this very same problem, and they ought to start acting accordingly.” PeopleWayBelieveRealReasonProblemCareCertainI BelieveResultsActingOughtExpectationsAngryBehaveConfusedFearfulExpectingI CareReal Problems Author:Chuck Lorre
“Religion is not about accepting twenty impossible propositions before breakfast, but about doing things that change you. It is a moral aesthetic, an ethical alchemy. If you behave in a certain way, you will be transformed.” IfsWayCertainReligionAcceptingMoralImpossibleTwentiesBehaveBreakfastEthicalAestheticTransformedPropositionsAlchemy Author:Karen Armstrong