“The outstanding feature of behavior is that it is often quite easy to recognize but extremely difficult or impossible to describe with precision.” EasyDifficultImpossibleBehaviorFeaturesOutstandingPrecision Author:Anatol Rapoport
“Difficult as it often is to grasp someone else's pain, it is easy to judge another's behavior.” PainEasyDifficultJudgingBehaviorJudgmentOften IsEasy To Judge Author:Marcia Falk
“It shouldn't be difficult, then, to make the transposition at this point into the early Christian vision of Jesus and the Spirit and the way in which the material world is both celebrated and renewed through their work. The Jewish basis for the early Christian patterns of belief and behavior is clear. It is important that God's people are embodied, because God made this world and has no intention of abandoning it. The material of creation is a vessel made to be filled with God's new life and glory, even though the transformation may involve suffering, persecution, and martyrdom.” PeopleWorldWayMayMadeImportantChristianSpiritSufferingJesusBeliefDifficultVisionClearCreationThis WorldMaterialsBehaviorGloryBasesTransformationFilledIntentionPatternsPersecutionNew LifeVesselMartyrdomMaterial WorldChristian Persecution Author:N. T. Wright
“Because cheating is easier when we can justify our behavior, people often cheat in small amounts: We can come up with an excuse for stealing Post-It notes, but it is much more difficult to come up with an excuse for taking $10,000 from petty cash.” PeopleDifficultAmountEasierBehaviorNotesCome UpExcuseStealingPostsJustifyCheatingCashCheatPettySmall AmountsPost It Notes Author:Dan Ariely
“There is nothing so noble and so right as to play our human life well and fitly, nor anything so difficult to learn as how to livethis life well and according to Nature.” HumansWellsPlayDifficultHuman NatureBehaviorNobleHuman Life Author:Michel de Montaigne
“There is nothing so necessary, but at the same time there is nothing more difficult (I know it by experience) for you young fellows, than to know how to behave yourselves prudently towards those whom you do not like. Your passions are warm, and your heads are light; you hate all those who oppose your views, either of ambition or love; and a rival, in either, is almost a synonymous term for any enemy.” KnowsLightYoungHatePassionDifficultTermViewsEnemyKnow HowLike YouBehaviorAmbitionFellowsWarmBehaveRivalsRivalry Author:Lord Chesterfield