“To compose our character is our duty, not to compose books, and to win, not battles and provinces, but order and tranquillity in our conduct.” BookSelfCharacterOrderWinningDutyBattleBehaviorProvincesTranquillity Book:Complete Essays Source: Complete Essays
“It turns out that dopamine is a chemical on double duty in the brain. Along with its role in motor commands, it also serves as the main messenger in the reward systems, guiding a person toward food, drink, mates, and all things useful for survival. Because of its role in the reward system, imbalances in dopamine can trigger gambling, overeating, and drug addiction - behaviors that result from a reward system gone awry.” PersonsTurnsResultsBrainRolesGoneDutyDrinkDrugBehaviorSurvivalAll ThingsRewardsAddictionCommandGamblingChemicalsMatesTriggersMotorMessengersDrug AddictionDrug AddictImbalanceDopamineOvereating Book:Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain Source: Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain
“Everyone living under the social contract we call democracy has a duty to act responsibly, to obey the laws, and to abandon certain types of self-interested behaviors that conflict with the general good.” SelfLawCertainSocialDemocracyDutyTypeConflictBehaviorAbandonContractsDemocracies HaveSocial Contract Author:Simon Mainwaring
“No one is without Christianity, if we agree on what we mean by that word. It is every individual's individual code of behavior by means of which he makes himself a better human being than his nature wants to be, if he followed his nature only. Whatever its symbol - cross or crescent or whatever - that symbol is man's reminder of his duty inside the human race.” IfsMenWantHumansMeanIndividualHuman BeingsRaceChristianityDutyBehaviorCrossesAgreeSymbolsCodeHuman RaceRemindersCrescent Author:William Faulkner