“Creeds like pacifism or anarchism, which seem on the surface to imply a complete renunciation of power, rather encourage this habit of mind. For if you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics ... the more you are in the right (and) everybody else should be bullied into thinking otherwise.” IfsThinkingShouldMindSeemsAtheismHabitOrdinaryPositive AtheismSurfaceCreedsAnarchismBulliedRenunciationPacifismHabits Of MindDirtiness Book:All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays Source: All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays
“They that are virtuous from principle may receive confidence in every capacity; but they that are so from custom or habit, are capable of trust only in matters of ordinary and settled occurrence.” MayMatterPrinciplesVirtueHabitCapableOrdinaryCapacityCustomsVirtuous Author:Norm MacDonald
“Man is made of ordinary things, and habit is his nurse.” MenMadeHabitOrdinaryNurseOrdinary Things Author:Friedrich Schiller
“The suspicion and antagonism of academics, clerics and intellectuals towards the market... go hand in hand with their disdain for the preference and habits of ordinary people.” PeopleHandsHabitOrdinarySuspicionPreferenceOrdinary PeopleHand In HandDisdainAntagonism Author:Peter Thomas Bauer
“Mindfulness is the ability to be aware, to note, to notice. When we apply that to our thoughts and mental habits, we bring a clarity of awareness in seeing what's just an ordinary thought and what's a judging thought that's pejorative or putting us down in some way. So, we first bring that lens of awareness, and then we can do all kinds of different strategies. We can inquire.” WayFirstsKindDifferentCan DoAbilitySeeingAwarenessJudgingHabitMindfulnessOrdinaryStrategyNotesAll KindsClarityOur ThoughtsLenses Author:Mark Coleman
“The ordinary Nigerians have lived as neighbors down the millennia. I was talking about the British who came and merged a whole number of mini states and big states into one unit. But those people were always there, and they always managed to live side by side with their neighbours. So they were not owned or run by one kingdom. It was not practically impossible for these people when they have different languages and religions to be neighbors. So it is that habit of neighbourliness which is destroyed and put under great strain again and again when you have things like massacres.” PeopleDifferentStatesWholeBigsRunningLanguageSidesNumbersTalkingImpossibleHabitOrdinaryBritishNeighborKingdomsDestroyedAgain And AgainUnitsStrainNeighbourMassacresDifferent Languages Author:Chinua Achebe
“The ordinary American - as far as I can tell - knows so much less than he did fifty years ago and has such poor work habits compared with fifty years ago that the average multiplicand of knowledge/capabilities is a much smaller number than it was in 1961.” KnowsYearsI CanPoorNumbersHabitOrdinaryYears AgoAverageFiftyCapabilityWork Habits Author:Ben Stein
“The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.” SoulHomeMightPracticeHabitOrdinaryImportanceAgingSimplicitySimple LifeSimple LivingLiving A Simple Life Author:Thomas Moore