“If we do not change our negative habits toward climate change, we can count on worldwide disruptions in food production, resulting in mass migration, refugee crises and increased conflict over scarce natural resources like water and farm land. This is a recipe for major security problems.” IfsProblemWaterNaturalLandSecurityHabitConflictMajorsMassResourcesNegativeCrisisClimateClimate ChangeProductionsFarmsRefugeeRecipesScarceNatural ResourcesDisruptionMigrationRefugee CrisisFood ProductionScarce Resources Author:Michael Franti
“Modern society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyle. In many parts of the world society is given to instant gratification and consumerism while remaining indifferent to the damage which these attitudes cause. Simplicity, moderation and discipline, as well as a spirit of sacrifice, must become part of everyday life, lest all suffer the negative consequences of the careless habits of a few.” WorldWellsLooksProblemSpiritSufferingGivenCausesAttitudeSacrificeModernSeriousHabitDisciplineSolutionsConsequenceNegativeEverydaySimplicityLifestyleInstantDamageIndifferentConsumerismEveryday LifeModerationGratificationCarelessEcologicalOverconsumptionModern SocietyInstant GratificationNegative ConsequencesSerious Look Author:Pope John Paul II
“The very problem of mind and body suggests division; I do not know of anything so disastrously affected by the habit of division as this particular theme. In its discussion are reflected the splitting off from each other of religion, morals and science; the divorce of philosophy from science and of both from the arts of conduct. The evils which we suffer in education, in religion, in the materialism of business and the aloofness of "intellectuals" from life, in the whole separation of knowledge and practice -- all testify to the necessity of seeing mind-body as an integral whole.” KnowsMindArtPhilosophyWholeProblemBodySufferingEvilMoralPracticeSeeingParticularHabitDivorceSeparationDiscussionThemeMaterialismAffectedDivisionMind And BodyMind BodySplittingAloofness Author:John Dewey
“It seems, in theory, that I should be able to control at least a few of my bad habits. The problem is that my habits make me depressed, and the depression makes me want to indulge my habits and so I do. There isn't any solution to this.” WantShouldProblemSeemsAbleTheoryHabitSolutionsIndulgeBad Habits Author:John S. Hall
“The problem is with any practice is that it is a practice. That is why people don't win. The reason why people don't win is they get stuck in ideas, habits, and ways of seeing life.” PeopleWayIdeasReasonProblemActionWinningPracticeSeeingHabitStuckReason WhyRight Action Author:Frederick Lenz
“I can think of no habit, kept up through the years, that binds a married couple more than that of reading good books together. Domestic problems and personal problems are for the time forgotten, and an intellectual intimacy is established that can be maintained in few other ways.” ThinkingWayYearsI CanBookProblemTogetherReadingMarriageCoupleHabitMarriedIntellectualForgottenIntimacyGood BookThrough The YearsMarried CouplesPersonal ProblemsReading Good Books Author:Alice Hegan Rice
“Some pianists seem to really remember the keys and not so much the notes they play. They want to learn until it's a physical habit that can be replicated. For pianists, this is much more of a problem than for other instruments, like the violin, where you actually have to think of the pitch.” ThinkingWantPlayProblemSeemsRememberKeysHabitInstrumentsNotesViolinPianist Author:Carlo Grante
“I really love routine and so I've never found it a problem. I really enjoy it. I don't mind somebody organising what I have to do. I'm a creature of habit in some ways.” WayMindProblemFoundEnjoyHabitCreaturesRoutineCreatures Of Habit Author:Victoria Pendleton
“The easiest method of acquiring the habit of scholarship is through acquiring the ability to express oneself clearly in discussing and disputing scholarly problems. This is what clarifies their import and makes them understandable. Some students spend most of their lives attending scholarly sessions. Still, one finds them silent. They do not talk and do not discuss matters. More than is necessary, they are concerned with memorizing. Thus, they do not obtain much of a habit in the practice of scholarship and scholarly instruction.” StillsMatterProblemAbilityPracticeStudentsHabitConcernedMethodSilentOneselfInstructionSessionScholarshipDiscussingAttendingImportsScholarlyMemorizing Author:Ibn Khaldun
“There is one recurring, persistent, perennial, and dogging personal problem which, more than any other, steals the force and peace of people and ruins projects and enterprises and careers. It is the habit of feeling hurt, because of what others do, or do not do and what they say or do not say” PeopleFeelingsProblemForceHurtCareersHabitProjectsStealingRuinsEnterprisePersistentHurt FeelingsRecurringPersonal Problems Book:TAKE OFF FROM WITHIN Source: TAKE OFF FROM WITHIN
“A single word that can be offensive to someone is a horrible thing for anyone who has iman. In other words, filthy language out of your mouth and faith inside your heart cannot coexist. You cannot have iman in your heart and ugly words come out of your mouth. If you have no control over whatever four letter words you keep using every time you get frustrated, there's a spiritual problem, it's not just a habit problem. How can you use a terrible word for anyone who has iman?” IfsHeartUseProblemSpiritualLanguageFourHabitTerribleMouthsLettersUglyHorribleFrustratedOffensiveFilthyCoexistSingle WordHorrible ThingsFour Letter WordsImanFilthy Language Author:Nouman Ali Khan
“If it annoys you when team members ask about their next promotion or talk about other job opportunities in the industry, you have motivational problems in the making. You need to build a habit of proactively seeking employee interests and suggesting follow-up steps.” IfsNeedsProblemJobsNextAsksOpportunityInterestStepsTeamIndustryHabitMembersSeekingEmployeeAnnoyingPromotionSuggestingFollow UpTeam MemberJob Opportunities Author:Martin Zwilling
“This over-consumption is also manifest in our use of raw materials. It can even be found in our dietary habits... . People are well aware of this. The root of the problem lies in a selfish world view which inflates personal consumption beyond the essential.” PeopleWorldWellsUseProblemLyingFoundViewsMaterialsHabitEssentialsRootsSelfishManifestConsumptionRaw MaterialsWorld ViewSelfish World Author:Yehuda Levi
“I write at a standing desk, which has helped me be much more productive and solved some back problems, but mostly all my quirky habits have to do with procrastination and avoidance rather than with work. I'm slowly trying to stamp those out.” WritingTryingProblemHabitStandingProductiveProcrastinationDesksStampsAvoidanceQuirky Author:Paolo Bacigalupi
“Climate change is a huge problem, an almost insoluble problem, for two reasons. One is the habits of the West in terms of consumption. The other is the incredible iniquity between poor countries and rich countries on this planet.” TwoCountryReasonProblemTermPoorRichPlanetsHugeHabitWestClimateClimate ChangeIncrediblesConsumptionIniquityPoor CountriesRich Countries Author:Bill McKibben
“Frankly, liberals are out of the habit of communicating with anyone outside their own in cohort. We have a cultural problem with self-righteousness and elitism.” SelfProblemHabitCommunicateRighteousnessSelf RighteousnessElitism Author:Naomi Wolf
“I'm not prescribing non-doing as a universal response to our problems. Sometimes, something obviously needs to be done. And we retreat into a spiritual or meditative state that we fancy up by calling it mindfulness, but really it's an unhealthy detachment and a shrinking back from life. But culturally, it's much more common to be trapped in habits of reaction, whether on a systemic level or on a personal level. That's where the non-doing comes in, which is something that we don't really have room for. I think that it's something we need to embrace as part of the creative process.” ThinkingSometimesDoneProblemSpiritualCommonCreativeHabitMindfulnessEmbraceResponseCreative ProcessDetachment Author:Charles Eisenstein
“Through my life and my experience, I believe getting "positive mental attitude" is true. Your brain has certain pathways in it, and if you feed those pathways with certain types of thoughts, the blood goes to those neurons and nourishes them, and they grow and develop. That's how you build habits. Physically, I think that's how your brain works. If you have certain habits that are negative and causing you problems that you want to change them, you can actually change the blood flow and stuff in your brain by thinking a different way.” ThinkingBelieveDifferentProblemI BelieveBrainAttitudeHabitNegativeMental Attitude Author:John Porcellino
“The problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit. And I think that's what's happened in our culture. Fast food has become the everyday meal.” ThinkingProblemCultureFunStuffHappenedHabitEverydayMealsFast FoodFun Stuff Author:Michelle Obama
“Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything.” InspirationalProblemCreativityCreativeHabitOvercomingInnovationDefeatSolveTeamworkOriginalityBe CreativeBad AssCreativity And InnovationImagination And CreativityInspire CreativityInspiration And CreativityImagination CreativityInnovation InspirationCreating ThingsRelated To CreativityCreative Problem Solving Author:George Lois
“Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication, and courage. But if we don't practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us --- and we risk becoming a nation of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan who comes along.” IfsProblemFacesReligionNextNationsPracticeRiskSeriousBecomingHabitOceanFindingsToughAtheistIndividualitySolveConfusionDedicationOccasionalSuckerStrawsNonconformityVigilanceCharlatansConformity And IndividualityBamboozle Author:Carl Sagan
“You have some severe mental problem I need to be aware of, don’t you? (Shahara) Just because I eat babies for breakfast and pick my teeth with their bones doesn’t mean I’m nuts. (Syn) Any other weird habits I should be aware of? (Shahara) Just my need to dance naked in the streets under the light of a full moon. (Syn)” NeedsShouldMeanProblemLightStreetsBabyHabitMoonPicksBonesTeethNakedBreakfastNutsSevereFull Moon Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon