“Pride, ill nature, and want of sense are the three great sources of ill manners; without some one of these defects, no man will behave himself ill for want of experience, or what, in the language of fools, is called knowing the world.” MenWorldWantThreeLanguageKnowingSourcePrideFoolIllMannersBehaveDefects Book:The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: With Cop'ous Notes and Additions Source: The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: With Cop'ous Notes and Additions
“Game theory, however, deals only with the way in which ultrasmart, all knowing people should behave in competitive situations, and has little to say to Mr. X as he confronts the morass of his problem.” PeopleWayShouldLittlesProblemGamesDealsSituationKnowingTheoryBehave Book:The Art and Science of Negotiation Source: The Art and Science of Negotiation
“It is not strange that some of our revoltes preach trial marriage: for the only safe way to marry them at all would be on trial. Until you had definitely experienced all the human situations with them, you would have no means of knowing how, in any given situation, they would behave. They might conform about evening-dress, and throw plates between courses; they might be charming to your friends, and ask the waiter to sit down and finish dinner with you. Or they might in all things, little and big, be irreproachable. The point is that you would never know.” KnowsWayHumansMeanLittlesBigsMightWould BeCoursesAsksGivenSituationMarriageKnowingStrangeSafeAll ThingsDown AndDressesDinnerTrialsEveningBehaveRebellionPlatesCharmingConformWaiter Author:Katharine Fullerton Gerould
“... there's a large core of powerlessness which is balanced against the unwritten contract that says that if you behave, you'll be okay. No wonder people pay so much attention to knowing the rules, to knowing the right people, to not making waves, to never making errors -- to not risking, trying, innovating.” PeopleIfsTryingPayAttentionWonderKnowingOkayErrorsWaveCoreBehaveContractsBalancedPowerlessnessUnwritten Author:Judith M Bardwick
“When you pray, pray so that you may know Him. When you seek to simplify, do it as a means of knowing Him more. When you surrender, or behave with humility or sacrifice, do it with the sole purpose in mind to know Him.” KnowsMindMayMeanPurposeKnowingSacrificeHumilityPrayingSurrenderBehaveSoleSimplify Author:Charles R. Swindoll