“All the vital mechanisms, varied as they are, have only one object, that of preserving constant the conditions of life in the internal environment.” EnvironmentConditionsObjectsConstantInternalsMechanism Book:Claude Bernard and the internal environment: a memorial symposium Source: Claude Bernard and the internal environment: a memorial symposium
“Man never ceases to seek knowledge about the objects of his experiences, to understand their meaning for his existence and to react to them according to his understanding. Finally, out of the sum total of the meanings that he has deduced from his contacts with numerous single objects of his environment there grows a unified view of the world into which he finds himself "thrown" (to use an existentialist term again) and this view is of the third order.” MenWorldUseOrderGrowsUnderstandingTermViewsExistenceEnvironmentAtheismObjectsThirdsPositive AtheismCeaseContactThrownUnifiedExistentialist Author:Paul Watzlawick
“I'm interested in how a lot of people pull objects together to form an environment that we feel reflects ourselves or makes us feel comfortable.” PeopleFeelsTogetherFormEnvironmentObjectsComfortable Author:Matt Smith
“Social cognitive theory rejects the dichotomous conception of self as agent and self as object. Acting on the environment and acting on oneself entail shifting the perspective of the same agent rather than reifying different selves regulating each other or transforming the self from agent to object” DifferentSelfSocialActingEnvironmentObjectsTheoryPerspectiveOneselfAgentsRejectsConceptionShiftingTransformingCognitiveSelf Efficacy Author:Albert Bandura
“Every object is beautiful in motion; a ship under sail, trees gently agitated with the wind, and a fine woman dancing, are three instances in point” BeautifulThreeNatureEnvironmentTreeObjectsWindFineDancingShipsInstanceSailNatural Environment Book:Letters of Mrs. Adams: the wife of John Adams Source: Letters of Mrs. Adams: the wife of John Adams
“Describe your sorrows and desires, passing thoughts and the belief in some sort of beauty-describe all these with loving, quiet, humble sincerity, and use, to express yourself, the things in your environment, the images from your dreams, and the objects of your memory.” UseDreamDesireBeliefMemoriesEnvironmentObjectsSorrowQuietHumblePassingPassingsYour DreamsSincerityOur EnvironmentOur MemoriesExpress Yourself Author:Rainer Maria Rilke
“My father had a phase of having jukeboxes all over the house. He was a music lover but he was also into musical machinery. Not instruments, he was never interested in playing particularly but there would be these odd objects, like valve amplifiers being dismantled on the kitchen table. My mum wasn't massively keen on that, but it was part of the environment.” Would BeFatherHouseEnvironmentObjectsLoversTablesInstrumentsMusicalOddKitchenMumPhasesMachineryKitchen TableValveMusic LoverAmplifiersJukebox Author:Squarepusher
“I'm not on Twitter. In theory, I really like Instagram. I think it's a warmer environment. I think, though conversations can erupt that aren't always friendly, you have an opportunity to jump in and redirect and even caution people against language and behavior that I personally object to.” PeopleThinkingOpportunityLanguageEnvironmentObjectsTheoryConversationBehaviorFriendlyCautionInstagram Author:Sarah Jessica Parker