Human Behavior Quotes

"It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea." "A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason" "Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor" "To put is still more plainly: the desire for security and the feeling of insecurity are the same thing. To hold your breath is to lose your breath. A society based on the quest for security is nothing but a breath retention contest in which everyone is as taut as a drum and as purple as a beet" "It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious" "Humans think in stories rather than in facts, numbers, or equations" "Hate is only a form of love that hasn't found a way to express itself logically" "When women go wrong, men go right after them" "Don't keep a man guessing too long he's sure to find the answer somewhere else" "Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all – the apathy of human beings." "The marks humans leave are too often scars" "We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is practiced in broad daylight." "The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones." "People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for" "Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering." "Culture tends to argue that it forbids only that which is unnatural. But from a biological perspective, nothing is unnatural. Whatever is possible is by definition also natural. A truly unnatural behavior, one that goes against the laws of nature, simply cannot exist" "The most dangerous man is the one who feels worthless" "Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love" "A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing, one that sounds good, and a real one" "The more that laws and regulations are given prominence, the more thieves and robbers there will be."