Social Behavior Quotes

"Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress." "When we attempt to exercise power or control over someone else, we cannot avoid giving that person the very same power or control over us." "Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage." "Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society." "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go" "Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike." "In truth, politeness is artificial good humor" "Man is by nature a social animal" "Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person" "Humans are the only animals that can cooperate both flexibly and in very large numbers." "The human capacity for cooperation has been the key to our success." "Man is a social animal" "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups" "People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights" "I think we are increasingly identifying with the visual because it is more immediate than corrective" "Our social and emotional circuitries influence our aspirations and help shape our destinies." "Much as we might wish to believe otherwise, universal love and the welfare of the species as a whole are concepts that simply do not make evolutionary sense" "We control the world basically because we can cooperate better than any other animal" "When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door." "We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character from those who are around us."