259 Quotes About Human-behavior

From communism to capitalism - from judaism to buddhism - from non-dualism to existentialism - people across time and geography have come together, to think, feel and behave as the collective - and they continue to do so. But the point is, this collective behavior, which we can most aptly call "bee-hive behavior", has been a two-edged sword - it has brought along breathtaking accomplishments for the species, but at the same time, it has caused heart-wrenching devastations.

Daddy, I don't like military parades. I never want to be like those people who march rank and file to music - they were given brains by mistake.

I never listen to what a person says. I look at what a person does because what they do tells me who they really are.

Memory, Clodagh, is rather suspect in our conscious mind. People think they store memories in a particular way, that they don't change, but we're constantly updating our memory, or perception of it, creating layers, obscuring the original, until what we actually believe happened can differ dramatically from the truth.

People who discriminate doesn't understand that they are a stranger to others.

Repression often becomes a pattern of behavior leaving little need for release of anger. Upon reaching adulthood, the individual who thus far has adequately repressed rage since childhood may find himself in situations where he is unable to suppress hostile feelings.

It's not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts us.

Perhaps because I'll never be one, humans are interesting to me.

The crime of suicide lies rather in its disregard for the feelings of those whom we leave behind.